ABC journalist Bridget Rollason struggling after major operation
Popular ABC Australia star struggles after major surgery on her nose: ‘Regret my life choices’
- ABC reporter Bridget Rollason’s rough recovery
- She underwent a functional rhinoceros septoplasty this week
- Surgery aims to improve the functionality of the nose
Award-winning ABC journalist Bridget Rollason is struggling after major surgery on her nose.
Ms Rollason, the Victorian state political reporter for the national broadcaster, said earlier this week that she had undergone functional rhinoplasty to improve her breathing.
Three days after surgery, however, she expressed regret as she recovered with a swollen face and purple cheeks.
In a post on Twitter on Friday, Ms Rollason asked followers for post-surgery advice.
“Has anyone here had a functional rhino septoplasty to improve breathing, and has it changed your life?” she asked.
“Three days after the operation, I regret my life choices.”
Award-winning ABC journalist Bridget Rollason struggles to recover in hospital after major nose surgery, as she wonders three days after surgery if it was worth it
Ms Rollason (left) underwent functional rhinoplasty earlier this week to improve her breathing, but three days later with a swollen face and purple cheeks, she’s not sure it was the best move
Aussies took to Twitter to assuage the television reporter’s concerns by sharing their success stories after going under the knife.
If it had been done in 2015, a massive sinus cleanse. One of the best things I’ve ever done, health wise. However, the recovery was difficult, hang in there,” said one person.
“I had one, the first week was tough and my face felt hot, but it really helps, felt like I was getting 50 percent extra oxygen,” wrote another.
“It really did. Hold on!’ added a third,’
However, not all comments were positive and some shared that the operation does not always work.
“I have and it didn’t work. When I went back to my surgeon a month later and told him it wasn’t working, he told me there was about a 70 percent success rate,” one said.
“I never told myself that before the operation. This was 20 years ago.’
ABC journalist Bridget Rollason is pictured above (pictured)
Late last year, the ABC defended Rollason, accusing the Australian Financial Review of ‘playing her down’.
What really confused the ABC was an article by Aaron Patrick in which he referred to “the ABC television reporter Bridget Rollason, who has made TikTok videos to catchy music of her going to a gym, eating breakfast and doing her makeup put in later’.
The ABC said it had filed a complaint with the AFR, describing the reference as “irrelevant, inaccurate and trivial.”
The description also came under fire from many on social media, describing it as “sexist.”
Seven reporter Jayde Vincent tweeted the AFR, could have described the report as an award-winning journalist, “but opted instead for sexism and bizarre, imprecise attempts to smear them.”
Following complaints from the ABC, the AFR said the publication removed the pair’s descriptions but stuck with the story as a whole.
“The allegations about the journalists in Aaron Patrick’s report have been removed from the online story,” said AFR editor-in-chief Michael Stutchbury.
“The allegations detracted from what was otherwise a well-written piece.”