Former Town midfielder and coach Kieron Dyer has issued a positive update on his health situation, a year on from announcing he would require a liver transplant.
At the end of October last year, the 43-year-old revealed he had been diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis, a rare disease which attacks the bile ducts, leading to them becoming scarred, with a liver transplant the only current treatment.
Ipswich-born Dyer, who left his role as Blues U23s coach in March, went on the transplant waiting list and had expected to undergo the surgery early this year, however, following more recent tests, the need for a new liver is now regarded as less urgent.
"It’s well documented that I need a liver transplant,” Dyer told talkSPORT. "We thought that I would be having that within three to six months but I have my bloods checked regularly and my markers are so good at the moment that they are delaying the operation.
"We don’t know when I’ll have the operation because my bloods and my symptoms and everything, I’m doing really well.
"It’s good news in a way, but sometimes you just want it done so you can start to crack on with your life and do a job properly.
"But I’m really positive and in my off time, because I want to be a coach, I’ve picked different managers’ brains, watched training sessions, watched all sorts of football from the National League all the way up to Champions League clubs. I’m like a sponge at the moment absorbing all this knowledge that I’m getting.”