JEREMY Clarkson joked that helium is banned from emptying the dishwasher aft having life-saving bosom surgery.
The Clarkson's Farm star told however helium was days from decease successful the major wellness scare.
Jeremy, 64, revealed helium needed an cognition to wide blocked arteries aft feeling sick connected a caller holiday.
Last nighttime helium told The Sun: “I’m precise grateful to everyone who sent supportive messages but I’m fine.
“I conscionable person to not bash immoderate manual labour oregon dishwasher emptying for the adjacent 4 years.
“At slightest I deliberation that’s what the doc said.”
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Clarkson archetypal felt unwell portion connected a interruption connected an Indian Ocean island.
He wrote successful The Sunday Times: “I was astatine the meal array and erstwhile I stood up to leave, I had to instrumentality a infinitesimal to marque definite my limbs were moving properly.”
He aboriginal had issues trying to dive, aquatics and locomotion which continued aft his holiday.
One time helium felt “clammy and determination was a tightness successful my chest”.
And later, aft moving connected his Cotswolds workplace — which features successful his Amazon Prime deed bid — a doc was called erstwhile helium noticed “pins and needles” successful his near arm.
Jeremy was past taken by ambulance to the John Radcliffe Hospital successful Oxford.
Jeremy Clarkson's spouse Lisa gives behind-the-scenes glimpse of bid 4 of Clarkson's Farm
He said: “It seems that of the arteries feeding my bosom with nourishing blood, 1 was wholly blocked and the 2nd of 3 was heading that way.
“The question was this.
“Were the arteries truthful ruined that I’d request an exigency bosom bypass?
“Or could helium usage Dyno-Rods and ultrasonic battering rams to loosen them up earlier inserting a stent?
“Mercifully, this turned retired to beryllium possible.”
Jeremy, who besides hosts ITV’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, went on: “I was disconnected to the operating theatre.
“Because my bankruptcy was astir decidedly conscionable astir the corner. Days away? ‘Maybe’, helium (a doctor) said.”
A stent was past inserted into the blocked artery to support it unfastened and reconstruct humor travel to the heart.
Jeremy said: “It wasn’t particularly painful. Just odd.”
He returned location the adjacent day, and said helium thought: “Crikey, that was close.”
He antecedently said helium is disquieted astir his wellness and admitted: “I don’t person agelong left.”
Jeremy has besides shared fears implicit processing dementia, admitting his “memory is shot”.
And helium was fitted with proceeding immunodeficiency past year.
But the prima has shown nary signs of slowing down, with a caller publication astir beingness connected Diddly Squat Farm.
Series 4 of Clarkson’s Farm is besides successful production.
Earlier this twelvemonth Jeremy opened a refurbished pub — The Farmer’s Dog — adjacent Burford, Oxon.