‘Somedays I can barely get out of bed’: The Bachelorette alum Ryan Sutter details health crisis

The Bachelorette alum Ryan Sutter opened up about his ongoing health battle Tuesday on social media, saying he decided ‘to address [his] personal health and the recent attention it has received.’

The Colorado native firefighter, 46, detailed in a series of Instagram posts the issues he said started this past February as he was in a training program with the Denver Fire Department that lasted 18 weeks.

‘Towards the end of that process I felt more and more worn out and began feeling occasional “flu like” symptoms,’ he said, adding that ‘was tested for COVID multiple times but never tested positive.’

‘It’s been five months now and, if anything, I feel worse,’ Sutter said.

Sutter, who exchanged vows with Trista Sutter in 2003 after they crossed paths on The Bachelorette, said that he’s continued to work as a firefighter amid ‘a battery of symptoms.’

They include, according to Sutter, ‘fatigue – sometimes almost paralyzing, deep body and muscle aches, fevers, night sweats, full body itching with no rash, headaches, neck and throat swelling, congestion, light headedness, nausea, and just general all around not feeling good.

Sutter, who shares two kids with his wife – Maxwell, 13, and Blakesley, 11 – said he has undergone ‘several blood tests,’ ‘a CT scan, and has ‘a high ANA Titer and low WBC, but nothing else has proven anything conclusive.’

He said that he’s maintained ‘a healthy diet’ throughout the illness and is ‘doing [his] best to get rest’ to mixed results.

‘Most days I feel about 70 percent,’ he said. ‘Somedays I feel a bit better and somedays I can barely get out of bed. I don’t believe I have anything contagious as no one else in my family has been sick nor has anyone I have worked with or associated with been sick.’ 

Sutter said that it appears he’s ‘sick for some unknown reason,’ and that ‘the struggle to find answers in the medical world and support through the insurance industry is frustrating and lacking.’

He said that his ongoing health battle, and the hurdles he’s face, have given him a new perspective on life and health.

‘One must truly and persistently advocate for himself/herself if they hope to find answers or, at the very least, rule out possibilities,’ he said. ‘I am concerned that we are bearing witness to the effects of our lifestyles and the relative lack of understanding as to how we live on a daily basis influences our health and well being and the health and well being of others.’

He said that as someone who’s ‘spent the better part of [his] life challenging my personal limits,’ he feels ‘well prepared to take on [his] current health situation.’

He added, ‘I have a strong support group and the best wife in the world.

‘The outpouring of support I have received has been humbling and therapeutic. I could not be more grateful. I can not imagine the healing power that amount of love and caring would have on the world should we all choose to apply it? Maybe let’s find out…’