'I'm back!' Damien Martyn shares heartfelt update on remarkable recovery

[ad_1] 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" probability 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 assist flowing in from the likes of former teammates Adam Gilchrist and Justin Langer.

Ex-Check cricketer Martyn returns dwelling Adam Gilchrist says his former Australia teammate Damien Martyn has been launched from a Gold Coast hospital.

And information of the 57-year-old's outstanding restoration was met with an equally intense outpouring of aid.

Martyn awakened from the coma simply eight days later and returned dwelling 4 days after that.

On Saturday, Martyn took to social media to specific gratitude for the assist he had obtained in addition to open up in regards to the seriousness of his scenario.

"This publish is A BIG thanks to ALL my household, pals 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 fingers…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 combat this terrible illness.

"And that I did! Struggle that's!….

"After being given a 50/50 probability of surviving, I got here out of the induced coma 8 days later…not in a position to stroll or speak. And but 4 days after that, with the medical doctors in disbelief, I walked, I talked and proved to all of them why I needs to 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 elucidate how the expertise reminded him how "valuable time is".

"So completely happy to be dwelling, to have the ability to put my ft within the sand on the seaside and to begin thanking all these people who reached out to me and my household of their unwaivering assist," Martyn wrote.

"This expertise has jogged my memory of how fragile life is, how rapidly every little thing can change & how valuable time is!"

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He continued the publish with a heartfelt due to the medical professionals that made his restoration attainable.

"There are such a lot of fantastic folks on this world … from paramedics (at Mermaid Waters Ambulance), medical doctors & nurses (at Gold Coast College Hospital) … to household, pals and other people I didn’t even know," Martyn wrote.

"I really feel like I met all these improbable folks prior to now 3 weeks, or they reached out to me by messages of affection and assist.

"I'm so grateful to you all."

Martyn, who made his worldwide debuts as a precociously proficient 21-year-old and went on to turn into generally known as one of the vital engaging, elegant stroke-makers in Australian cricket, concluded the publish with two easy phrases: