Australian cricket nice Damien Martyn has shared a constructive replace on his restoration from meningitis, an an infection that causes swelling across the mind and spinal twine, whereas additionally revealing he was given a “50:50” likelihood of surviving the sickness.
Martyn was rushed to a Queensland hospital in late December, the place he fought for his life after being positioned in an induced coma.
The information despatched shock waves throughout the cricketing world, with messages of help flowing in from the likes of former teammates Adam Gilchrist and Justin Langer.Â
Ex-Check cricketer Martyn returns residence
And information of the 57-year-old’s exceptional restoration was met with an equally intense outpouring of reduction.
Martyn wakened from the coma simply eight days later and returned residence 4 days after that.
On Saturday, Martyn took to social media to precise gratitude for the help he had acquired in addition to open up concerning the seriousness of his scenario.
“This put up is A BIG thanks to ALL my household, mates and so many different individuals who have reached out to me!” Martyn wrote on X.
“On the twenty seventh of December 2025 my life was taken out of my arms…when meningitis took over my mind, & unbeknownst to me I used to be positioned right into a paralysed coma for 8 days to assist me struggle this terrible illness. Â
“And that I did! Battle that’s!….
“After being given a 50/50 likelihood of surviving, I got here out of the induced coma 8 days later…not capable of stroll or speak. And but 4 days after that, with the docs in disbelief, I walked, I talked and proved to all of them why I must be launched from hospital to begin my restoration.”
Martyn, who scored 4406 runs throughout 67 Check matches within the 90s and early 2000s, went on to clarify how the expertise reminded him how “treasured time is”.
“So glad to be residence, to have the ability to put my ft within the sand on the seaside and to begin thanking all these those who reached out to me and my household of their unwaivering help,” Martyn wrote.
“This expertise has jogged my memory of how fragile life is, how rapidly every thing can change & how treasured time is!”
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He continued the put up with a heartfelt because of the medical professionals that made his restoration attainable.
“There are such a lot of fantastic individuals on this world … from paramedics (at Mermaid Waters Ambulance), docs & nurses (at Gold Coast College Hospital) … to household, mates and other people I didn’t even know,” Martyn wrote.Â
“I really feel like I met all these improbable individuals up to now 3 weeks, or they reached out to me via messages of affection and help.
“I’m so grateful to you all.”
Martyn, who made his worldwide debuts as a precociously gifted 21-year-old and went on to grow to be often known as some of the engaging, elegant stroke-makers in Australian cricket, concluded the put up with two easy phrases:
“I’m again!”Â
