Hairy Bikers star Dave Myers had to ‘learn to walk again’ after chemotherapy
Hairy Bikers’ Dave Myers has revealed that chemotherapy left him ‘down’ at times after he had to ‘learn to walk again’ and is undergoing physical therapy in a desperate bid to get back on the bike.
The 65-year-old star, who went public with her diagnosis in May, chose not to publicly reveal the type of cancer she has, but previously told her fans that she is undergoing chemotherapy.
He’s grateful his cancer ‘isn’t spreading’ and plans to return to work in May alongside his partner Si King, but revealed how they sent him some free men’s grooming tools when he least needed them during the height of his cancer treatment. , when her private parts looked like ‘two billiard balls’.
speaking in the how to be 60 podcast: ‘I’m still getting chemotherapy, but what I’m finding out now is that you have to live with cancer. It’s like a diabetic who needs insulin and constant care. That is the state I am in now.
Jeez, chemo doesn’t make you age half as fast. Because your balance loses, so for someone with a motorcycle that’s a disaster and my walk has been affected a lot, really.
Devastating: Hairy Bikers’ Dave Myers, 65, has revealed that chemotherapy has left him ‘depressed’ at times after he had to ‘learn to walk again’
“But I’m going to shoot again this May, and we’re going to shoot around chemotherapy. It really is.
‘You don’t have a choice right now. All I can say is that it is not spreading and I am keeping my own OK. So I’m very thankful for that.
“Sometimes I feel fine and other times I just need to go to bed. Then I fall asleep, a bit like a bad hangover.
The TV presenter went on to explain how his treatment affected him so physically that he had to relearn how to walk.
“I don’t really have symptoms of the cancer, it’s the chemotherapy,” he said. It’s neuropathy in the feet, so it’s hard to bear. So I’ve had to learn to walk again properly’
‘Chemotherapy is a fun thing, it’s one of life’s great levelers. It doesn’t matter if you’re on TV or unemployed, if you understand that, then you’re screwed. And sometimes chemotherapy gets you down.
“It’s a kind of chemical depression, and that’s really hard, because everyone tells you to be positive, but when your body chemistry doesn’t tell you that story, that’s hard.
“Hopefully there will be more positive chapters beyond this one.”
Back to normal: The star is undergoing physical therapy in a desperate attempt to get back on his bike (pictured with fellow Hairy Bikers presenter Si King (right))
And as part of looking to the future in a positive way, Dave involved buying a new motorcycle to ride when he’s fit.
He continued: ‘I bought a new motorcycle. In physio, they sit me on a pilates ball and rock me from side to side, pretending I’m on the bike.
‘I have a rubber band under one foot and a rubber band under the other and I’m changing, braking and making motorcycle noises.
‘They [the physios] they are determined to get me back on the bike.
He added: ‘There are so many more adventures I want to have. I don’t have to retire as long as people watch the shows and buy the books that I can read until I’m 110, as long as I can keep breathing.’
Meanwhile, Dave recalls the time he was sent some grooming tools while undergoing chemotherapy, but couldn’t use them because he had “two billiard balls in there.”
Looking back: Dave recalled the time he was sent some grooming tools while undergoing his chemotherapy, but couldn’t use them because he had “two pool balls down there.”
He said: ‘I mentioned one time on my podcast about pubic hair and decorating, and I got this on Facebook for male waxing. It was a set of razors for the men to shave off the nuts and parts, to keep everything neat and tidy.
‘A few weeks later, this very expensive device arrived in the mail, and I was deep in the heart of chemotherapy. It was the last thing in the world he needed!
“They were like two pool balls down there, I didn’t need anything like that. It looked like an embryo. It was not a good look.
“But it’s shiny, my hair is back now, it’s better than it was before the chemo, so I’m very happy.”
Dave has suffered from illness in the past after being diagnosed with a brain cyst in 1998, and then glaucoma, which is an eye condition that can lead to blindness.
The same year that he was diagnosed with a cyst on his brain, Dave sadly lost his fiancée to cancer, previously describing 1998 as the worst year of his life.
Private: Dave, who went public with his diagnosis in May, has chosen not to publicly disclose the type of cancer he has.