JOHN ON HIS WIFE
In an interview, John described his wife’s pivotal role in helping him live with a rare colon disease called Idiopathic Myointimal Hyperplasia of the Mesenteric Veins.
The condition was believed to have contributed to a blood clot that left him hospitalised in 2020.
John said: “I couldn’t have done it without her. When I was sick and got out of the hospital and I was too weak to look after myself, she did everything for me, including sanitary things I can’t talk about.”
He continued: “If I say I want to do something, we’ll talk about it, make sure it’s workable, and then she gets behind me and supports the idea and me all the way.
“And when I’m hurting the last three or four weeks of my diet, she sees the look on my face and says, ‘Just hang in there, it’s going to be worth it,’ and I need to hear that at that stage.”
