Strictly star, 73, reveals there’s ‘no cure’ after suffering bleed behind eye

Former Strictly Come Dancing prima Russell Grant has revealed helium has suffered a bleed down his eye, for which determination is nary cure.

The 73-year-old astrologer appeared connected Strictly successful 2011 with pro spouse Flavia Cacace, and has since been keeping his loyal fans updated connected social media with his health struggles.

In 2022, Russell underwent country for a encephalon tumour and had a maturation connected his pituitary gland removed.

He aboriginal revealed his diabetes whitethorn person returned, and has present shared a concerning update connected his sight.

Taking to X, Russell wrote: ‘Monday: I woke with unusual cottony things floating successful my near eye. Headed to the opticians for tests. Next time @BlackpoolHosp called: time aft into the oculus clinic.

‘Result: I had a bleed down my oculus but nary retinal harm but it seems I person to befriend the floater! No cure.’

He shared his acknowledgment to the healthcare professionals who had aided him successful the comments, adding: ‘It was an New Moon truthful I knew each would beryllium well. Thank you everyone.’

As fans sent their messages of enactment for him successful the comments, helium went connected to stock further details astir the appointments and his oculus health.

Russell wrote successful 1 comment: ‘No, it’s not a cataract it’s similar a floating cobweb and [his doctor] Mr Malik told maine it’s a bleed down the eye. It’s called aged property Kina, this Middlesex antheral is 74 adjacent Wednesday and it’s each portion of it x.’

He added that helium was ‘in harmless hands’, and joked that his ‘floater’ is successful the signifier of ‘Delaware’.

‘Life is sent to effort us,’ helium replied to 1 comment, saying successful another: ‘Just a nuisance, if not a small depressing but determination we go.’

In 2023, Russell opened up astir his encephalon tumour diagnosis, saying helium was ‘ successful denial earlier the gruelling six-hour cognition successful November 2022 which his household and friends encouraged him to undertake.

At the time, helium said that he’d been told the tumour, which was pressing connected his optic nerve, could marque him suffer his sight.

‘But I was successful denial,’ helium told The Mirror. ‘I was truthful scared.’

He went on: ‘Then 1 time I had a Zoom telephone with my neurosurgeon Professor Omar ­Pathmanaban. He was lovely, truthful ­reassuring. But what topped it disconnected was helium past said, “It would beryllium an honour and a privilege to instrumentality distant your tumour… erstwhile I was a kid my parent and I utilized to ticker you each greeting connected meal telly. It made maine precocious for school.”‘

‘What I wanted to bash was tally distant into the mountains similar Heidi,’ helium added.

He had been warned not to sneeze, stroke his chemoreceptor oregon question for the adjacent six months to debar post-surgery complications.

Following his surgery, helium said helium kept his wellness battles backstage due to the fact that helium ‘didn’t privation a fuss’.

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