Dave Myers did not precisely have brain surgery. Mistaking the symptoms for a hangover, Dave was utterly stunned when he was diagnosed with Glaucoma.
Dave Myers has a bit of a journey with his health, shed weight, and overhaul his lifestyle. For Dave Myers Hairy Biker, finding out he had a sight-threatening eye condition was shocking.
The 61-year-old TV personality, who met his TV cooking partner and Hairy Biker Si King back in 1995, is one of the people out of 700,000 in the UK living with Glaucoma.
Has Dave Myers had Brain Surgery?
Dave Myers did not have Brain Surgery, to be precise. However, he was diagnosed with Glaucoma, a rare disease resulting in the damaging of the optic nerve.
Glaucoma is a disease that often doesn’t cause any symptoms and develops slowly, so routine eye checks usually pick it up.
Glaucoma is caused by pressure from the fluid in the front of the eye becoming too high and damaging the optic nerve.
Eye’s pressure can be managed with treatment; any damage to the optic nerve is irreversible.
Dave was born in Lancashire, gaining millions of fans through his and King’s popular BBC cookery series and books.
He is often seen talking about his glaucoma diagnosis, wellbeing and how he keeps well.
Dave said that his wife thought he might have Glaucoma when his local optician told him during a check-up in 2012.
His wife insisted he go to his GP, who referred him to hospital, where a consultant told him he had the first signs of early-onset Glaucoma.
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Is Dave Myers Hairy Bikers Ill? Health Update
Dave Myers Hairy Bikers is Ill and suffering from Glaucoma.
In 1998 Myers lost his love of life turned into a fiancee to cancer, and then he suffered lots of migraines and memory loss.
He was told that he had a shadow on his brain, which turned out to be a benign arachnoid cyst, and emergency surgery successfully drained it.
In 2011 he married his Romanian girlfriend, Liliana Orzac. He has two stepchildren from Orzac’s previous relationship.
In 2018 Myers was informed that he was suffering from Glaucoma. In October 2021, fellow Hairy Biker Si King announced that Myers was recovering after contracting.
Who Is Dave Myers Wife Liliana Orazac? Family Facts & Children Details
Dave Myers was married to his wife Liliana Orazac in 2011. She belongs to Romanian descent.
Myers was born to his father, who worked as a foreman in Barrow-in-Furness in a paper mill.
David Myers was born on 8 September 1957 in Lancashire, England. He has two stepchildren and lives with his wife Liliana in England.
He earned an art degree at Goldsmiths, University of London and a master’s degree in art history. The first bike Dave bought was a Cossack Ural Mars Mk III, with a sidecar, when he was a student.