Joao de Carvalho recalls exhaustion: “I had no complete idea of ​​my condition”

Joao de Carvalho He was on the SIC afternoon program on Monday, January 9th. in conversation with Julia Pinerothe actor told about the exhaustion that struck him in the hospital at the end of November, when he was on stage with three plays.

João de Carvalho began by recalling the first signs that something was wrong.“I can’t sleep anymore, this has been going on for quite some time […] For example, he changed his clothes, changed his shoes, put on one of fur and the other of suede. All this has been going on for some time.”He said.

However, it was an episode of amnesia on stage that changed everything. “I guess I didn’t quite understand how you looked. Vitor Espedinha was so nervous that I stopped looking at the audience without reacting. completely absent… I got so confused with my colleagues that they started walking back and forth and thought: ‘Someone made a mistake because Joao is not used to making mistakes’. But it was John Referred to.

Despite the fear, João de Carvalho said he was able to finish the play and go home. The decision to go to the hospital came the next day, after I acted with the help of a hearing aid.

In the hospital, Joao de Carvalho underwent several neurological examinations, after being hospitalized for nine days.“I usually say I am always ready to die, but when the time comes…”He admitted that he was afraid.

“Then, little by little, I relaxed, and began to recover some things […] Three days later, I was awake, visiting the other chambers.” mentioned adding thatI am “very well treated”.

After panicking, Joao de Carvalho admitted that he had learned “to say no”But he says he can’t get away from the stage. “without [teatro], I do not live, I can not. slow down, yeah. Stop, no […] is to die”accomplishment.