Lucy Alexander Shares Hospital Recovery After Surgery

Lucy Alexander revealed that she is recovering from gallbladder surgery as she posted a photo from her hospital bed on Instagram on Tuesday. 

The Homes Under The Hammer alum, 56, told followers that she cannot lift a finger for six weeks following the operation to remove the gallbladder, which is usually done to treat pain from gallstones or inflammation.

Posting a photo of herself in a hospital bed hooked up to machines, she shared: 'Straight off my trip into a planned hospital op. Just recovering from GALL BLADDER surgery. Any advice or tips please DM. 

'Thank you for looking after me so well @kingstonhospitals. 6 weeks of no heavy lifting & resting.' 

In 2024, Lucy became a permanent host of 's after she first appeared on the international house-hunting show as a guest presenter the year before.

And the star almost rejected becoming a regular face on the programme due to being perimenopausal.

She told Daily Mail: 'I wasn't sure whether I should take the job at first. Being perimenopausal, I was worried about having hot flushes in a hot country.

'I thought, "Maybe this is just for younger people?" But then I thought, "Come on, Lucy, don't be silly."

'My friend Ruth Langsford gave me a cooling scarf, which helps - and I have no qualms saying to an all-male crew, "Hold on, I'm having a hot flush, I need a minute."

Lucy shares two children with the ex-Premier League footballer Stewart Castledine - Leo, 18, and Kitty, 21, who was left paralysed 14 years ago after contracting Transverse Myelitis.

The mother-of-two said: 'I feel like my career is having a second wind in my 50s.

'Presenting A Place In The Sun is the most perfect job at a perfect time in my life.

'I spend most evenings googling holidays and houses anyway, and now my children are grown up, I can go away without worrying about them!

'Earlier in my career, I was always clock-watching, phoning the kids, helping them with their homework, but now I can stop and smell the roses.'