Eamonn Holmes feels "resentful" since he started being affected by crippling chronic back pain.
Eamonn Holmes finds his chronic back pain 'humiliating'
The 63-year-old TV presenter began suffering with his back two years ago and since then he has undergone spinal surgery, but during his recovery period a year ago he fell down the stairs at his home in Surrey, South East England.
Eamonn's injuries have included a dislocated pelvis, three slipped discs and a trapped sciatic nerve and the GB News breakfast show host admits the pain has taken away a lot of his mobility and left him frustrated he cannot do certain things he used to be ale to do comfortably.
Speaking on Coleen Nolan's 'Let’s Start Talking' podcast, with Co-op Funeralcare, he said: "I get very resentful that I'm not the way I used to be but I get on with it.
"I work hard at trying to walk. It’s very hard to get through a normal day but I have help from people around me."
Eamon has nothing but praise for his wife, 63-year-old 'Loose Women' panellist Ruth Langsford, for the love and support she has continuously offered him.
He said: "Ruth's not a particularly tolerant person, but, my God, I'm so indebted to her.
"She's from an Army family and she just gets on with it, she's a tour de force.
“It’s very hard to describe Ruth. I could quite happily take the adulation with my job but she literally cannot wait to get home, get her make-up off and start clearing out drawers and unloading the dishwasher. I can’t sing her praises enough, she’s not what you expect in showbiz.”
Eamonn has not tried a myriad of treatments to improve his condition, including ice-cold showers, epidural injections and physiotherapy but so far nothing has worked to alleviate his pain.
Speaking on the matter, he said: "The latest one I'm trying is this back stretching.
"I pay privately because my insurance only covers so much.
"I go to the paraplegic gym, I try my best but nothing much is getting better and no one has a prognosis as to whether it will get better."
His physical health struggles have also opened his eyes as to the sorely-lacking support system for disabled people.
He said: "There was nothing wrong with my back two years ago. Then your life's turned upside-down.
"You get outraged on behalf of people who are permanently disabled and the lack of facilities for them. I can’t do things on my own, I need help and that's a constantly humiliating thing.
"You're judged on everything, people have an insight into your life.
"There are so many things if I was Prime Minister that I would change, and one is education about maintaining our backs."
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