NCIS's Brian Dietzen Details How Having A Stroke & Heart Surgery Helped Inspire Him To Write
justjared.comBrian Dietzen is opening up about a handful of health conditions that happened all in a row, just before the pandemic set in.
The 44-year-old NCIS star, who fans will recognize as Dr. Jimmy Palmer on the long running series, shared his harrowing tales of having a stroke, and heart surgery and how they inspired him to write. Click inside to read more… During an interview with Variety, while chatting about the new NCIS episode that he helped co-write, Brian opened up about his stroke. “I had a dual embolic stroke in my cerebellum,” he revealed, adding that his “hands were all curled up, and it was terrifying.” Brian adds, “I remember getting rushed to the hospital and thinking, ‘Well, I don’t have a career anymore.
I guess I’m gonna have to focus on writing, because I can’t speak.’” After a few hours there though, a blood clot in his brain passed, and Brian recalled thinking that he needed to make good on his writing dreams.
But the stroke wasn’t all the health issues he was facing. “I’m going to say something that’s going to sound like an advertisement and it’s not, but the Apple Watch saved my life.
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