Eamonn Holmes shares health update after spinal surgery as he admits feeling ‘humbled’ and ‘helpless’: ‘I’m doing everything I can to get better’

Eamonn Holmes has issued a health update as he continues to recover from his spine surgery amid years of chronic back pain.

The 63-year-old GB News Breakfast presenter recently revealed he is ‘unable to walk’ after spinal surgery last September, following which he suffered a horrific fall.

Earlier this month, he underwent a spinal and neck stretching procedure in an effort to improve his mobility.

In a new interview, Eamonn opened up about how he’s feeling health-wise, admitting he feels ‘humbled’ and ‘helpless’ at needing physical help from others, but insisting he’s doing ‘everything I can’ to get his health back on track.

Speak with Bella MagazineEamonn said: ‘Well, I can walk if that’s what you mean (50 steps to be exact), but I now accept that life is easier with help from others. Walking around with crutches is tiring. I wish I could walk further, but for now I can’t.’

Describing how he feels like he has to rely on others to provide him with physical assistance amid his mobility issues, Eamonn confessed that constantly asking for help is “really exhausting” but he is still “grateful” for it.

He explained his feelings: “Humble, helpless but grateful. However, it’s really exhausting when you have to say, “Do you mind? Can you…? Thanks, I’m sorry.” The good news is that the surgery last year cured my back pain… I lost complete mobility. I’m doing everything I can to get better. But it’s going slowly.’

Despite his debilitating health problems, Eamonn says it’s his work that keeps him ‘sanity’, with the star continuing to present his duties on GB News because he has to ‘use my brain’.

He added that despite appearing ‘fixated’ on TV, he is far from it, but talks about how he loves going out despite it being a ‘terrible effort’.

The former This Morning presenter also admitted he was ‘mocked’ on social media for using a mobility scooter, but defiant Eamonn revealed he still goes out because it’s ‘mentally uplifting’ and better than sitting in his armchair and not going out.

Looking to his future, Eamonn continued: “In the short term it means having someone there to support me. Will this last another six months? A year? I don’t know, but I haven’t lost the need to work. What’s the point of not doing things? I thank God that I can handle it mentally…I have a zest for life.”

Last week, Eamonn looked positive amid his misery as the broadcaster poked fun at his appearance as he shared a photo strapped to a spinal decompression table.

Eamonn had straps holding his shoulders and one around his head, which he joked looked like a retro sweatband.

He captioned the photo: “I look like an 80s disco dancer… but basically on a rack with my neck and back stretched out. Spinal decompression’.

While wife Ruth Langford wrote: ‘Ouch! I like the 80s atmosphere!’.

It comes after Eamonn admitted he was ‘not well’ as he gave a worrying health update on his first GB News show after a summer break.

Speaking to globe-trotting guest Tim Franklin, the much-loved TV presenter revealed how he is struggling to cope after undergoing spinal surgery last September, followed by a horrific fall.

As Tim detailed his own health and back problems, Eamonn admitted he had ‘not recovered’ from his health problems, confessing: ‘I can’t run, I can’t walk, I can’t do anything but watch TV and eat. .’

He explained: ‘I just started having problems with my back last year, which I haven’t recovered from yet. It’s not good, it’s not a good recipe I must say.’

In the spring of 2021, the star first suffered from severe back pain, which came out of nowhere, leaving him dependent on a walking stick. He eventually discovered that it was three hernias that affected the movement of his right leg.

In December 2021, Eamonn said The sun how his struggle with his ‘restrained sciatic nerve’ impacted his family, who had to help him with daily tasks.

He admitted: ‘It’s been a tough year. I haven’t been able to walk for months, sometimes not at all, and it’s also taken its toll on everyone around me…

“I can’t bend down to pick things up, so Ruth ends up having to wait for me, and I know my sons in particular are a little embarrassed by the way I move.”

The situation got worse when he flew to Belfast last May to host an event in honor of his close friend, broadcasting legend Gloria Hunniford.

He ended up in the emergency room at the city’s Royal Victoria Hospital after his spinal problems caused bladder and bowel problems.

Eamonn was immediately admitted for emergency surgery, but the operation was postponed at the last minute when the surgeon decided it was ‘too complicated’.

In an interview with The Daily Mail, Eamonn explained how a scan must first be made revealed the three protruding discs, explaining, “I still thought it would go away, but it didn’t. The knock-on effect was that I lost a lot of use of my right leg.

‘I was given epidural injections, which helped to some extent, but did not solve the problem. I started using a cane, so life became more and more restricted.’

‘The spine and all the nerves leading to it affect so many other things, which he felt needed to be addressed first. I was crushed. I had been in severe pain for a year and fervently hoped that this would be the answer.’

Instead, he spent nine days in hospital before returning to England – with a full work schedule, culminating in live coverage of the Queen’s death in September.

After contacting a specialist surgeon, Eamonn went under the knife at the end of September. “It went well, the doctor cleared things up, and overall the pain is gone, which is great,” he said.

However, the spinal operation also left him with a weakened left leg, and just over two weeks after his recovery from the operation, Eamonn fell backwards down 18 flights of stairs at the Weybridge house, hitting the stone floor at the bottom.

The horrific accident could have easily killed him. Instead, he came out with a broken shoulder and his legs weakened further.