Pattersons close friend, WWE Superstar Sylvan, explained the following to WWE.com: I met [Patterson] for dinner and he was complaining about back problems, The next day, he spent the day with his sister in Montreal and the pain was worse and getting worse to the point where he couldnt sit down straight and couldnt walk straight; his sister convinced him to go to the hospital. They went to the hospital, and the doctors found a big cyst on the main artery [of his heart] the size of a baseball, rarely seen that big.

The surgery successfully removed the cyst and Pat is said to make a full recovery. We all wish him the best to feeling better!

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