Home and Away icon Lynne McGranger, who plays Irene Roberts in the Australian soap, has given her fans a health update from her hospital bed after undergoing surgery
Lynne McGranger has given her fans a health update from her hospital bed post-surgery. The Home and Away icon, 71, revealed she underwent a procedure to remove her “toxic overactive thyroid”. Lynne, who plays Irene Roberts in the Australian soap, beamed in her makeup free selfie from a hospital in Sydney.
She wrote: “Less than a week ago my toxic overactive thyroid and I parted ways. It was a long time coming- we were incompatible and quite frankly I was exhausted. I want to thank all the amazing people at the Mater Hospital North Sydney for making this giant life step so much easier than it might have been- The nurses, doctors, specialists, anaesthetists, the admin staff ( the lady who greeted me on arrival, the lady who bid me farewell….) ….. with special mention to Prof Sidhu, Dr Michael Morris, Annie, Anna, Karen and Kenny ( sorry about the vom).
“Could not recommend The Mater more highly- what an exceptional example of health care done right! I’m healing well and so far I don’t miss that dirty thyroid one bit! Stay tuned for Scar spam.”
Messages of support poured in from her fans around the world including Emily Symons, who plays Marilyn in Home and Away. Emily wished her co-star well as she commented: “Amazing. sending you lots of love Lynnie and wishing you a super speedy recovery.”
Lynne is a Home and Away icon, having played Irene since she joined the soap in 1993.
She celebrated Home and Away’s 35th anniversary last year and gushed at the time: “‘What do I love about being on the show? Absolutely everything! All the wonderful people I’ve met over the years, all the wonderful experiences. Happy birthday Home and Away!’
Last year Lynne celebrated her daughter’s wedding and shared beautiful pictures from the day.
She wrote: “What a perfect, magical day it was. Our beautiful daughter @clancy.movement married her love, our handsome son in law @_luked . Surrounded our family and Luke’s family and all our close friends we witnessed the gorgeous marriage of Luke and Clancy. We laughed, we ate, we drank , we danced and we partied – all in celebration of the 2 gorgeous newlyweds. Here are just a few pics – MANY more to come. Thankyou to EVERYONE who came and to those who couldn’t be there – you were sorely missed. Our hearts are full. ( just realised how bad I am at this posting stuff – sorry to the people I cut out of pics).
