“It was very debilitating”: Georgie Parker reveals she’s recovering from serious surgery
Home and Away star Georgie Parker has opened up about getting a hip replacement at the age of 53.
Speaking with Kylie Gillies and Larry Emdur on The Morning Show, the actress revealed she had undergone hip replacement surgery due to osteoarthritis.
“I hid it as well as I could,” she told the co-hosts. “I have scoliosis as well, so I’m working with that as well is the hip, and unfortunately, when the hip loses that movement, everything is compromised.”
The star, who has played Summer Bay's Roo Stewart for close to a decade, called the process “debilitating”.
“You have to think about how you sit, stand, how you get up. And when you are an actor, your body is your tool, so it was very debilitating really,” she said.
Georgie says her good friend and co-star Ray Meagher was by her side for her recovery.
“I had Ray visiting me, sending me flowers and chocolates. Everybody was messaging me a lot, so it was a real sense of family.
“I felt very loved and getting messages saying that they love me and miss me. It was really sweet,” she said.
Despite the surgery taking a lot out of her, she’s just happy to back.
“I’m glad I have my instrument back,” she said.
The actress has previously discussed her arthritis, saying that she's not letting her illness define her.
“Physical obstacles really don't have to define you. There is pain and there is discomfort and there will be medical intervention,” she told New Idea.
“But there is always a way of finding a challenge and making that challenge make you a better person. That's what I think.”