STRICTLY legend Russell Grant has undergone a five-hour operation to have a brain tumour removed – and it has saved his eyesight.
The 71-year-old astrologer went under the knife to have a lump taken out of his pituitary gland, and now he isn't allowed to blow his nose or sneeze for six months to avoid disturbing the area.
He also cannot travel for six months as part of his post-op recovery. Russell said: "I am now on the road to recovery. There are a few complications to sort out so the post-op stuff has already started." The star admitted next on his operation "to do list" is to get his knee done.
He told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "As you know I saw something pretty major coming when giving my lecture in Blackpool on December 1, 2019, so I was prepared.
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