Ben Askren has shared a massive update regarding his ongoing health scare.
Askren had been hospitalized for months and had been on a ventilator. He ended up getting a lung transplant, which was needed as he nearly died multiple times while in the hospital.
Yet, after two months of being in the hospital, Ben Askren got emotional in his latest message, revealing he is cleared to leave the hospital.
āWhatās up guys? Day 59. Iām out. With my beautiful wife, supportive. Man, that was a long journey, and itās not over as I still canāt really walk; I have to re-teach myself to do that, among many other things,ā Askren said in the post. āI guess I can make light of it, because itās me. I donāt remember 35 days of this journey, I think the last surgery was 24, 25 days ago, it was hard. It was hard. I said this already in one of the videos, but the support you guys gave me, whether it was sending a GoFundMe or whether it was helping my kids and wife get through it, I had friends come from all over the country to just hang out for a couple of days, it meant so much.ā
### Ben Askren thanks the MMA community for the support
Ben Askren continued his message as he got emotional, thanking everyone for the support.
Askren says all the messages and support online meant a lot to him and his family.
āIt was so great to have all the support and all the love. Hopefully, I am not in that situation again for a very, really, really, long time; I plan on living for a while. Thank you again for the support, all the comments online, everything, it means so much,ā Askren added.
The fact he was such an incredibly talented wrestler I think really helped him survive.
Wrestlers are some of the toughest people ever especially at his level.
I really do feel that helped him make it thru this.
I didnāt have double lung transplans. I did have a severely fucked up chest for 3 months way back when, I was opened up pretty well.
When Ben was saying sorry at the end, think some stuff snapped into perspective for him. He has realized that he got lucky, but the gravity of all of it hit him a bit in the video.
I can sympathize with him. Itās a strange thing to know that you only lived because strangers did some Wild shit to you to keep you on the earth.
Totally changes you as a person. To be so close to that edge, that weak and unprotected. Dude was on the cliff, he got lucky the wind blew the right way.
Thatās life, isnt it? Sometimes you get lucky.
Be grateful for everything. My workplace (hospital) saved my life. I like getting a paycheck from here, didnāt ever want to get a bill! 
I wonder how much money is now sitting in a bank account if the transplant was cover by just one person.
Ben rules
I should really word that better but fuck itā¦you guys know what i mean
xcellent
Same clip on IG
Iām happy to hear he is out and back home.
Glad he pulled through. Somewhere CRE is very relieved.
God damn what an ordeal.
Think about the journey he has taken in that time. God damn.
Remember the first breath I took walking outside the hospital for first time in like 70 days. The air felt so fucking good.
I didnāt drink for 90 days. Nothing. Not one sip. When I got the go ahead, I probably drank about 4 gallons in the first few hours. Fucking dry sponge. Ben will fill back quick.
Bens problem is a lifetime of meds. They cause problems too. He wonāt be the same, but fuck it, who could be.
Love that he got a chance. Lucky break.
he aint outta the woods yet, but i am glad hes improving
he already looks so much better. and good on him for finding a wife like that. says a lot about a man.
Thatās what they should all be, right?
Im happy to say my wife was a rock for me. She got sick after, and I was able to help in return. Itās what a good marriage is supposed to be.
Isnāt it fucked up that some people go through stuff like this and they donāt change as individuals. You got to come out of this with nothing but appreciation for fellow man.
Ok it must have been the whole coma/hospital thing cause his teeth donāt look so pronounced now.
I wonder what that feels like breathing out of somebody elseās lungs. So crazy to think about