![]() While the condition can be treated with medication, in severe cases doctors may perform surgery to drain the excess fluid.ĭetailing his health scare during a previous appearance on This Morning, Martin told Phillip Schofield and Rochelle Humes he'd suffered chest pains for several weeks, but simply assumed they were as a result of long Covid. Symptoms can include shortness of breath, chest pains, discomfort when breathing, feeling light-headed or swelling in the abdomen or legs. ![]() Martin suffered pericardial effusion which causes excess fluid to clog up the sac surrounding the heart, known as the pericardium. I've been given a second chance and don't intend to waste it.' ![]() From the porters and cleaners to the surgeons, each and every one of them deserves this nomination. 'They saved my life and I'll never be able to repay them. 'I remember asking the surgeon if he'd ever killed anyone doing that procedure and he told me he had a clean sheet and didn't intend to change that with me. There was an entire team that saved my life. 'It all seemed to happen so fast, there wasn't time for me to panic. I should have been on the scrap heap, so little inside me was working as it should. He told The Sun: 'My heart was giving up, my kidneys and liver were operating at 30 per cent and my lungs were weakening. He had to have emergency surgery and has now thanked the incredible medical team without whom he 'wouldn't be here'.ĭevelopment: The TV presenter and property expert is planning to renovate the local pub and has the keys to the Hendrewen Hotel in Blaencwm at the top of the Rhondda Fawr valley (pictured in May last year) The presenter, 58, was hospitalised in April with chest pains that he mistook for long Covid, but learned he was suffering from pericardial effusion, which is a build-up of fluid in the structure around the heart. It comes after Martin spoke out about being giving a 'second chance at life' after his near-death health scare last year when his heart, kidney and liver failed. Martin is also looking to open some additional accommodation nearby which will provide rooms with access for disabled people and wheelchairs, and three-wheel mountain bikes.Īlong with the new accommodation, he is planning to expand a restaurant and village shop which will cater for tourists visiting the area. He insists he will keep references to the history of the area and its industrial heritage in the hotel building. ![]() The former I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! campmate is plowing a substantial amount of his own money into the hotel, saying he wants to turn the establishment into a 'really funky and fun bar, restaurant and gastropub'. 'I've never run a pub, I've never run a restaurant, and I've never run a hotel so, hey, what could possibly go wrong?!' New beginnings: Martin Roberts, 59, is hoping to bring part of a Welsh valleys community's heritage back to life by injecting £500,000 of his own money into a special project (pictured in May last year) ![]()
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