Phillip Schofield in hospital for urgent surgery on ‘debilitating’ eye condition
thesun.co.ukPHILLIP Schofield has been in hospital today for surgery on his eye after living with a ‘debilitating’ condition. The 60-year-old has now had ‘floaters’ removed from both eyeballs, telling his fans: “If the success of my summer is to be floater free, that’s good enough for me.” This Morning presenter Phil told how he can now see a clear blue sky after having his vision ‘blighted’ for many years.
He underwent the first op in July and explained the surgery at the time to his followers. He wrote: “FLOATERS: Details as promised if you suffer from debilitating floaters.
Firstly, no part of my treatment and surgery was gifted and I wasn’t asked to post. It is also pioneering and costly. It was carried out by Prof Stanga at The Retina Clinic in London. “I had Elective limited pars plana vitrectomy surgery.
It didn’t hurt! If you have been told ‘just live with them’ that is not necessarily true, I’m sure there are exceptions, but they can be fixed. "A full vitrectomy will usually cause a cataract quite soon after, a limited vitrectomy won’t.
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