Prue Leith was recently rushed to the hospital. Fortunately, she's already on the mend, despite initial fears the Great British Bake Off host had suffered a stroke.
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According to The Sun, Leith was on vacation when the health emergency arose. Her speach reportedly began to be an "incomprehensible jumble of disconnected words." When writing in the news colum, Leith shared her experience throughout the incident.
"A few weeks ago, staying in Yorkshire, I had a migraine attack," she explained. "It followed a familiar path. First, I can see only half of whatever I'm looking at. This is speedily followed by a bright circle of flickering, coloured lights in the upper right field of vision."
Leith then continued by noting that she has a tried and tested method of dealing with her migranes.
"If I don't swiftly swallow one of my migraine 'bombs' (three pills: paracetamol, ibuprofen and sumatriptan), a crashing headache will follow."
As she continued, Leith shared more of the symptoms she dealt with and the concerns that arose because of them.
"This time, my incomprehensible jumble of disconnected words convinced John I was having a stroke. I tried to tell him it was just a migraine, but I couldn't string two words together. He rang our doctor, who asked me, could I raise my arms? Yes. Make a fist? Yes. Did anything hurt? No. Was the side of my face drooping? No."
Prue Leith Was Then Rushed to the Hospital
Of course, Leith's answer's were enough to raise serious concern, which then led to her being rushed into the hopsital as a result.
"The ambulance man asked me the same questions, as did a nurse on arrival at A&E, and so, after a six-hour wait, did the doctor," she continued. "In spite of my assuring him (I'd recovered coherent speech by then) that it was a migraine, he decided on a CT scan. Two hours later, I had one, waited another hour for the results, and was released at 2am."
Leith's experience would certainly have been terrifying. Fortunately, it was nothing serious, and now she's back on the mend and hopefully closing in on full health.
