Charismatic footie pundit Chris Kamara has shed further light on his battle with apraxia of speech, which he went public with back in March. The neurological disorder makes it hard to speak and makes saying the right sounds and words very difficult.
In an exclusive new interview with The Sun, Kamara said putting off seeing his doctor might have had devastating consequences.
The 64-year-old said: “The doctor said if I’d gone in those first two or three months and had my thyroid checked then I might have been OK.
“But because I left it, everything happening in the body — the balance, the muscle weakening — came from the fact I didn’t tell anybody.
“I feel I’ve let my wife and family down by being a dinosaur and not getting checked out.”
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Kamara first publicly addressed his apraxia on Good Morning Britain back in March.
He decided to appear on the daytime show after fans reached out to him with concern following his appearance on Soccer Saturday.
He said: “My apraxia, when it’s bad stops those signals from that brain going to that mouth. It slows it down, at times it slurs the words as well. People are looking thinking ‘is he all right? Is he drunk? What’s the matter with him?”
Kamara reassured fans who had tweeted him with support.
“Alongside my thyroid problem I have developed Apraxia of Speech & have been working to get my speech back to normal.”
He continued: “Some days it can be a little slow and some days it’s normal. Hopefully I can beat this.”
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