Ben Askren Admits He Lamented Unfair Situation in Hospital During Health Trouble

Ben Askren says he let the medical challenges he’s faced over the last month affect him … admitting he’s felt sorry for himself — but, now, that’s all over.

The MMA standout posted a video from a hospital bed Saturday morning … giving fans another update on his condition and putting into context just how quickly his health has deteriorated.

Askren shared a journal entry written by a friend of the family who wrote on Father’s Day that doctors planned to examine him for a potential lung transplant … that was less than a month ago, and now BA has two new lungs.

Ben says he did let himself get down in the dumps during this process … mostly because he never smoked cigarettes or marijuana — and, yet he suddenly needed a pretty major surgery.

But, Askren realizes now that isn’t a productive way to think … and, he promises fans he won’t pity himself anymore.

As we told you … Askren underwent a double lung transplant at the end of last month — and, he provided an update on his condition earlier this week.

Askren talked in that clip about how his heart stopped for 20 seconds at one point … and he doesn’t remember anything from the past month.