Beloved Home and Away star shares major health update
Home and Away star Georgie Parker has shocked her online followers by revealing she has undergone a major surgery.
The actress, who plays Roo Stewart in the Channel Seven soap, is currently recovering from her second hip replacement and this week posted a series of pictures taken from her hospital bed after the operation.
Now three weeks into her recovery, the 59-year-old is undergoing extensive rehabilitation.
“I’ve been busy. Finishing a play and then straight into another theatre (get it) for a new hip,” she said on Instagram.
“My second in six years, and thank god I had the same brilliant surgeon and his team."
“I hate the drugs but love the rehab. I’m three weeks post op, recovery is going well and I’ve had the most brilliant support from my family, my workplace and my incredible friends.”
She ended her post saying, “Practising patience now while I heal ... so I can get back to work baby.”
Parker's famous friends took to the comments to wish her the best during her recovery, including fellow actor Hugh Sheridan who said, “Hip hip hooray!! We’ll be bending and stretching on play school together again in no time.”
“Wishing you the speediest of recoveries Georgie!” actor Kat Stewart said.
Parker previously spoke out about living with scoliosis, something she has suffered from since a child when she dreamed of becoming a dancer.
“Every scoliosis is different, it’s like a fingerprint — but mine is all in the torso, I’ve lost about three inches (7.6cm) in height,” she told Body + Soul in 2020.
“It impacts me on a daily basis and I just have to stay fit to keep my back as functional as possible.”
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