Olympic legend Michael Klim reveals how devastating health battle made him 'not very pleasant'...

Michael Klim has admitted he was 'not a very pleasant person to be around' at the outset of his health struggle as the Aussie swimming legend opened up on how he has bounced back from his shock diagnosis. The Olympic champion, 47, was diagnosed with the rare neurological disorder chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) back in 2020, but did not go public with his health battle until 2022. Klim has spoken openly about the challenging four-year period that has followed, with his health deteriorating to the extent that he was unable to walk and was bedridden.

CIDP causes the body to attack its own tissue - the myelin sheaths which insulate and protect the nerves - causing weakness and lack of feeling in the arms and legs. The 47-year-old, who is father to two daughters and a son, told the Betoota Advocate podcast how the life-changing diagnosis left him a shell of his former self, and the knock-on effect it had on his loved ones. 'I sort of got to a stage where I couldn't really hide it: I was wobbly on my feet and needed a walking stick, I looked different, I had put on a lot of weight and my treatment was taking its toll,' he said of his decision to go public in 2022.



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