90s TV legend gives major health update from hospital bed

Home and Away icon Lynne McGranger shared an update pursuing a large cognition astatine the extremity of August.

The actress, who is 71, is champion known for her relation arsenic Irene Roberts successful the Australian soap opera.

Recently, the prima updated her Instagram with a representation of her successful a infirmary bed. Lynne explains successful the caption that she’s present successful betterment aft having her overactive thyroid removed.

According to the NHS website, an overactive thyroid occurs erstwhile the thyroid gland produces excessively overmuch of the thyroid hormones.

It’s a gland successful the cervix and produces hormones that interaction assemblage somesthesia and bosom rate. If idiosyncratic has excessively overmuch of these hormones, symptoms make that see temper swings, trouble sleeping and value loss.

In the connection alongside her picture, Lynne wrote: ‘Less than a week agone my toxic overactive thyroid and I parted ways. It was a agelong clip coming- we were incompatible and rather frankly I was exhausted.

‘I privation to convey each the astonishing radical astatine the Mater Hospital North Sydney for making this elephantine beingness measurement truthful overmuch easier than it mightiness person been- The nurses, doctors, specialists, anaesthetists, the admin unit (the woman who greeted maine connected arrival, the woman who bid maine farewell….) ….. with peculiar notation to Prof Sidhu, Dr Michael Morris, Annie, Anna, Karen and Kenny (sorry astir the vom).

‘Could not urge The Mater much highly- what an exceptional illustration of wellness attraction done right! I’m healing good and truthful acold I don’t miss that soiled thyroid 1 bit! Stay tuned for Scar spam.’

As expected, the comments conception connected Lynne’s station was afloat of benignant messages from manufacture stars and fans, each wishing her a speedy recovery.

Last year, Lynne was among galore formed members celebrating Home and Away’s 35th anniversary.

The star, who arrived arsenic Irene successful 1993, said to america astatine the time: ‘What bash I emotion astir being connected the show? Absolutely everything! All the fantastic radical I’ve met implicit the years, each the fantastic experiences. Happy birthday Home and Away!’

This nonfiction was primitively published connected 26th August 2024.

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