Damien Martyn's emotional 'I'm back' post after beating Meningitis

Former Australia batter Damien Martyn returned location from infirmary connected Saturday aft recovering from an “awful” bout of meningitis, an acquisition helium said made him realise “how fragile beingness is.”Martyn was taken sick connected December 27, 2025, and was placed successful an induced coma successful the intensive attraction unit. He began showing encouraging signs of betterment successful the archetypal week of January, and has present been discharged with the worst of the ordeal down him.

“Bring connected 2026 …I’m back! So blessed to beryllium home, to beryllium capable to enactment my feet successful the soil connected the formation and to commencement thanking each those radical that reached retired to maine and my household successful their unwavering support,” Martyn wrote successful an affectional station connected X, sharing a photograph of himself lasting connected a beach.Reflecting connected the episode, Martyn said it served arsenic a stark reminder of life’s uncertainty.“This acquisition has reminded maine of however fragile beingness is, however rapidly everything tin alteration & however precious clip is!”The 54-year-old erstwhile World Cup victor besides looked backmost connected his conflict with the illness, describing the severity of the information and his gradual recovery.“On the 27th of December 2025 my beingness was taken retired of my hands…when meningitis took implicit my brain, & unbeknownst to maine I was placed into a paralysed coma for 8 days to assistance maine combat this atrocious disease.

And that I did! Fight that is!…. After being fixed a 50/50 accidental of surviving, I came retired of the induced coma 8 days later…not capable to locomotion oregon talk.“And yet 4 days aft that, with the doctors successful disbelief, I walked, I talked and proved to them each wherefore I should beryllium released from infirmary to commencement my recovery,” helium stated.

Martyn, who represented Australia successful 67 Tests, 208 ODIs and 4 T20Is, besides expressed gratitude to those who supported him done the hard period.“This station is A BIG convey you to ALL my family, friends and truthful galore different radical who person reached retired to me! There are truthful galore fantastic radical successful this satellite … from paramedics (at Mermaid Waters Ambulance), doctors & nurses (at Gold Coast University Hospital) … to family, friends and radical I didn’t adjacent know.“I consciousness similar I met each these fantastic radical successful the past 3 weeks, oregon they reached retired to maine done messages of emotion and support,” helium wrote.