Emmerdale actress Martelle Edinborough has given fans a health update after she underwent brain surgery.
The star, who plays Suzy in the ITV soap, told her followers that she is recovering well after having an operation on an existing brain aneurysm.
Martelle said she was "blessed" to be recovering well and thanked fans for their support.
She went on to explain that she was initially in shock at the late diagnosis, but then recognised it as a blessing as, if she did know, it would have caused her major stress and anxiety. Martelle has now successfully had her aneurysm treated and is recovering well, writes The Mirror.
She penned: "A few weeks ago I was told an existing brain aneurysm thought to always be tiny & stable had in fact always been of a size that needed treatment. Not sure where the error occurred for it to take so long to highlight this but despite the initial shock, I could only receive it as a blessing & refused to allow it manifest into fear, stress & anxiety.
"Yesterday, I had surgery where Dr’s were able to amazingly & successfully treat the aneurysm, placing a flow diverter in the artery to cut the off the blood supply to it, soon enabling it disappear for good!"
She added: "This is me post surgery. Peace signs at the readyyy! I can’t tell you how happy & blessed I felt/feel right now! Massive, MASSIVE thank you to all the incredible @NHSuk Dr’s, nurses & support staff, you are Amazing! & I am TRULY grateful to you all."
Fans flooded her with messages of support and well-wishes and Martelle replied to one saying she would be back on the ITV soap as soon as physically possible.
She replied: "Thanks so much lovely, I go home today. Just got to get plenty of rest for a couple of weeks then I’ll be back at it."
The actress has had some key storylines on the soap recently, supporting Leyla as she took on her drug dealer Callum.
Speaking about being on the show, she said previously: "I'm absolutely loving being part of the team. I grew up on Emmerdale so it’s a real honour to be in it, especially during its 50th year of being on our screens!"
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