Stephen Fry treated his chronic pain ‘as a friend’
Stephen Fry said he sometimes considered his chronic pain a “friend” as he tried to manage his condition after his accident.
Actor injured at 6 feet (1.8m) Fell off the stage at London’s O2 Arena This left him needing ongoing physical therapy last year.
He told Radio 4’s Today program that chronic pain “makes you afraid of basic movements”.
The 67-year-old said: “You almost call it a friend and say ‘It’s okay, I know why you’re there’, you’re not a loser in terms of evolution, God or whatever you want.” Calling for nature. “
Fry, who shot to fame in the 1980s as a double act with Fry and Laurie, spoke to Professor Eileen Tracy, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, while guest editing the Channel 4 show.
As a neuroscientist, Professor Tracy focuses her projects on the understanding and treatment of pain, a subject to which she has devoted her life.
Fry told her: “Is it wrong for us to think that pain is something to be endured as a British thing?” he asked.
He said people sometimes think “if we’re hurt like this, we should suffer, it’s the natural course of things”.
During the two-hour special, Professor Tracy also spoke to former Olympic champion Mo Farah about how he copes with pain.
Professor Tracy said: “Pain is subjective, it’s a private experience that you can’t really objectify and it’s a strange phenomenon in itself.”
She also discusses work being done in Oxford and further afield to study chronic pain.
Oxford UniversitySpecial program also There’s news from the Popehe posted his thoughts of the day for the second time.
The 88-year-old spoke of creating “a world of hope and kindness” in a message recorded in Italian and translated into English by actors.
Professor Tracy is one of six people guest editing the program between Christmas and New Year.
Other guest editors during the festival include presenter and author Baroness Floela Benjamin, British cyclist Dame Laura Kenny and former chancellor Sir Sajid Javid.
