Kerry Katona‘s speech “still isn’t quite right” following a suspected stroke earlier this year.
Kerry Katona’s speech ‘not quite right’ following suspected stroke as she books in ‘full body MOT’
The 45-year-old singer was rushed to hospital in April after experiencing stroke-like symptoms, but doctors later identified a neurological issue linked to stress affecting signals to her face.
However, Kerry is to seek further medical advice soon, because she is “not feeling 100 per cent”, and has been “exhausted” of late.
Writing in her new! magazine column, she said: “I’ve just booked myself a full body MOT with my friends at Pall Mall Medical, as I’m not feeling 100 per cent right now.
“My speech still isn’t quite right and I’m exhausted.”
Kerry – who has daughter Molly, 25, and Lilly-Sue McFadden, 23, with her ex Brian McFadden; daughter Heidi, 19, and son Maxwell, 18, with ex Mark Croft; and daughter Dylan-Jorge, 12, with her late ex-husband, George Kay – is to have a personal check-up, because she doesn’t “look after [herself] properly”.
She added: “The problem is, I never put myself first. I’m either on tour, or something’s happening with the kids that needs attention.
“I know I don’t look after myself properly, so I’m getting my bloods done, a smear test, stool sample, the full works.
“I take a lot of vitamins, thanks to the wonderful Dr Andre from the Oxford Natural Clinic, but while you can always look amazing on the outside, it’s what’s inside that’s important.”
In April, Kerry told how she was looking and talking “differently” following a suspected stroke.
She wrote at the time: “I know I’m talking differently and I know my face looks different after my suspected stroke, but it’s actually loads better. It comes and goes. It is what it is.”
Kerry tries not to think about her suspected stroke because she suffers from “severe” health anxiety, which can lead her to “truly panic” if she reads comments about her body.
She added: “I’ve just got to try and not think about it, because I’m the worst hypochondriac in the world. It’s awful for my family, I think they’re all fed up and sick of me at this point.
“I have severe health anxiety, so when I start reading all the comments and I start learning all these new things that could be wrong, it makes me truly panic.”
