Daniel Johns Update
30 September 2002
Silverchair's frontman says that he's definitely 'on the mend'
following several weeks of intensive treatment in Los Angeles.
"It's going really, really well," Johns said of
his new treatments. "A lot better than I ever expected.
(When I first got here) I was on a cane, and it took me 10
minutes to walk about 10 meters. I was literally that slow,
and since I've been here I've been getting all alternative
treatments and gradually coming off the Western medicine because
it was just making me more dependent on the drugs and giving
me less ability to actually get up. And yeah, since I've been
here I'm off the cane and walking well. I can play guitar
for about 10 or 15 minutes a day. It's definitely getting
better. And it's getting better pretty quick, too. It's only
been about six weeks."
According
to the band's management, there is still a chance that Daniel
might be well enough enough to return to Australia for the
ARIA Awards on October 15 although "obviously his continued
recovery is the main priority".
