Anne Diamond has shared her recent health scare that led to a dash to the hospital, leaving paramedics shocked at her condition.
The 69-year-old broadcaster opened up about her absence from the screen, explaining on her GB News Breakfast show on Saturday (May 18): “Some of you have been asking why I’ve been off. The reason I’ve been off was a lot to do with stonkingly high blood pressure.”
She added: “And while that wasn’t the whole problem, and I am still yet to get a proper diagnosis as to what was going on, it was an enormous part of the problem.”
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Anne recounted the alarming moment when she realised the severity of her situation: “I didn’t realise that I had such incredibly high blood pressure. When the paramedics saw it they sort of went white and said, ‘Well, you’re off to hospital.’ And that was that.”
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Reflecting on the importance of health awareness, Anne said: “It just made me think because wherever you go nowadays, in the doctor’s surgery or in a pharmacy, there’s always a notice up about it. And it doesn’t matter how young you think you are, you ought to take your blood pressure. It’s an easy thing to do and all the rest of it, but it’s clearly an enormous thing too.”, reports the Express.
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She concluded with a call to action: “I just think that maybe there is a lot more sort of campaigning to be done, I’ve done a sort of crash course in the last month. But high blood pressure is a real problem, and probably low blood pressure is as well. But your blood pressure is massively important.”
“And the younger you are keeping an eye on it, the less likely you are to have any big problems later in life. Obviously it impacts absolutely everything so maybe we should all be a little bit more blood pressure aware.” Anne confirmed to viewers that the medics managed to get her blood pressure to a safer level and she was feeling better.
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Her latest health battle comes after she revealed she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, which led her to get a double mastectomy. She said: “It’s been a fight against breast cancer. That’s what it’s been. It’s been a long journey. And five months later, I’m still not at the end of the journey, but I’m through it enough to come back to work.”
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