Coronation Street star Kate Ford has given fans an insight into working alongside battling a chronic illness.
The Tracy Barlow actress confessed to fans on Friday that filming while suffering from endometriosis can be a struggle at times.
Kate, 45, has been a regular face on the ITV soap for almost two decades, and is currently the centre of a new storyline involving on-screen daughter Amy Barlow introducing her new love interest to Tracey and her on-screen husband Steve McDonald.