Jonathan Ross opened up about his daughter' diagnosis
Jonathan Ross has opened up about his daughter Betty's fibromyalgia diagnosis on Loose Women. The talk show host appeared on the ITV chat show and explained that “it’s been a tough couple of years for [Betty] in particular.”
“She has fibromyalgia and she has chronic fatigue syndrome and POTS syndrome as well, which is where your heart rate shoots up," he said. Speaking to panellists Kaye Adams, Frankie Bridge, Dame Kelly Holmes and Denise Welch, he added: “We found a good… there's a thing called the Perrin treatment."The guy who invented it, he came to talk to me about it and she looked it up online because she's a smart young woman, so she has to want to do the treatment.
Betty's illness has affected the rest of the family too. Jonathan said: “She still can't walk very far. We got her an electric wheelchair in the summer, so we can at least go out and go for walks with the dogs and that's lifted her spirits a lot. "So if we're going out we have to give her plenty of time to get ready, get downstairs and then have a rest before we go to the next step, you know. It does have an impact but the good news is she's definitely showing improvement and feeling better in herself. So we're relieved and we're happy with that.”