Host Dennis James was joined by series regulars Chris Cormier and Milos Sarcev for episode 257 of The Threat Podcast, along with special guest Lewis Breed, who opened up about a scary pre-show incident that forced him to miss a show in France and go straight to the hospital instead.
Lewis Breed, from Plymouth, England, almost died as a youngster due to an allergy to wheat and has since established himself as a formidable professional in the Open division. He had high hopes of qualifying for the 2025 Mr Olympia competition, but a worrying twist of fate had other ideas. “I did the Germany (IFBB Europe Pro Championships) and then the plan was to do France (Tsunami Nutrition Showdown), and I got bit by a mosquito while I was there,” the bodybuilder explained. Apparently one or more mosquitoes had flown into Breed’s room through the window during the night and left him with two swollen bumps on his leg. “Within 24 hours it became so severe that an infection developed causing cellulitis (a deep bacterial infection),” Breed revealed. “You couldn’t see my kneecap. You couldn’t see my ankle,”
Bitten on Wednesday, September 24, with the show in France taking place just a few days later on Saturday the 27th, Breed was forced to put his Olympia qualifying dreams on hold. “By Friday it had gotten so bad that I had to travel back to the UK and was immediately admitted to hospital,” he said. The Threat Podcast. In fact, Breed’s infection was so aggressive that it spread to his kidneys, liver and heart. At one point, doctors were debating whether or not to amputate his leg to stop the spread. “It was bad,” Breed remembers. “They ended up putting a drain in my leg and more or less draining the infection.”
Lewis Breed’s bodybuilding career was saved despite life-threatening mosquito bites
Fortunately, the emergency treatment worked and Breed is now on the long road to recovery. Miraculously, the doctors saved his bodybuilding career by keeping the incision in his leg (for the drain) as small as possible. “They initially wanted to cut me from my hip to my knee to open me up completely,” Breed explained. “But that would obviously be over, so luckily they managed to bring the infection down with antibiotics, then make a small incision, put the drain in and pull the infection out.”
Breed says that even after his life-saving treatment, the infection still flared up and he had to go back to the hospital several days ago for more antibiotics. “It’s a bit frustrating at the moment, but it could have been a lot worse,” he reflects. M&F wishes him a speedy recovery and a safe return to the bodybuilding phase.
To watch the entire show, where the panel also discussed the recent EVLS Prague Pro, Samson Dauda’s current progress, Martin Fitzwater and more current bodybuilding news, see below.
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