This Wednesday, January 17, 2024, Olivier Delacroix
hosts a new number of his show In Olivier’s eyeson France2. An original in which the famous host gives a voice to people who are victims of medical errors. The opportunity for Chris Marques, emblematic member of the jury of Dance with the stars
, to open up about his illness. Although he now works in the dance world, the artist took his first steps in the world of work as a “e-commerce director of a London company”. “I had an important position, under pressure but exciting. . I didn’t count my hours; I was in the office from 9 a.m. to 8 or 9 p.m. every day. Then, until 10 p.m., I rehearsed my choreographies. On Friday evening, I went to compete all over the world. It was my rhythm.”, he confides. Comments relayed by Ciné Télé Revue.
Although he managed to keep this particularly busy schedule for several years, a flu took its toll on his health. At his worst, Chris Marques went to the doctor without ever seeing his condition improve. “After two years of consultations, I was told I had Hodgkin syndrome”he explains. “Reviews two days later ruled out this cancer. The correct diagnosis was made after three years: myalgic encephalomyelitisalso called chronic fatigue syndromefor which there is no treatment.”
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“I am cured”
“This illness devastated me for ten years. I was sensitive to temperature changes. In an hour, I looked like a curled up old man”, says Chris Marques. Determined to continue in the dance world, the TF1 star finally made the decision to hide her illness. “Dance allowed me to live as I wanted, it was saving and, at the same time, it was my worst enemy during these ten years of illnesswhich made me gain twenty kilos.”
For him, the “discipline” athletes still allowed him to hold on. However, his daily life was not easy to manage to the extent that the slightest task exhausted him. “Showering and dressing required a superhuman effort.” It was ultimately a former osteopath who allowed him to find a life again. “normal”. “I followed his therapy, which is not based on medications, but on methods of self-hypnosis, on breathing techniques. It is neither validated nor invalidated by medicine, it is simply not not recognized. The fact remains that it gave me life again. I am cured today.” A moving testimony.
V.B.