Two-time Big Brother winner Reggie Sorensen (formerly Reggie Bird) has shared an important health update following a big procedure.
WATCH: Reggie Bird on Big Brother 2022
Taking to Instagram, the reality star posted a close up photo of her face, writing: “Cataract Update for those who have been asking how it’s been going since the operation 3 weeks ago Friday.
“I look like poo 💩💩,” she added. “And my eye unfortunately feels like poo 💩.”
The Big Brother alum continued: “It’s been hurting and feeling like glass in my eye.”
She added that she “could see” during first week after the operation, and “it was amazing”.
“I had a visit yesterday back to the eye specialist and I told them it’s hurting and doesn’t feel right.
“So they did scans and found fluid on my macula and also a film has devolved over the back of the lense.”
“I now have to put a steroid ointment in my eye along with Acula drops to try and calm it down. Then looking at treatment to laser holes to fix it,” Reggie explained.
“I’m hoping it will come good as I had a similar thing happen with my right eye.”
The health update comes after Reggie sent her well wishes to her Big Brother pal Estelle Landy following her gruesome accident with a horse which left her with a black eye.
“Oh my goodness @estelleey when is sh-t gonna stop happening to you! Love you ❤️❤️❤️,” the winner penned for her friend upon seeing her injuries.
WATCH: Reggie Bird wins Big Brother 2003. (Article continues after video)
Reggie first hit screens in 2003, winning the third season of Big Brother and $250,000 prize money in the process. She took the crown again in 2022 after returning to the house for the Royalty Vs New Contenders spin off.
Just a year after her first season of the competition, the reality star was diagnosed with a degenerative eye condition called retinitis pigmentosa and deemed legally blind. “I’ve lost my peripheral vision and I’ve got 10 degrees of central vision left. I have no night vision,” she said during The Daily Edition in 2016.
Reggie also suffered a stroke in 2017 as a result of a heart condition.
“They told me I have a hole in my heart. I was literally heartbroken. But it makes sense now, why I’m always so tired and unwell, and what caused my stroke last year,” she divulged to Woman’s Day the following year.
Unfortunately, the health conditions extend past Reggie’s own, with her youngest son Lucas grappling with cystic fibrosis.
Reggie welcomed her first child, Mia, four years after Big Brother with her second husband, Dale Sorensen. Three years after that, the couple had Lucas.
The mother has previously explained to Now To Love that the condition comes with daily physiotherapy and medication to help Lucas digest food and break down mucus from his lungs.
“It’s mentally and physically draining on Lucas so I have to stay strong for him. It’s a constant battle to try to get weight on him so he has to drink supplements and have a diet high in calories and fat. I hope he will live past the 37 years of expected time.”
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