In the The 2Night Show was invited Pavlos Marinakis on Tuesday 23/1, where he spoke about his political career. At the same time, he referred to Crohn’s disease from which he suffers and has changed the circumstances of his life.
He recently became a father and referred to the arrival of his child: “There is no greater title than the title of father and mother. I haven’t changed diapers yet, I know if I need to. I wouldn’t compare it to anything else,” he told the presenter and added that he met his wife in Komotini where they were both studying law.
Recently, he has managed to lose a lot of weight and explained to Grigoris Arnautoglou how he followed the method of intermittent fasting: “I ate from 12 to 8 and from 8 onwards I didn’t eat anything. From 8 until the next day at 12 I was on water and plain coffee.”
At the same time, Pavlos Marinakis referred to Crohn’s disease, the autoimmune disease from which he suffers: “I have Crohn’s disease. It is an inflammatory bowel disease, a serious disease, autoimmune.
I can say two things about it, for me it is important. It’s one of those things that changes your life. It is 99 percent created by stress, it has been inside you for years.
The diagnosis was made when I was Secretary of New Democracy, about 2 years ago. My wife has the coronavirus and while I’m testing negative, I’ve had a fever every afternoon.
I had tests and the doctor announced that I have Crohn’s disease and I told him “perfect”. I was almost glad, the doctor lost it. I asked him one question “am I going to die from this?”. He told me “no but you will have to adjust your life”. I tell him “since I won’t die I’m happy”.
At times I underestimated symptoms and was afraid to take tests. If I had done tests 2, 3 or even 5 years earlier, maybe now a milder treatment was needed”, admitted Pavlos Marinakis on The 2Night Show.