Comedian Ryan Sickler has a daughter, the successful “The HoneyDew Podcast” and a new comedy special. He seems to have it all. And he does — including a rare blood-clotting disease called factor V Leiden that almost killed him:
Baltimore native Ryan Sickler is a comic’s comic. His storytelling style is unparalleled, his high-pitched laugh is infectious, and his spirit draws you in like the smooth inhalation of a joint — which Sickler also knows a thing or two about. Father to a sweet 8-year-old daughter Stella, host of the wildly successful “The HoneyDew Podcast,” a new special called “Lefty’s Son” released in April on You Tube, and on the road with his Live and Alive Tour, Sickler appears to have it all.
Though he’s considered a seasoned vet in comedy today, Sickler was definitely more of a wild card known for outlandish humor that wasn’t always a hit. “Very early on when I went on stage, I used fake buck teeth and did a hillbilly character,” Sickler says with a cringe. “I’ll tell you what, though, the next time I used those buck teeth they broke and I had nothing to go to. I was like, ‘End of prop comedy!’ That was like my second set ever, and I had no idea what was even funny or what to do.
“This is the second podcast studio I’m building right now, I know how to light, I know how to direct, I know how to do these things,” he said. “I produced, directed and did all the post-production for my own stand-up special because I know how to do it. I can’t fly the plane, but I can keep it going.”
His dad continued to introduce him to comedy greats — Eddie Murphy, George Carlin, Rodney Dangerfield. “It’s funny because he was never big on Bill Cosby. I swear to God, it’s like he knew before his time!” Sickler said. Keeping the blood flowing sounds great in theory, but when the time finally came to pass his “going home test,” Sickler collapsed. He was clotting. “The nurse calls the doctor and he takes my blood pressure and says, ‘Tell me what you feel.’ I felt like three elephants were sitting on my chest. He said my blood pressure was really low and then asked, ‘Are you having heart attack symptoms?’ I was like, oh, my God. Now I am! Pain in my left jaw going down my left arm.
Though Sickler says he was told repeatedly that he’d be “going home tomorrow,” his blood work told a different story. He was seen by a spinal surgeon, a hematologist, oncologist and pulmonologist, all of whom were required to sign off before he could leave the hospital. “Pretty sure I became a bit of a case study for them,” Sickler said.The comedian spent the month of January on his back, the angle of his hospital bed never set higher than 30 degrees.
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