Katie Piper detailed on Loose Women how a long-time fear her eye would become perforated came true in recent weeks and caused severe pain.
Very consuming, where I could feel it in my skull and you can’t tolerate light.” But they are very much needed for people like me.” Katie concluded: “It’s been so long, I just made peace that this is my life now.
The presenter suffered burns to her face following an acid attack orchestrated by ex-boyfriend Daniel Lynch, a martial arts instructor she met on Facebook, ...
She added: 'By Sunday night I felt nausea and in extreme pain. I'm used to being in some level of discomfort and I went to work.' Very consuming, where I could feel it in my skull and you can’t tolerate light.
The TV personality was recently rushed to hospital to undergo an emergency surgery after her eye's health declined.
She said: "I think people donating eyes is something that is very personal." However, it was actually bad news as the dot was a sign that her eye had perforated. Katie said that she had some pain in her left eye but she thought nothing of it as she has been blind in it for 15 years and often gets the odd bit of discomfort. Their co-stars burst out laughing at the cheeky remark as Katie said she was joking. The panelist said that she was made up thinking that her pupil had come back. Katie said that the pain continued to get worse and then her husband, Rich, noticed a black dot in the middle of her eye.
LOOSE Women panellist Katie Piper returned to the daytime ITV show today - weeks after major surgery on her eye.The star detailed how she had received.
"The pain got intolerable - all consuming, feeling it all in my skull and I couldn't tolerate light. “By Sunday night I felt nausea and in extreme pain. I’m used to being in some level of discomfort and I went to work. "Three weeks ago I had a pain in my eye," she told viewers. "But I'm back and happy to be here." "The pain got worse and worse and it was my husband that noticed I had this black dot inside my eye.
Katie Piper made her return to Loose Women on Thursday after undergoing surgery for a painful health issue.
* By Sunday night I felt nausea and in extreme pain." Promoted Stories Katie admitted the hole in her eye as something she "always feared would happen," due to her having a very thin surface in her blind eye as a result of the acid attack. Katie, who was the victim of a horrific acid attack 15 years ago which caused her life changing injuries, added that as the pain became unbearable she sight medical eye and was told that the black circle was actually a hole in her eye and the eye had perforated, meaning an emergency cornea transplant was required. [Strictly](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/all-about/strictly-come-dancing) contestant Katie has been a member of the panel of the [ITV](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/all-about/itv) show for a number of years now but, while seen on pre-recorded episodes of [Loose Women](https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/all-about/loose-women) which have aired over the last few weeks, she has been absent from the studio, having taken time to recover from the surgery.
Katie returned to the ITV1 show on Thursday September 1.
Carol McGiffin asked what caused it and Katie jokingly replied: "I think it was the stress of working with you." She said: "It's something that I always feared would happen to me one day." "I’m used to being in some level of discomfort and I went to work. It turned out to be bad news as the dot was a sign that her eye had perforated. By Sunday night I felt nausea and in extreme pain." Katie returned to the ITV1 show on Thursday September 1.
Loose Women star Katie Piper gave an update on her recent eye surgery after returning to the show. She was back on the ITV lunchtime show on Thursday ...
I’m 38, but I sort of feel in my 70s or 80s because what’s happened to me, condensed in such a short period doesn’t happen to some people in their whole lifetime," she admitted on the programme. As Carol asked if she had done anything which resulted in the hole, Katie couldn't help but cheekily joke: "I think it was just the stress of working with you." Katie told Jane Moore, Linda Robson and Carol McGiffin: "It’s something I always feared would happen to me one day, because I have a very thin surface on my blind eye, so it can be vulnerable to perforation." And there have been a couple of improvements for Katie since the surgery as she explained how the normal pain and discomfort she suffers has abated. Katie's surprise post about her surgery last month came shortly after she appeared on Loose Women on Tuesday. She recalled the three weeks of eye pain she suffered before realising something was wrong as she admitted she is used to a degree of eye pain after her horrific acid attack in 2008, which left her face severely burned and blind in one eye. I’m just really grateful to be here and be well." "It’s been so long, I just made peace that this is my life now. Very consuming, where I could feel it in my skull and you can’t tolerate light." I can’t see with that eye but my peripheral vision is better in crowded rooms. Loose Women star Katie Piper gave an update on her recent eye surgery after returning to the show. Katie has now shared the painful details with her fellow
A best-selling international author, inspirational speaker, TV presenter and charity campaigner, Katie set up The Katie Piper Foundation to help people with ...
She is also a regular contributor and guest presenter on ITV 1’s Lorraine show. Her most recent book, ‘A Little Bit of Faith’ was published in September 2021 while next year Katie publishes her first book for children called ‘All You Need’. A best-selling international author, inspirational speaker, TV presenter and charity campaigner, Katie set up The Katie Piper Foundation to help people with burns and scars to reconnect with their lives and their communities.