Absent from the small screen for six weeks, Alexis Favre, journalist and presenter of “Infrarouge” on RTS, explains the reasons for this break in “L’illustré”. After feeling unwell during a sports session, the 46-year-old Romand discovered that he was suffering from a myocardial infarction. “If I had been at home, I would never have gone to the hospital,” he confides, emphasizing his ignorance of the symptoms.
He then tells the weekly about his situation in more detail. An atherosclerotic plaque, formed by deposits of cholesterol and other substances, can crack, causing a clot to form. If this clot blocks a coronary artery, the heart no longer receives oxygen, which can lead to irreversible damage to its pump function if rapid intervention is not carried out.
Quickly taken into care, he avoided “the worst”, but had to face an intense emotional shock: “Is this happening to me?”, he asked himself in the hospital room. operation. The procedure to remove the clot lasted an hour and a half.
This ordeal profoundly transformed the host, particularly his way of life. “The teacher asks me if I’m a smoker. I answer yes. He retorts: “No, you are a former smoker.” From then on, Alexis Favre stopped smoking, changed his diet and integrated a more suitable sports routine. Six weeks of rehabilitation at the University Hospitals of Geneva also allowed him to take a step back from psychological factors and stress: “I sometimes take on problems that are not mine.”
For Alexis Favre, this event is more than a health scare: it is an opportunity for personal growth. “It’s an obligatory meeting with myself… A chance.” Despite the fear aroused in his loved ones and his own questioning about mortality, he feels better today. “I am much stronger than before, more fit. The machine necessarily runs better.”
