Homes Under the Hammer presenter Martin Roberts has opened up about the time he had "less than a few hours to live" before undergoing surgery.
The BBC host has been speaking about the heart problem he faced and the failure of medics to spot the problem before it got worse.
As we previously reported, the former I'm A Celebrity contestant revealed that after he started feeling unwell, things took a turn when he was then taken to hospital, and he had a very serious scare.
Now, he's got a new lease of life and he's been recalling the traumatising experience to The Sun's TV Mag, and says he would have been dead had it happened just three weeks before.
He said: "The sack around my heart had expanded and was putting pressure on the heart. I had less than a few hours to live. I was rushed into hospital and had an emergency operation where they stabbed a tube into the sack around the heart and drew a litre and a half of fluid.
"Had I not been in the right place… Three weeks earlier I was on the road in a transit van and if it had happened then, I would be dead."
Martin said he underwent tests in April 2022 which showed his blood pressure had plummeted and was half the rate of a healthy person, reports Birmingham Live.
His liver and kidneys had also dropped to 30 per cent of what they should be.
He appeared on Good Morning Britain last year to highlight some of the symptoms he'd been experiencing before he was rushed to hospital, as he said he felt "a real tightness in my chest and difficulty breathing".
He added: "I am aware of the signs of a heart attack, which is those things but with tingling and things. So, like a bloke I thought I'll just make it through the week."|
We reported the news of Martin's health scare last year as he took to Twitter to tell fans: " So. Bit of a shocker. Thankfully I’m here to tell the tale…"
He then said: "Well, I have to say this isn’t where I expected to be watching Homes Under the Hammer.
"Little bit of good news, little bit of bad news. I ended up in hospital in Bath yesterday.
"I had a few chest pains and just feeling generally lousy, so I was brought in here and turns out I had a massive amount of fluid all around my heart, which was actually stopping my heart working.
"Had they not got rid of it, which they did in an emergency operation last night, then it’s sort of quite serious, like, hours to live kind of c***.
"So here I am, still around, thank goodness, thank god and angels, all those things."
Martin went on: "There’s lots of other complicated things that have happened as a result, but we will work through those, and I’ll keep you updated.
"Meanwhile, there’s a good TV show on that I think I’ll watch here."
He was flooded with well wishes from his followers and friends after sharing the video, including his colleague Lucy Alexander.
She said: "Omg … omg sending you the BIGGEST hug ever. Love ya mate."
Another commented read: "Oh my goodness, what a shock and how scary. Best wishes for a full recovery."
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