Olympian Michael Klim reveals serious health battle with auto-immune condition

Australian swimming great Michael Klim has revealed he has a rare auto-immune disorder that has left him with little or no feeling in his feet and means he cannot walk unassisted.Klim says he has had mobility issues for a number of years and has been diagnosed with chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy

The Polish-born Klim represented Australia in swimming at three Olympic Games, winning two gold medals. He famously setting a new 100m freestyle world record in the lead-off leg of Australia's world record-breaking 4x100m freestyle relay win at the Sydney Games in 2000. "I called [Klim's partner] Michelle [Owen] and I was literally in tears, because I couldn't pinpoint what it was," he said.

"The body is trying to protect itself, but it's eating its own tissue," he said. "In my case it's eating the outside of my nerves." Klim lives in Bali with his partner Michelle Owen and his three children he shares custody of with his ex-wife Lindy Rama-Ellis.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

Hopefully with the help of medications and plasma exchange he'll be able to gain control of it. I've treated several patients with CIDP using PLEX who were well controlled and continue to live normal lives. Crossing my fingers that his case will have a similar outcome.

Jabbed?

Awful. I still remember the 4x100 relay like it was yesterday 😞

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