Eamonn Holmes reveals he’s in hospital after struggling with pain
‘Need to find out what’s causing this’: Eamonn Holmes says he’s in hospital with ‘pain he’s never experienced in his life’ – days after revealing he’s ‘living with chronic pain’
- The presenter, 61, tweeted a snap of his mask-clad face sat in a waiting room after vowing to find the cause of his pain
- On Friday, Eamonn shared his woes with fans during the night as he posted to Twitter at around 2.30am while struggling to sleep
- He wrote: ‘In that Twilight Zone between Night time and Morning. Anyone else find these hours the worst…. particularly if you suffer chronic pain?’
- Eamonn admitted that the ‘night is worse’ and he feels there is ‘no escape’ from the pain he is suffering
- Chronic or persistent pain is when pain continues for more than 12 weeks despite medication or treatment to try and alleviate suffering
Eamonn Holmes has revealed he’s in hospital after struggling with ‘pain he’s never experienced in his life.’
The presenter, 61, tweeted a snap of his mask-clad face sat in a waiting room and vowed to find the cause of his agony, after revealing on Saturday he was ‘living with chronic pain.’
Eamonn wrote: ‘At Hospital ….. pain like I’ve never experienced in my life . Need to find out what’s causing this. Wish me well.’
Hard: Eamonn Holmes has revealed he’s in hospital after struggling with ‘pain he’s never experienced in his life’
Just a day earlier Eamonn had revealed that his chronic pain had left him wide awake after just 90 minutes of sleep, and vowed to keep speaking about the struggles to provide support to those going through the same thing.
He posted: ‘Don’t know about u but I got 90 mins tonight before the pain woke me up.
‘I just want to say Twitter can rightly be criticised …. yet here through sharing the common but not talked about experience of #ChronicPain we r giving each other support. Let’s keep talking Tweeters.’
Candid: It comes after the presenter revealed he has been suffering from ‘chronic pain’ which has caused insomnia in a series of late night tweets on Friday (pictured in October)
It comes after Eamonn revealed he has been suffering from ‘chronic pain’ which has caused insomnia in a series of late night tweets on Friday.
He shared his woes with fans during the night as he posted to Twitter at around 2.30am while struggling to sleep.
He wrote: ‘In that Twilight Zone between Night time and Morning. Anyone else find these hours the worst…. particularly if you suffer chronic pain?’
Eamonn admitted that the ‘night is worse’ and he feels there is ‘no escape’ from the pain he is suffering.
Replying to one fan, Eamonn added: ‘I just want people who suffer to know there are others and maybe they can talk to each other and swap advice on here?’
The media personality chatted to several of his followers on the social media platform who were also struggling to sleep in the early hours.
Eamonn has been candid about his health in the past and openly discussed his double hip operation in 2016, even revealing he feared he would die during surgery.
‘Anyone else find these hours the worst?’: The TV presenter, 61, shared his woes with fans as he posted to Twitter at around 2.30am while struggling to sleep (pictured in January)
Candid: Eamonn opened the conversation to his followers, with many replying saying they too were struggling to get to sleep
Response: He replied to one fan saying he ‘wants people who suffer to know there are others’ so they can share tips and advice
‘Night is worse’: In another response, Eamonn said the twilight hours are the toughest
Struggle: Eamonn agreed with another follower saying there’s ‘no escape’
Speaking in 2017, he told the Daily Star Sunday: ‘It was a very depressing week when I had it done. I remember Sky News rang me and said, “Have you heard about Terry Wogan?”
‘And I was going under the knife that week. It was very foreboding. I was not very optimistic about the whole thing.
‘Ruth [Langsford, his wife] said to me, “Do you have to have both of them done?” She was worried about losing me.’
Eamonn finally went under the knife after enduring 25 years of pain in his hips, back and legs. He even discussed how the pain had affected his career, with the TV host turning down some work if it meant he’d have to stand up for long periods of time.
The presenter took back to the airwaves just 10 weeks after having his double hip operation.
And after recovering from the procedure, which he’d been avoiding since he was 36-years-old, Eamonn admitted he’d got a ‘new lease of life’
Eamonn has also spoken in the past about the panic attacks he suffered after the sudden death of his father.
The presenter’s father Leonard died suddenly of a heart attack when he was 64, which left Eamonn plagued with guilt that they didn’t say goodbye.
Speaking on This Morning in 2018, Eamonn said he once suffered a panic attack live on air while presenting breakfast TV, which he struggled to cover up, and even had to be hospitalised twice.
Open: Eamonn has been candid about his health in the past and openly discussed his double hip operation in 2016, even revealing he feared he would die during surgery (pictured in February)
Eamonn hasn’t had a panic attack in 27 years, which he says is a result of him telling himself he was going to be fine.
He explained: ‘I’ve had a number of panic attacks, thank goodness it was 27 years or so ago… I thought I was going to die, my coping strategy was to realise I’m not going to die, but I would never have associated it with a mental problem.’
Eamonn has realised in retrospect that he may have been suffering them because of his father’s untimely death.
He continued: ‘I think looking back on it, it was a result of the sudden death of my father and not being able to say goodbye to him. I associated being away from home with bad things.’
According to The Mirror, Eamonn has also been chatting about potential new career plans of late, admitting he’d love to present Homes Under The Hammer after doing some decorating in lockdown.
Eamonn also explained how he’s more picking out the finishing touches on rooms, such as choosing cushions and colours, than wife Ruth.
While appearing on Vicky Pattison’s podcast he talked about deciding which handles to use for their brown wood kitchen, saying he went for copper which ‘traditional’ Ruth might not approve off.
He told the former Geordie Shore star: ‘That’s how I’m spending lockdown, looking for handles for cupboards.’
Couple: Eamonn and wife Ruth Langsford married in 2010 after meeting in 1997. They have one son together, Jack (pictured on This Morning)
