Pete Doherty: a new update on his health

The Libertines frontman Pete Doherty He updated the public on his health conditions during a new appearance to the Chris Moyles Show on Radio X, announcing that he now wears orthopedic shoes.

Last month the English artist complained that he risks amputation of the fingers of his feet due to his health conditions made difficult by type 2 diabetes that was diagnosed last year and that led him to say that “he was healthier when he was heroin”.

Last month he told Fans in Munich that the doctors recommended the utmost attention to avoid amputations. Previously he had been seen walking with a stick and wearing slippers and special socks during concerts.

Now, to the new radio appearance, he told the conductor that he has not lost any of the fingers of the feet. “They are still there and they are healing. But I have to wear these,” he said referring to orthopedic shoes.

He also said he tries to lift the topic at the beginning of the conversation to prevent people from making cruel comments or making fun of him.

“I just have to take away my thoughts before jokes,” he said. “Because it was difficult, it was painful, walking on the streets of London with these shoes. People can be really cruel.”

The medical body Diabetes UK explained how this health condition for a diabetic can aggravate and lead to amputations: “Over time, the increase in blood sugar levels can damage the vessels that supply the nerves of the feet. This prevents the nutrients from reaching the nerves. You can lose sensitivity – peripheral neuropathy – and damage the feet without realizing it. feet is reduced.

Doherty has openly spoke of his health battles over the years. Already in November 2023 he had described himself as “a very sick man” and said that “death is lurking”. “First heroin and crack … Then it was cocaine, smoke and alcohol, and now cheese and saucisson, and sugar in tea … everything must end,” he said at the time.

Also in that year Doherty had explained that he had a “cleaner” and “more sober” lifestyle than the past, compared to the past of his statements, they arrived on the occasion of the promotion of his documentary “Stranger in My Own Skin”, which puts his struggles against addiction.

“I stopped with crack and heroin and resumed the path,” he said. When he was asked if he fled from that part of his life, he replied: “Yes, fortunately. It was not sustainable. A moment comes when the body cannot bear that level of abuse. Everything becomes unsustainable. It becomes a Russian roulette”.

Although his problematic health conditions doherty continues his activity and during the summer i Libertines They will perform in a series of outdoor concerts in the United Kingdom, at the Gunnersbury Park in London, the Dreamland in Margate and the Piece Hall in Halifax.

Meanwhile, Doherty will release a new solo album entitled “Felt Better Alive” available from May 16th. A “Anywhere in Albion” intimate tour is also scheduled in the United Kingdom before a series of dates of “Felt Better Alive in Europe” to support the new album.

But he also has other projects: he recently announced a performance in the Great Escape Festival this year in Brighton and a meeting of BabyShambles It is “scheduled” for 2025.