Actuality TV star Edwina Currie has revealed how she broke her hip throughout a freak accident with a runaway canine.
The retired well being minister, 76, was left ‘completely mashed up’ after being knocked down by the German shepherd throughout a stroll together with her personal canine.
The smash left the I am A Celeb veteran needing an emergency hip alternative, which left her in hospital for 10 days.
Edwina mentioned she was left ‘numb with ache’ after being mown down by the canine, which lunged at her close to her house in Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire.
Edwina spent 10 days in hospital after the German shepherd smashed into her, breaking her hip
The ex-politician – who famously had a four-year affair with former Prime Minister John Main within the Eighties – is now contemplating suing the proprietor of the German shepherd after claiming she had seen the pet attacking different canines.
Talking of the incident, the TV star informed The Solar: ‘I used to be strolling my canine when it got here bounding over not on a lead and despatched me flying.
‘Its proprietor simply grabbed it and went off. He by no means requested how I used to be. I used to be on the ground in absolute agony, however he confirmed no regret.
‘It was essentially the most terrifying expertise of my life. I used to be numb with ache… It was terrible. My hip was left completely mashed.’
Edwina ‘hobbled round’ for 12 days after the autumn. However she mentioned the ache was so excruciating that she needed to be taken to Macclesfield Hospital.
It was right here she found the joint had disintegrated. Inside hours she was rushed into surgical procedure to have a alternative hip fitted.
She is now again at house and is restoration from the operation.
Mrs Currie described the canine that attacked her as a ‘nightmare’ and claimed it had precipitated ‘different issues’ close to to the place she lives.
She has already contacted Derbyshire police, which compelled the homeowners to verify the pet was on a lead and carrying a muzzle in public, she added.
The previous MP, 76, had been strolling together with her canine close to her house in Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire, when she was knocked down. The collisions precipitated her hip (pictured) to disintegrate
The previous politician has grow to be a daily on actuality TV exhibits. She is seen talking on the Oxford Union in February 2019
Throughout her stint in politics, Edwina served as a Tory MP for South Derbyshire from 1983 to 1997.
She was junior well being minister for 2 years however resigned in 1998 amid the salmonella-in-eggs controversy.
Edwina and Mr Main began their love affair in 1984, when Mrs Currie was a backbench MP. It lasted till 1988.
Extra just lately the ex-MP has grow to be a daily on the small display screen, that includes on exhibits like I am A Celeb, Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen and Strictly Come Dancing.
In November 2020, the broadcaster misplaced her husband John Jones to most cancers. The e-Flying Squad detective died on the age of 79 after battling the illness for a number of years.
The pair met when Currie interviewed him on her late night time present on BBC Radio 5 Stay within the late Nineteen Nineties.
Paying tribute to him on the time, Mrs Currie mentioned he was a ‘gallant gentleman’ with a ‘great sense of humour’.
