VANESSA Feltz has been rushed to hospital for emergency surgery after being doubled over in agony. The broadcaster, 62, shocked her fan when she shared a message from her hospital bed this morning . She wrote: "Gosh! Hello from hospital.
2pm I was fine. Had just made lunch and was playing with AJ 5 and Cecily nearly two. 3pm I was doubled over in agony.
"Scan showed big kidney stone . OMG! Astoundingly painful. Rushed into theatre .
Very grateful thanks to my daughters nurses porters anaesthetist and wonderful surgeon. Thank you so much." Her celeb friends were quick to send their support with Love Island 's Chloe Burrows writing: "Omg!!! Sending you loads of love xxxxx.
" Lisa Snowdon said: "Oh bloody hell V! Super ouch and thank goodness you’re ok. Big love honey," READ MORE ON VANESSA FELTZ Kate Thornton posted: "Ouch! Thank goodness you’re in the right place. Feel better and sending my love x.
" Holly Willoughby 's sister Kelly shared: "Oh Vanessa!!!!! You poor thing. Sending you love and healing darling." Kidney stones are masses made of salt and minerals, and can be anywhere between a grain of salt and a golf ball in size.
There are several different types, calcium stones, struvite stones, uric acid stones and cystine stones. Most read in Celebrity The stones have potential to cause severe pain, and while most pass on their own through the ureter - the tube between the kidney and the bladder - some require to be medically removed with surgery. It's been a dramatic few.