He was also an alcoholic which may have contributed to his not noticing the numbness and pain.

It is ironic that this handsome deceased actor’s (Chad Everett) best known role was on a popular medical related TV show ("Medical Center") as he visited the emergency room a number of times during his heyday. The cause was his sex fetish which consisted of binding sensitive parts of his anatomy with cords, rubber bands, rope etc and temporarily cutting off the blood supply for prolonged sexual stimulation. He was also an alcoholic which may have contributed to his not noticing the numbness and pain.

The events you are about to read happened a good decade beyond his peak.

I remember every fall sitting around and watching a program. It only came on once a year and back when there were limited channels available for your viewing pleasure, one of them was stuck with this particular event. Everyone knows who the host of the event was, but there were co-hosts. One was a former A lister. He had a huge network hit back in the day for which he was nominated/won a couple of times with an award.