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Amanda Goff, previously known under the moniker Samantha X, has been rushed into hospital suffering a heart condition.
The 49-year-old shared an update to Instagram from her hospital bed on Monday after succumbing to the condition.
In her caption, Amanda revealed that she had been diagnosed with Non-Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia (NSVT).
According to Very Well Health, NSVT is an ‘abnormal heart rhythm (arrhythmia) that starts in the lower chambers of the heart (ventricle)’.
The condition becomes dangerous when it also develops into Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT) which is a ‘heart rhythm disorder that causes a very fast or erratic heartbeat’ according to the Mayo Clinic.
Amanda explained that she had both issues and had to undergo surgery at St Vincent’s hospital in Sydney.
‘Guys this is a SUPER IMPORTANT post for you. I have been diagnosed with a heart condition NSVT / SVT. It’s serious, it’s life threatening and it’s treatable’ she wrote in her caption.
‘It’s all happened very fast- diagnosed Friday, in surgery Monday. NEVER ignore any symptoms. Mine were feeling faint and almost blacking out after exercise.’
Amanda Goff (pictured), previously known under the moniker Samantha X, has been rushed into hospital suffering a heart condition. The 49-year-old shared an update to Instagram from her hospital bed on Monday after succumbing to the condition
She continued: ‘I was supposed to be on a plane to Canada today. Instead I am in St Vincent’s cardiac ward. NSVT is the cause of sudden death and cardiac arrests.
‘I am blessed I found this out before not after. My body knew something wasn’t right, so I got it checked out. If there is anything you can take from this is never ignore what your body is telling you.
‘Ladies – PLS don’t dismiss feeling faint as hormones or period etc etc. If it keeps happening, get it checked out NOW.’
Amanda went on to explain what the future holds for her in terms of ongoing treatment.
‘I will be able to lead a completely normal life – worst case scenario a defibrillator, best case meds’ she said.
‘So there you go, you can be fit, booze free and all the rest, but never, ever be complacent. Get checked out NOW if you have a sneaking suspicion something is wrong. Your body doesn’t lie’ she added.
Amanda was once Australia’s most famous escort, known as Samantha X.
In her caption, Amanda revealed that she had been diagnosed with Non-Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia (NSVT)
Amanda was once Australia’s most famous escort, known as Samantha X. The author and journalist has turned over a new leaf, leaving the industry that made her a household name
The author and journalist has turned over a new leaf, leaving the industry that made her a household name two years ago.
In 2022, Amanda told Stellar Magazine that she is ‘ashamed’ of her former career and has changed her ways after being diagnosed with bipolar II disorder.
‘Now the fog has started to clear, I am ashamed of some of my choices, especially about going public,’ she said.
‘I don’t recognise the woman who did that and it’s mortifying for me.’
She went on: ‘I am not blaming my bipolar or saying it was all down to my bipolar at all. But would I have made those choices if I was diagnosed and medicated? Most likely I wouldn’t have been so public about it’.
Amanda says that creating her alter ego Samantha X ‘was a way of dealing with certain trauma in my life’ and she felt she was ‘acting’ when engaging that side of herself.
‘I felt invincible as Samantha. At the time, I had no issues with going public despite the shock from friends and family,’ she says.
‘It was like I couldn’t understand their concerns. I was closed off to it. I was on some kind of high, which now I understand is mania’.
‘It’s all happened very fast- diagnosed Friday, in surgery Monday. NEVER ignore any symptoms. Mine were feeling faint and almost blacking out after exercise’ she said
Amanda has now reclaimed the ‘very traditional and conservative’ person she is at heart.
The Sydney-based influencer was once described as the country’s highest-paid sex worker.
She dropped her successful career as a journalist to embark on a controversial path that quickly garnered her an entirely new fan base.
Amanda established herself as Australia’s most recognisable escort, writing two memoirs, creating her own lingerie label, adult toys and agency.
She also ran an escort agency with her business partner.
In addition to taking care of the behind-the-scenes of her agency, Amanda was busy completing a Masters Degree in counselling and psychology.
