Janet Street-Porter made an explosive return to Loose Women on Tuesday after undergoing a gruelling hip replacement surgery.
The presenter, 77, who has spent the last month away from the panel while she recovered, dramatically threw her walking stick across the room as she was welcomed back by her co-hosts.
The audience broke out into roaring cheers and chanted her name as Janet walked into the studio and took her seat.
Speaking about her surgery, she began: ‘I can stand up sit down and doing my exercises religiously, bottoms clenches which caused a bit of constipation.
‘I looked hagged, I was hunched up and it didn’t help that I fell down the stairs two hours before going into hospital.’
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Janet Street-Porter made an explosive return to Loose Women on Tuesday after undergoing a gruelling hip replacement surgery
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The presenter, 77, who has spent the last month away while she recovered, dramatically threw her walking stick across the room as she was welcomed back by her co-hosts
Janet continued: ‘I came round after hospital and was doolally on drugs and the surgeon was there said it was fine, two hours after that it was pain.
‘I went to the loo and I was like I can’t get there, you lose all dignity and have to keep moving.
‘I did loads of rehabilitation for a week, I did half an hour in a hydrotherapy pool walking. I struggled to sleep because of lying on your back. I had brain fog I read the paper and forgot what I read, that I really didn’t like.
‘I did intense therapy in the afternoon after the pool in the morning. When I do go up and down stairs its not even 5 weeks I have a stick in case I’m in the top 5% but I don’t want to trip.
‘The one thing I have discovered is a raised toilet seat it is life changing experience.
‘I was in a lot of pain and hunched before. With pain you work through it and by the time I had the surgery it was bad.
‘The surgeon said my spine was out by 2 inches and I was lopsided and I’m now standing straighter.’
Janet’s return comes after she shared a health update from rehab as she worked on her recovery last month.
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The audience broke out into roaring cheers and chanted her name as Janet walked into the studio and took her seat
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Speaking about her surgery, she began: ‘I can stand up sit down and doing my exercises religiously, bottoms clenches which caused a bit of constipation’
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Janet’s return comes after she shared a health update from rehab as she worked on her recovery last month
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She reassured fans she was recovering well with a beaming selfie from her hospital bed
She reassured fans she was recovering well with a beaming selfie from her hospital bed.
The presenter later shared a snap of herself exercising as part of her rehabilitation.
The panel show host had a panic button around her neck which she joked about in her caption.
The star wrote underneath her post: ‘Day 6 and I’ve joined the call button wearing community! Trying to obey Annie’s orders and put feet in right order. Computer scrabble is easier…’
