- Peter Wynn was admitted to hospital last week
- He reported “excruciating pain” to heart experts
- Wynn won three premierships with Parramatta Eels
Parramatta legend Peter Wynn was rushed to hospital last week after reporting ‘excruciating pain’.
Medical specialists carried out immediate tests on the football champion’s heart two and a half years after his heart attack.
The 66-year-old has been in hospital for over a week, News Corp reports, but has insisted he will ‘fight on’.
Wynn, who won three premierships with the Eels, has undergone CT scans, angiograms and cardiac aspirations while under the care of Dr. Bruce Walker, a leading cardiologist at St. Vincent’s Hospital.
“There are actually two separate medical problems,” Wynn said, after initially being diagnosed with Pseudogout, formerly known as calcium pyrophosphate disease, which causes “severe pain and swelling.”
Footy legend Peter Wynn was admitted to hospital last week with ‘excruciating pain’
The Parramatta Eels hero suffered a heart attack two and a half years ago
“I was in excruciating pain down the side of my life,” Wynn said. ‘I couldn’t get out of bed. I couldn’t move, I was like a cripple. I had to use my right arm to lift my left arm above the horizontal plane.
‘They diagnosed that as Pseudogout over my shoulders, neck and down through my left shoulder blade. It ends up in the mucous membrane of your joints.
‘They checked it and then discovered that my troponin level in my heart was high and they had to find out why. Something had happened.
‘In 2021 I had a heart attack. The doctors checked the stents they had placed and checked my blood vessels. They had to eliminate things.
‘I have had quite a few examinations: CT scans, angiograms and (cardiac) aspirations, where fluid is taken from the joints to see what is causing the inflammation and pain.
‘They did a heart test where they enter through your groin to check the stents. I’m still here in the hospital. I don’t know when they’re going to release me.’
Wynn was invited to the directors’ lounge at CommBank Stadium for the Eels’ game against the Bulldogs last Saturday, but declined because he was in hospital.
Wynn won three premierships with the Eels and enjoyed a hugely successful playing career
“When I first got to the hospital, I told the doctor I was in so much pain and he thought I had had a heart attack,” Wynn said.
‘Then they did the tests and the troponin was high, but the pain was actually caused by the pseudogout.
“I don’t think I had a heart attack, but the readings indicated something had happened to my heart.”
The 66-year-old played 176 games for Parra, as well as four State of Origin games for New South Wales. He also represented his country four times.