Jon Gosselin had a big health scare just before the Thanksgiving holiday and amid a harrowing year.

Former reality star, 44 years old, spoke to the U.K newspaper The Sun in comments posted on Friday, Nov. 26, that following a recent weekend of DJing, he was treated at a hospital after being bitten by a poisonous spider while sleeping in bed.

It was my first weekend alone. Jon broke up with his girlfriend and declared that he was ready to meet people new and openly start fresh. Colleen CradIt was August. After a fun night, I was awakened by the pain and tried to get up. But it didn’t work. I was in excruciating pain.”

He added, “When it looked at me I saw it was twice its size. There’s also a large, red-colored blister around the area. The blister looked almost like a cigarette burn but was actually raised.