George Michael has issued a statement about his health today, reassuring fans he is on the road to recovery and thanking the hospital who treated him for saving his life.
The 48-year-old singer, who had been in Austria being treated for pneumonia, admitted he was still feeling weak following the illness, and said it had been 'touch and go' whether he would survive.
Michael, who wore a scarf and sunglasses as he spoke to the press outside his home in Highgate, thanked everyone for their support.
'I'm lucky to be alive': George Michael gave a press conference today reassuring fans that he is on the road to recovery after battling pneumonia
Announcement: Michael spoke against the backdrop of a Christmas tree outside his London home;
Asked how he was feeling, Michael - who was supported throughout his ordeal by his boyfriend Fadi Fawaz, ex-partner Kenny Goss and 75-year-old father Kyriacos Panayiotou and older sisters Melanie and Yioda - said: 'I feel amazing. I mean, I'm very weak but I feel amazing.
'I got streptagotta-something - it was a form of pneumonia and they basically spent three weeks keeping me alive.
I don't want to take you through all of it because some of it I want to protect my family from, but it was by far the worst month of my life.
Emotional: Michael appeared to be struggling to hold back his tears at points during the press conference
Thankful: Michael also revealed he would be performing a special one-off concert to say thank you to the doctors at the AKH hospital in Vienna;
'But I'm incredibly fortunate to be here and incredibly fortunate to have picked up this bug where I did because apparently the hospital in Austria that they rushed me to was the best place in the world I could have been to deal with pneumonia.
'So I have to believe that somebody believes I've still got some work to do here.'
Asked what kept him going through his illness, Michael replied: 'My family, and the thought of all the people I still have to play to.
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