EXCLUSIVE: Gavin and Stacey legend reckons she was close to death after she fell during a trip to Dubai earlier this year, saying the pain was ‘so bad’
Alison Steadman admits she feels lucky to be alive after a fall that left her seriously injured.
The Gavin & Stacey actress, 78, is convinced she narrowly cheated death when she tripped during a trip to Dubai in January.
She told the Daily Star: “I knew when I fell that it was serious. The pain was so bad.
“If I’d banged my head the way I banged my foot, I promise you, I would not be here.
“Every time I get fed up, I say that to myself. The important thing is that I’m alive.”
TV legend Alison suffered a fracture and is now dependent on a wheelchair.
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It’s hell for her because she’s had to put her life on hold and turn down acting work.
She said: “I’ve been in a wheelchair for eight weeks. I am getting a bit frustrated. I want to get out and about more.
“But it means I can get around my flat. I can move around. Otherwise I’d be in bed or sitting in a chair and I don’t want that.”
Defiant Alison is refusing to let her ordeal get her down so she went out with partner Michael Elwyn, 82, to be at the opening night of new musical Midnight Cowboy at Southwark Playhouse in London on Thursday.
The road to recovery is going to be long for the actress, famed for roles in Abigail’s Party and Fat Friends.
Staff at Whittington Hospital in north London are giving her top notch treatment, but it’s going to take weeks for her to get back to normal.
She said: “I had my leg in a cast for six week. Now I’m in a boot for six weeks and at the end of that I should be able to start to walk with crutches.
“Then I’ve got to have another operation to take the metal plates and the screws out of my foot.
“I hope I’ll be back on my feet soon. In a month’s time hopefully I will be up walking on crutches.”
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