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Miriam Margolyes has shared a health update as she experiences difficulty walking, due to problems with her spine.
The 83-year-old Harry Potter actor has spoken out about his spinal stenosis (narrowing of the spinal canal), which can cause compression of spinal nerves. As the condition progresses, it can cause back and leg pain.
Margolyes said she is now registered as disabled and has started using a mobility scooter.
“I can’t walk very well and I’m registered as disabled,” she said. Near magazine.
“I use all kinds of aids. I have two canes and a walker, which are very boring, but I have a mobility scooter, which is a lot of fun.”
Last year, the Australian actress underwent major heart surgery to replace her aortic valve and has since shared her concerns that she will not have enough money to cover her health costs and medical support as she ages.
“I'm worried about not having enough money for caregivers when I eventually become paralyzed or whatever happens to me,” she said. Radio times.
“I’m saving money so I can pay people to look after me and my partner. We don’t have children, so I need to make sure I’m looked after in the way I’m used to.”
He The Harry Potter star also shared her reservations about starting to use a mobility scooter, in her latest BBC Two travel series, Miriam Margolyes: A new Australian adventureBut since then he has started to like using it.
“When I started to feel physically ill, I remember telling directors and producers: please don't show me getting out of a car or climbing stairs on all fours.
“I didn’t want people to see that because I was ashamed of myself to look so pathetic.
“But I’ve since met a lot of people who have told me that I gave them the courage to do things they never thought they could do. So I’m very happy about that.”
Margolyes continues to work and makes regular appearances on television, with a recent Loose women appearance causing a stir in the ITV studios.
It caused nervous laughter among the Loose women panelists when he let out a profanity on live television.
Talking to Kaye Adams about her memoir, Oh Miriam, She said she wrote the book “because I was paid to.”
When Adams asked, “Can you get paid to do anything, Miriam?” the star responded with an inappropriate line that was immediately censored.
After Denise Welch covered her mouth with her hands in shock and Adams shook her head in disbelief, Margolyes asked: “Can I say that? Oh, my God.”
Paraphrasing her answer on where she draws the line when it comes to making money, the actress explained: “I wouldn't eat feces.”
The actress will return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August with her new show, Margolyes & Dickens: The Finest Momentswho combines her passion for the work of Charles Dickens while bringing to life the characters of his novels.
