TV presenter Lorraine Kelly has revealed that she needs to undergo surgery to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes.
The 65-year-old shared a video on social media from her hospital bed on Saturday, saying she had not been “feeling all that well for a little while”.
The ITV host said that the “wee procedure” was “purely preventative” and had been recommended after some scans and tests.
Kelly added that she was “going to be totally fine” and praised hospital staff, saying she felt “very lucky to be treated so well” in the video’s caption.
Kelly also thanked gynaecologist Dr Ahmed Raafat and hospital staff.
The Scottish presenter was sent well-wishes by fellow ITV colleagues Katie Piper, Charlotte Hawkins and Susanna Reid on Instagram, who wished her “a speedy recovery”.
The procedure, known as an laparoscopic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy, takes one to two hours and requires several more hours of recovery in hospital.
According to the NHS, you must stay off work for two to four weeks after having the procedure, which could mean Kelly could take a short break from presenting her show, Lorraine.
Kelly has been a presenter and journalist for more than 37 years, starting her career on Good Morning Britain in 1988.
She has been presenting her eponymous morning news programme Lorraine since 2010.
