Janet Street-Porter shared an update from hospital. (Image: Instagram Janet Street-Porter)
Janet Street-Porter has shared a message with her fans just hours after undergoing a hip replacement. The 77-year-old looked in good spirits as she shared a photograph from her hospital bed on Saturday afternoon, days after announcing her exit from the show.
She wrote: “Three hours after hip replacement-masses of strong pain relief resulted in huge smile of relief! Then the drugs wore off…but I’m walking with a trolley HOORAY XX.”
Janet was inundated with support from her friends and followers. Her Loose Women co-star Katie Piper commented: “So happy to see you smiling and walking already.”
Interior designer Nikki Shore added: “I hope your recovery goes well, you are inspirational Janet.”
And comedian Sarah Millican penned: ”Sending love.”
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On Wednesday’s episode of Loose Women, from the show while she recovers from her surgery and openly expressed her nervousness about the procedure.
Host broke the news early in the show, revealing it was Janet’s “last day for a little while”.
She said: “Janet, this is your last day for a little while because you are heading off for the operation, the one you have been waiting for a while,” reports the Mirror.
Janet confirmed: “Yes, on Friday I am heading off to have a hip replacement operation at last and I can’t think about anything else.
“As I’m sitting here, I’m shaking and shivering and I keep dreaming about it. I keep thinking ‘what if they can’t get it back together’. I am going on Friday, I’ll have the operation Friday afternoon, stay in hospital for a few days then I’ll really work on it at rehab so I can come back as soon as possible.”
Coleen was overcome with emotion as she shared: “You know this morning when we were talking about it – it made me really sad because you always put on this tough image that nothing does your back in and at one point today you said ‘I’m really scared’ and I could have cried my eyes out.”
Janet then confessed: “I am vulnerable and you know what it’s my own fault because they told me in March to have it done but I delayed it. Then at the weekend, I had some vegetables delivered and even though I shouldn’t I was on all fours planting them.
“I woke up on Sunday morning and I couldn’t move and now I’ve really messed up the other side of my back and I had to lie-down for two days.”
She further expressed her frustration: “I realised that I let myself get too weak and I’ve never been like this in my life and it’s just so irritating.”
In a touching moment, Janet was presented with a surprise gift basket, complete with a framed picture of Coleen.