Morrissey has been advised to retire from music after a series of serious health issues, MSN reports:
Morrissey tells Mexican radio station Reactor 105.7, "I had a very bad time. I had internal bleeding and I was rushed into hospital and I had lost a lot of blood. They tried to patch me together over the following five weeks but it didn't work. … I was on lots of IV drips for almost five weeks, and each time it seemed as though I was back to robust health I would decline … I had lost so much blood I had become anemic, but I'm still receiving ongoing treatment and I am very optimistic now.
"It almost became absurd the number of things that happened to me, but everything just attacked me at once. The double pneumonia — everything was really a result of the fact I had lost so much blood, so the immune defenses were very, very low and couldn't cope with anything, so therefore the slightest gust of wind and I would have a terrible cold."
Morrissey is recovering in Mexico.
He added: "I have been cautioned to [retire], but it's difficult for me because it's very ingrained in me."
