Miriam Margolyes is sharing a heartbreaking update amid her health struggles.<\/p>\n
The \u201cHarry Potter\u201d actress, 84,\u00a0who portrayed Professor Sprout in the films,\u00a0opened up to Weekend Magazine<\/a> about feeling defeated\u00a0by her ongoing issues.<\/p>\n Margolyes noted that she believes the health problems are primarily due to her weight.\u00a0<\/p>\n Miriam Margolyes attends the Oxford Literary Festival 2025 on March 29, 2025. Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve let my body down,\u201d she expressed. \u201cI haven\u2019t taken care of it. I have to walk with a walker now. I wish I\u2019d done exercise. It\u2019s the most ghastly waste of time, except that it keeps you going. So, I\u2019m foolish.\u201d<\/p>\n The reporter then asked Margolyes if she would try Ozempic, the FDA-approved medication for people with type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n \u201cAbsolutely not,\u201d she stated. \u201cThat\u2019s for diabetics. You shouldn\u2019t take medicine meant for people who are really sick. What I do think is we should not have food advertising on television.\u201d<\/p>\n Miriam Margolyes attends the world premiere of \u201cHarry Potter and The Deathly Hallows \u2013 Part 2.\u201d Getty Images<\/p>\n Margolyes\u2019s update comes on the heels of the actress revealing she \u201cdoesn\u2019t have long left to live\u201d <\/a>following a heart procedure.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you know that you haven\u2019t got long to live, and I\u2019m probably going to die within the next five or six years, if not before, I\u2019m loath to leave behind performing,\u201d Margolyes told The Times, per\u00a0The Mirror<\/a>, in May.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s such a joy,\u201d she added. \u201cI yearn to play roles that don\u2019t confine me to wheelchairs, but I\u2019m just not strong enough.\u201d<\/p>\n Miriam Margolyes as \u201cProfessor Sprout in Harry Potter.\u201d Warner Bros.<\/p>\n Along with starring in \u201cHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets\u201d and \u201cHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,\u201d Margolyes also appeared in TV shows like \u201cDoctor Who\u201d and \u201cCall the Midwife.\u201d<\/p>\n In May 2023, Margolyes was hospitalized\u00a0for a chest infection at the Royal Brompton Hospital in Chelsea, London.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThanks to my precious friends who thought of me on TAVI DAY,\u201d the\u00a0\u201cMiss Fisher\u2019s Murder Mysteries\u201d\u00a0actress\u00a0wrote on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0from her hospital bed. \u201cI did survive and am still in The Royal Brompton Hospital certainly till Sunday. I am growing energy but it\u2019s still not quite me. I am putting this so you know how grateful I am for lovely messages.\u201d<\/p>\n Miriam Margolyes in \u201cHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.\u201d Warner Bros.<\/p>\n In October 2023, the British-Australian star revealed she received\u00a0a transcatheter aortic valve replacement<\/a>.<\/p>\n Margolyes underwent the procedure to avoid having to undergo future open-heart surgeries and got candid about her experience on the\u00a0\u201cTable Manners\u201d<\/a>\u00a0podcast with Jessie and Lennie Ware.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve got a cow\u2019s heart now,\u201d Margolyes joked. \u201cWell, not the whole heart. I\u2019ve had an aortic valve replaced by a cow\u2019s aortic valve.\u201d<\/p>\n Maggie Smith, Miriam Margolyes, Richard Harris in the 2002 film. \u00a9Warner Bros\/courtesy Everett Co<\/p>\n Miriam Margolyes, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, David Bradley in the 2011 \u201cHarry Potter\u201d film. \u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n Miriam Margolyes appears on \u201cLoose Women\u201d in 2024. Ken McKay\/ITV\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know how common it is. I\u2019d never heard of that operation,\u201d she admitted. \u201cBut it saves you from having open heart surgery, which would be infinitely more invasive.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite Margolyes\u2019 surgery being a success, she also suffers from mobility issues<\/a> after being diagnosed with spinal stenosis.<\/p>\n The condition causes narrowing of the spinal canal, and Maroglyes was forced to register as disabled. She uses canes, walkers, wheelchairs and a mobility scooter to get around.<\/p>\n Miriam Margolyes in 2022. Ken McKay\/ITV\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n \u201cI can\u2019t walk very well, and I\u2019m registered disabled,\u201d Maroglyes\u00a0explained to Closer Magazine<\/a>\u00a0last year. \u201cI use all kinds of assistance. I\u2019ve got two sticks and a walker, and they\u2019re such a bore, but I\u2019ve just got a mobility scooter, which is a lot of fun.\u201d<\/p>\n While the star has spoken openly about her mortality, she previously revealed she isn\u2019t afraid of death.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you\u2019re young, you never think about death. You just think about your next f\u2014k basically,\u201d Margolyes said to British Vogue<\/a>\u00a0in June 2023. \u201cI think about death a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n Miriam Margolyes attends the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards. Dave J Hogan<\/p>\n \u201cYou can\u2019t help but be aware that the amount of time ahead is less than the time before you,\u201d she added. \u201cI\u2019m still ducking and diving. I\u2019m still open to new experiences. I\u2019m just very conscious that there is no light at the end of the tunnel.\u201d<\/p>\n Over the years, the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d franchise lost many of their own, including Maggie Smith (Minerva McGonagall), Alan Rickman (Severus Snape),\u00a0Michael Gambon<\/a>\u00a0and Richard Harris (Albus Dumbledore), and\u00a0Robbie Coltrane (Rubeus Hagrid)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miriam Margolyes is sharing a heartbreaking update amid her health struggles. 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