How kind Kate Garraway came to Chris Kamara’s rescue amid his crippling health battles
FOOTIE pundit Chris Kamara says he has made huge progress in his battle with speech apraxia thanks to Kate Garraway.
The Good Morning Britain host Kate, 56, recommended an “experimental” treatment in Brazil which has helped the ex-Sky Sports star regain fluency in his voice.
Kammy, 66, said during the new series of Dave’s travel show World’s Most Dangerous Roads: “I’d say I’m 25 per cent away from the person I used to be.”
Close pal and ex-Soccer Saturday host Jeff Stelling, 68 replied: “Seventy five percent of Chris Kamara is more valuable than 100 per cent of a lot of people you see on telly.”
Kammy was diagnosed with speech apraxia in 2021. The condition, which interrupts messages from the brain to the vocal cords resulting in slurred speech, has also affected his balance and ability to walk.
But he flourished thanks to the advice to go to Brazil given by friend Kate, who took her late husband Derek Draper to Mexico for treatment after his speech was affected by Covid.
The methods used in the treatment are unknown but results have been so good, the former Bradford City manager is urging for it to be available in the UK.
He said: “The treatment has not been sanctioned by the world medical boards. I’ll be campaigning to try and get it over here.”
During his tour of Sri Lanka with Jeff — on the country’s most hazardous roads — Kammy showed how much progress he had made.
He said: “I thought that was it, it’s over, but I’m back working with my best buddy and maybe getting away with the voice.”
Jeff added: “There was a time where I didn’t think I’d see Kammy as we knew him again, but Most Dangerous Roads has given him a boost because he’s realised he can do things”.
The co-hosts will discuss their hopes of working with each other in the future should Kammy’s health improve in next Sunday’s episode.
