Millie Gibson opens up about 'health scare'
Millie Gibson has opened up about her health scare on social media.
Millie Gibson urged her social media followers to "listen to [their] bodies" following a recent health scare.
The 21-year-old actress has sent the message to her followers via Instagram, after being diagnosed with appendicitis and undergoing emergency surgery.
Millie said: "Hi all, I don’t usually post things like this but I just thought it was important to share awareness. On Thursday afternoon I went to AandE with abnormal stomach pain not knowing what it was.
"The doctors diagnosed me with appendicitis later that evening and organised surgery for the morning. I’ve never had a health scare like this and if it wasn’t for someone’s advice pushing me to go to AndE my appendix would have ruptured.
"I had no prior symptoms, it cam on in the space of an hour, Please listen to your bodies (sic)"
Meanwhile, Millie quit her role on Coronation Street before joining Doctor Who in 2023, and the actress previously revealed that her parents thought her decision was "crazy".
Speaking on the Conversation Street podcast, Millie shared: "They thought I was crazy! They were like, ‘Why on earth?’
"It’s such a secure position. I was like, ‘Of course, but that’s what the thing is I don’t need to be secure at the minute.’ I need to spread my wings and see what can happen. And nothing could but I would have regretted it if I hadn’t tried, so I need to try."
Millie felt the time was right to leave the cobbles, as she'd already accomplished everything she could with her character.
Despite this, the actress admitted that it was still a "hard decision".
She said: "Obviously Corrie is the most incredible job you could ever think of getting, especially at my age. But you get to a point that you feel … I got the most out of it, the most out of the character, I’d explored so much with Kelly.
"I just thought whilst I’m still young I’d go and see what the rest of the world had to offer. It was a hard decision, for sure."
