Whoopi Goldberg has just revealed why she uses a walker on "view"

After being absent from the show for a week, Goldberg explained his medical condition.


If you are a fan eager toView, you surely noticed thatWHOOPI GOLDBERG has recently been absent from the show. The co-host rarely misses an episode - unless, of course, it is seriously ill. When Goldberg returned toViewOn June 29, she explained why she had been missing since the panel of last week. She told the public that she had come out for a specific health reason that caused her a little time to the hospital and come back with a walker. Read it to learn more about Goldberg's state of health.

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Whoopi Goldberg was absent fromView because of sciatica.

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"Yes, it's me, I'm back," said Goldberg on herreturn toView. "I was out because I was doing business with something called sciatic, which is basically a bomb record in your back, and that affects the sciatic nerve, which avoids pain." The host continued to compare Sciatica to "a bad boyfriend who came back to disorder with me". She said at some point that she had tried to move her leg, but it was "impossible". Overall, the experience was "really horrible," said Goldberg, but she is happy to be back on the show.

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His sciatica led him to need a walker.

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At one point, Goldberg held a walk and explained that his Sciatica led him to need help during walking. "I have a walker, this kind of panic of me," she admitted. "I did not know I needed it. And you know what? My first step with the Walker, it's my new best friend. I'm just slipping."

The experts told him that the Sciatica can come "from nowhere", added Goldberg. Fortunately, she is now at the Mendend. During the interview,Joy said to his co-host she looked well, that Goldberg said that Goldberg was the result of his time "wearing in a hospital room".

In 2019, Goldberg was absent fromViewFor more than a month when she had pneumonia.

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Goldberg missed a big part ofView only a few other times because of health problems since its beginnings of the series in 2007. Back in 2019, she missed more than a month of filmingbeaten pneumonia. In a video to viewers at the time, Goldberg explained: "I had pneumonia and I was septic." She said she had "pneumonia in the two lungs, who meant that there was fluid and all kinds of things that happen, and yes, I came very, very close to leave the earth. Good news. Good news ? I have not done."

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Pain, numbness, weakness and tingling are some of the signs of sciatica to look for.

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Cleveland's clinic says peopleDescribe the pain of Sciatica In different ways, such as combustion, electricity, stabbing and acute pain, pulling pain. The discomfort can come to go to pretties or stay present and the pain tends to be more severe in your leg than in the lower back. In addition to the pain with the Sciatica, the disease also has other signs. Many of these symptoms are located in the lower back, legs, feet and buttocks and manifest themselves in numbness, weakness and pins and needles. The Cleveland Clinic notes that the loss of control of the intestine and bladder can also be a symptom of Sciatica.

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