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\nScreengrab: Prue Leith\/Instagram<\/p>\n
Prue Leith has said she is “alive and kicking” after being taken to hospital over fears she was having a stroke.<\/p>\n
The former Great British Bake Off judge, 86, was on holiday in Yorkshire when she suffered a migraine that left her struggling to speak.<\/p>\n
Her husband John Playfair became worried about her symptoms and called their doctor, who then called an ambulance.<\/p>\n
Leith shared a photo of herself smiling as she enjoyed a dessert. <\/p>\n
She assured her fans she is in good health now.<\/p>\n
She wrote: “For those that have messaged me, I wrote a piece of @theoldiemagazine about my trip to hospital a couple of months ago.<\/p>\n
“I was fine shortly after and am very much alive and kicking now!”<\/p>\n
\nScreengrab: Prue Leith\/Instagram<\/p>\n
Leith detailed her health scare in her column for The Oldie magazine, writing: “A few weeks ago, staying in Yorkshire, I had a migraine attack. It followed a familiar path. First, I can see only half of whatever I’m looking at.<\/p>\n
“This is speedily followed by a bright circle of flickering, coloured lights in the upper right field of vision. If I don’t swiftly swallow one of my migraine ‘bombs’ (three pills: paracetamol, ibuprofen and sumatriptan), a crashing headache will follow.”<\/p>\n
After being taken to hospital, Leith said she had to wait hours before she was seen by a doctor. She then underwent a CT scan and eventually left hospital after 10 hours.<\/p>\n
The star praised the NHS workers who helped care for her and wrote: “You may have to wait for ever. But when it is your turn, you are treated as if you were the only patient in A&E, with concern and patience.”<\/p>\n
Writing about the attention paid to her health, she added: “I knew all along that all I had was a migraine. But since the speech problem is a classic symptom of a stroke, and my extreme old age being a time when mini strokes are common, everyone was determined to be safe, not sorry.”<\/p>\n
Leith became a judge on The Great British Bake Off in 2017, replacing original judge Mary Berry.<\/p>\n
She announced in January that she had left the programme and, a few days later, Nigella Lawson was confirmed as her replacement.<\/p>\n
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