A young comedian has revealed how he had to learn how to eat and walk again after he was allegedly assaulted and left unconscious with blood oozing from his head. 

Angus McLeod, 25, suffered a fractured skull and a brain injury after he was allegedly attacked by a man in Brisbane late last year, 7News reported.

Mr McLeod could only recall waking up in the middle of a road, where he noted that he was bleeding profusely from his head.

He was taken away in an ambulance to hospital and recalls waking up in intensive care at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.

The young comedian spent two days in intensive care. He couldn’t walk, hear anything, his face was partially paralysed and he sustained damage to a nerve that controls the tongue. 

‘I lost control of my vestibular system, which is in charge of your balance,’ he told the publication.  

‘That’s probably one of the toughest things to get control of.’ 

To remedy his hearing issue, he communicated with friends and family via writing and texting and was fitted with a cochlear implant.

Senior speech pathologist at the hospital, Leisa Turkington, explained that Mr McLeod got accustomed to using a straw and having his food placed on the other side of his face to avoid biting himself after the nerve damage.

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His rehabilitation at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital is ongoing, with the budding comedian crediting the hospital as being the reason he was still alive today.

He has not ruled out making the tragic incident part of his usual stand-up routine once he fully recovered. 

‘I’m not afraid to talk about what happened to me. I think that’s part of the reason I’m here today,’ he said. 

Mr McLeod shared his story as part of the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Foundation’s Giving Day. 

His accused assailant is currently before the courts.

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