Joe Manganiello shared hair-raising hospital photos Thursday, documenting his battle with an excruciating autoimmune disease that left him suicidal.The 49-year-old actor has published a new memoir called Bloodlines recounting his illness, which forced him to have his large intestine amputated in 2016.One of the photos he shared this week was taken in the aftermath of the operation and showed Manganiello sitting in a chair next to his hospital bed, hooked up to two intravenous drips and wearing an ostomy bag.’I would ultimately lose a total of 60 lbs during the two weeks following the surgery,’ shared the Magic Mike XXL actor in his caption.His second photo was a graphic image of his midsection, with an open incision visible below his navel after the surgery ‘in which my ostomy bag was removed and what was left of my digestive tract was reconnected.’A third picture showed his face covered in welts as an ‘example of the multitude of skin conditions I was plagued with during the seven years I was sick.’ Joe Manganiello shared hair-raising hospital photos Thursday, including one of him taken in the aftermath of the operation to amputate his large intestine His second photo was a graphic image of his midsection, with an open incision visible below his navel after the surgery to remove his ostomy bag and reconnect his digestive tract A third picture showed his face covered in welts as an ‘example of the multitude of skin conditions I was plagued with during the seven years I was sick’Manganiello explained: ‘My skin, an immune organ, was stricken with just about every condition known to man, usually in combination.’ In his new book, he claimed that when he fell ill, his wife at the time Sofia Vergara allegedly ‘refused to hug him even when he begged.’However he also credited her with saving his life by authorizing the emergency surgery that was performed to remove part of his intestines.Manganiello told People of his past condition: ‘I was getting sicker and sicker’ and likened his painful symptoms to a ‘gremlin in the control room of my body flipping switches.’In Bloodlines, Manganiello says Vergara – whom he married in 2015 and split from in 2023 – was ‘at his bedside’ in the hospital as his condition worsened. Before the surgery, the actor had been struck by excruciating abdominal pain, rashes, fevers, headaches and bleeding from the rectum, causing him to lose 60lbs over the next seven years. The emergency surgery ultimately resulted in what Manganiello called a ‘life-saving organ amputation,’ and he revealed Vergara made the call to proceed with the drastic measure while he was in surgery. This comes after Manganiello made incendiary claims about Vergara’s alleged behavior during his seven-year battle with an autoimmune disease. Manganiello has revealed ex-wife Sofia Vergara saved his life by authorizing doctors to remove part of his intestines during an emergency surgery in 2016 – pictured 2023He alleged the union became ‘devoid of any emotionality whatsoever’ as his illness took its toll. In an excerpt of the memoir, set for release on October 13 and obtained by People on Wednesday, Manganiello says his health began to go downhill shortly after his 2015 wedding to Vergara.Manganiello, who believes he is ‘lucky to be alive,’ said pain medication usually prescribed for Crohn’s disease and colitis did not work and he was ‘forced’ to turn to hydrocodone pills, fentanyl patches and marijuana, despite being sober for 13 years.In the tome, Manganiello said his pain was so severe, he considered taking his own life in 2019, leading him to adopt his chihuahua, Bubbles. Manganiello claims as he desperately searched for treatment, his marriage became ‘devoid of any emotionality whatsoever’ and alleged Vergara ‘refused to hug him even when he begged.’ After True Blood star Manganiello claimed in a previously released book excerpt that Vergara allegedly ‘refused to hug him even when he begged’ during his illness, he has now revealed she was the one who made a crucial surgical call for him – pictured 2020 Before the surgery, the actor had been struck by excruciating abdominal pain, rashes, fevers, headaches and bleeding from the rectum – causing him to lose 60lbs over the next seven years. Pictured 2023 An emergency surgery involved what Manganiello called a ‘life-saving organ amputation’, and he revealed Vergara made the call to proceed with the drastic measure while he was in surgery. Above, in 2023He also claimed Vergara ridiculed him over Bubbles.’I had to give my gun away because I kept thinking about it, and then the dog came. I went from being the patient to the caretaker,’ he said.Manganiello also again refuted Vergara’s prior claims to the Spanish publication El País that she and Manganiello called it quits because he wanted kids and she did not.He claims his illness led him to giving up starting a family with Vergara after failed IVF attempts, which led them to consider egg donors, with the actor saying he ‘didn’t want to die and leave Vergara with a child who wasn’t biologically hers.’After Manganiello’s allegations went public, Vergara went viral by sharing a cryptic Instagram post many suspected was aimed at him.Her son Manolo Gonzalez Vergara, 35, had posted a chart comparing ‘good men’ to ‘narcissistic men,’ which his mother then reshared with her own note.’Remember, kids,’ she advised: ‘when dealing with a narcissist, it doesn’t matter how much you do for them, because they will resent you for it and nothing will [ever] be enough, and they’ll always somehow try to paint you as the bad guy.’ The Daily Mail previously contacted representatives for Vergara and Manganiello for comment and has yet to hear back. Vergara announced her divorce from Manganiello in July 2023.Only two days after announcing their split, Manganiello filed for divorce and listed their date of separation as July 2.The reason for the end of their marriage was cited as ‘irreconcilable differences.’However, in January 2024, Vergara told El País that she and Manganiello called it quits because he wanted kids and she did not. She is a mom to son Manolo, 35, who she welcomed during her first marriage to Joe Gonzalez, which ended in 1993.’I didn’t want to be an old mom,’ she said. ‘I feel it’s not fair to the baby. I respect whoever does it, but that’s not for me anymore.’She continued: ‘I had a son at 19, who is now 32, and I’m ready to be a grandmother, not a mother. So, if love comes along, he has to come with [his own] children.’Manganiello later disputed those claims in a Men’s Journal article in July 2024. Manganiello is now engaged to Caitlin O’Connor, 37, above in 2024. The actor is open to starting a family with her, writing, ‘If that’s meant for me. For seven years I thought I was going to be dead the next week. The world has opened back up to me’ The actor, above in 2015’s Magic Mike XXL, said earlier this year he had been dealing with ‘a cascade of autoimmune-related illnesses’ that wreaked havoc on his skin, thyroid, eyes, lungs, and digestive system Manganiello’s memoir is set for release on October 13’There’s been a lot said in the press about me wanting a family. That’s simply not true,’ he told the publication. ‘We did try to have a family for the first year and a half.’Manganiello is now engaged to Caitlin O’Connor, 37, and the actor is open to starting a family with her, writing, ‘If that’s meant for me. For seven years I thought I was going to be dead the next week. The world has opened back up to me.’Manganiello credits his recovery to seeking alternative treatment – visiting a Santa Monica shaman, who told him generational trauma was to blame due to his great-grandmother losing nine of her children in the Armenian genocide.He is now off medication and no longer in pain after undergoing surgery to reconnect his digestive tract. In June, Manganiello first revealed the debilitating ‘deadly mystery illness’ that afflicted him in recent years and led to a ‘life-saving organ amputation.’In an Instagram video, the Magic Mike actor revealed that the treatments he was prescribed for the illness, which he has not yet disclosed, had their own ‘brutal side effects.’He also clarified just how private he kept his illness, saying that he ‘suffered in silence, battling a deadly mystery illness’ while only sharing the details with a small group of people closest to him.Manganiello battled crushing uncertainty, as he was left without answers about what set off his health issues despite seeing ‘the best doctors in the world.”All their attempts to treat it with high-powered biological drugs only exacerbated my symptoms and then unlocked a host of brutal side effects that winded up plaguing me for years,’ he continued.If you or someone you know needs help, please call or text the confidential 24/7 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in the US on 988. There is also an online chat available at 988lifeline.org