Former Hollyoaks and Coronation Street actor Chris Fountain appeared on ITV's This Morning to talk about his recovery from a terrifying mini-stroke earlier this year
Former Coronation Street actor Chris Fountain appeared on ITV's This Morning today 11 October to discuss the details of a terrifying mini-stroke he suffered earlier this year which left him "speaking like a toddler".
Chris added: "I was embarrassed and in panic and scared because I couldn't articulate myself, it was really strange. As soon as the doctor said 'stroke' my brain was just swamped so I didn't even take it in. It was like someone pulled the rug from underneath me." The actor who played characters on Emmerdale and Hollyoaks, worried that "life as he knew it was over" after doctors discovered a blood clot lodged in his brain had caused a Transient Ischaemic Attack – known as a mini stroke.
He added: "As traumatising as it's been, it could have been so much worse. I could have lost the use of my arm or my face could have dropped." When Chris appeared on his former Corrie co-star Ryan Thomas and his brothers’ podcast, Mancs on the Mic, he spoke about the experience, the effect it’s had on his mental health and career, and how at the time he'd had an appearance on This Morning cancelled in the wake of the scandal.
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