Bishopstown selector Kevin Driscoll on living with cystic fibrosis: ‘There was a period where I didn’t really like going to matches’

"I began to lose control of the car. I managed to half park in out of the way. I was coughing up blood. I tried to get out of my car and ring Maria, my wife. I got the phone in my hand and that’s the last thing I remember."

Kevin Driscoll hasn’t been as stringent with his cocooning protocols in recent weeks.

Instead of sitting tight inside the front door, he has been straying out beyond the front garden wall.