This Morning’s Dr Zoe Williams has issued a new update after revealing she had a terrifying health scare just a few months ago.
The TV doctor, 44, was rushed to hospital with an abnormal heart rhythm last October and even had to draft up an emergency will.
Now, speaking out about the details, Dr. Zoe told New Magazine: ‘I had to, for the first time, consider my own mortality.
‘I didn’t think I was going to die, but I also didn’t feel completely certain that I wasn’t going to die in that scenario, hence the makeshift will.’
She continued: ‘Since then, I’ve had a procedure which means that won’t happen again and I’ve been reassured by the cardiologist that it’s not anything I’ve done, my heart is actually very healthy. It’s just a thing where some peopler are unlucky.’
Dr. Zoe admitted that although it was a terrifying experience, it was also a ‘gift’ and a ‘wake-up call’ to help her realise what matters in life.
This Morning’s Dr Zoe Williams has issued a new update after revealing she had a terrifying health scare just a few months ago
The TV doctor, 44, was rushed to hospital with an abnormal heart rhythm last October and even had to draft up an emergency will
Zoe first shared the news of her health scare in October as she revealed she had been suffering a ‘year of health blips’.
She explained: ‘I got signed off by my cardiologist today…I’m OK. But I wasn’t certain that I would be for a while!
‘It’s been a year of health blips. The most worrying being my heart ❤️ But I’m OK.
‘Writing an emergency will from your hospital bed, just in case, is not the one though. But I’m OK.’
She continued: ‘It’s interesting how we can be thankful for these experiences. They can make us see clearly. What matters. What doesn’t. And just how easy it is to take our health for granted xxx.’
Dr Zoe suffered another health scare in September 2023.
She revealed she had gone into hospital to receive spinal steroid injections and took to Instagram to share the details with her followers.
The star snapped a picture of herself in her gown in the morning as she wrote ‘Just waiting to go into theatre for my spine injections. Wish me luck’.
Talking to her followers whilst she chilled out on the sofa with her son Lisbon, three, she shared: ‘Just to say a huge thanks for your well wishes, your prayers and your love. It’s been felt warmly and is very much appreciated.
Now, speaking out about the details, Dr Zoe said: ‘I had to, for the first time, consider my own mortality’
Dr Zoe is a regular on This Morning (L-R Zoe, Alice Beer, Sharon Marshall, Dr Ranj, Dr Chris Steele, Steve Wilson and Martin Lewis)
She added: ‘I didn’t think I was going to die, but I also didn’t feel completely certain that I wasn’t going to die in that scenario, hence the makeshift will’
‘I am back home with my boy…We’re eating biscuits and oranges and watching Toy Story.’
The star went on to answer her fans questions explaining she was sedated throughout the procedure so didn’t feel or remember anything, admitting she was ‘just a bit drowsy afterward.’
She also said ‘The pain so far is better than it was this morning but the thing is with these injections is that they don’t work for everybody and things can get worse before they get better.’
Along with the help of her son she then reassured her fans that if anyone is booked in for a steroid injection, ‘do not fear’.
Dr. Zoe then promised to get into more detail about steroid injections in a future post, acknowledging that her having a good experience isn’t always the total picture.
While she has a good relationship with her followers she previously revealed that she had fallen foul of mum-shaming trolls.
In an exclusive chat with MailOnline, the mother said she also feels there is pressure for her as a doctor in the public eye to be a ‘role model’ for her fans.
She explained: ‘I think we live in a society where as soon as there’s a baby involved people feel that they have a right [to get involved].
‘Mostly it comes from a good place where they’re worried about the health of the baby, but I’ve had people comment on a number of things whether the way my baby sleeps, whether I have my baby swaddled or not swaddled, whether my baby has a dummy or doesn’t have a dummy – people will comment on every little thing.
She continued: ‘It’s interesting how we can be thankful for these experiences. They can make us see clearly. What matters. What doesn’t’
She shared the news with her Instagram followers in a lengthy post and was immediately flooded with messages of support from the likes of Alexandra Burke and Alesha Dixon
She explained: ‘I got signed off by my Cardiologist today… I’m ok. But I wasn’t certain that I would be for a while!’
Dr Zoe suffered another health scare in September last year. She revealed she had gone into hospital to receive spinal steroid injections and took to Instagram to share the details
While she has a good relationship with her followers she previously revealed that she had fallen foul of mum-shaming trolls (pictured with son Lisbon, three)
‘I’m very careful that, for example, I did a post with WaterWipes and had the baby on the changing table, I made sure my hand was in the picture. One because otherwise people would criticise me, but two because I feel I am role modelling as well.
‘For example, if I am using a baby carrier and not using it correctly, people might look to me and assume I know what I’m doing and getting it right and might copy the way I do things, so there is some responsibility on social media whilst being honest, also try and demonstrate best practice.’
Zoe, who had a water birth at home, went on to note that despite her ordeal, she doesn’t let trolls on her platform bring her down.
‘I ignore them. It depends – sometimes I comment, mostly I would say I ignore them,’ she explained.
‘Sometimes I will reply if there’s a reason to, it’s quite rare but occasionally I will respond, but if someone’s being abusive then I will delete them – life’s too short.’
A regular face on This Morning, Dr Zoe paved her media career on her passion for fitness and health after graduating medical school in 2007.
Originally from Burnley, Lancashire, she had her first experience on TV with the 2009 reboot of Sky 1’s Gladiators.
She is now a GP based in London with regular appearances on the ITV daytime show.
Dr Zoe has also presented BBC shows including Trust Me I am a Doctor and a Horizon episode about the contraceptive pill.
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