Brian Damage
09-19-2010, 02:10 PM
Three months after receiving a new kidney, Grizz Chapman, who plays Tracy Morgan's sidekick on NBC's 30 Rock, continues to heal – and feels grateful to have a "chance at life."
"When you go through something like, you learn to appreciate little things – the birds, trees, flowers," the actor, 36, tells PEOPLE at a restaurant across from the actual 30 Rockefeller Center. "I pay attention to everything now – the taste of bread, the taste of water. It all feels different now."
After suffering with hypertension for 13 years, the 7-ft.-tall celebrity-bodyguard-turned-actor experienced kidney failure in 2008. Undergoing dialysis three times a week, Chapman – who once weighed 505 lbs. – reduced his food intake, cut out cheese and mayonnaise and started walking to shed the necessary 160 lbs. to be eligible for a kidney transplant.
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"When you go through something like, you learn to appreciate little things – the birds, trees, flowers," the actor, 36, tells PEOPLE at a restaurant across from the actual 30 Rockefeller Center. "I pay attention to everything now – the taste of bread, the taste of water. It all feels different now."
After suffering with hypertension for 13 years, the 7-ft.-tall celebrity-bodyguard-turned-actor experienced kidney failure in 2008. Undergoing dialysis three times a week, Chapman – who once weighed 505 lbs. – reduced his food intake, cut out cheese and mayonnaise and started walking to shed the necessary 160 lbs. to be eligible for a kidney transplant.
http://www.people.com/people/news/0,,,00.html