Hairy Bikers’ Dave Myers reveals he’s had to ‘learn to walk again’ after devastating cancer diagnosis
HAIRY Bikers’ legend Dave Myers opened up about learning to walk again after his devastating cancer diagnosis.
The celebrity chef detailed his health journey, as he has now revealed he is having to learn to walk again, due to his battle with cancer.
Dave, 65, opened up on the How To Be 60 podcast with Loose Women’s Kaye Adams, stating: “I really have no symptoms of the cancer, it’s the chemotherapy.
“It’s neuropathy in your feet, so it’s hard to stand. So I’ve had to learn to walk again properly.”
Detailing his treatment, he also explained: “I’m still having chemotherapy, but what I’m finding out now is you have to live with the cancer.
“It’s like a diabetic who needs insulin and constant care. That’s the state I’m in now.
“By God, the chemotherapy doesn’t half age you quickly. Because your balance goes, so for someone with a motorbike that’s a disaster and my walking has been affected quite a lot, really.
“But I’m going to go back to film this May, and we’re going to film around the chemo. That’s just the way it is really.
“One doesn’t have an option at the minute. All I can say is it’s not spreading and I’m holding my own OK. So I’m very grateful for that.
“Sometimes I feel fine and other times I just need to go to bed. Then I kind of sleep it off, a bit like a bad hangover.”
The motorbike-lover also gushed about purchasing a new motorbike, despite needing physio to learn how to ride it again.
He stated: “I’ve bought a new motorbike.
“In physio, they sit me on a Pilates ball and rock me from side to side, pretending I’m on the motorbike.
“I have a rubber band under one foot and a rubber band under the other and I’m changing and braking and making motorbike noises.
“They [the physios] are determined to get me back on the bike.”
The star also got candid about his mental health, explaining how his treatment makes him feel “depressed”.
Dave stated: “It’s a funny thing chemotherapy, it’s one of life’s great levellers.
“It doesn’t matter if you’re on the telly or on the dole, if you get that then you’re in the s**t. And sometimes the chemo does make you depressed.”