MIC star Louise Thompson concerned she has brain damage following dash to hospital
06.07.2022 - 17:27
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
Former Made In Chelsea star Louise Thompson has opened up about her health battles after giving birth to her first child last year and said she's worried she has brain damage.
The mum-of-one took to Instagram to share a lengthy post about her ongoing health issues after receiving worrying blood test results.
The 32-year-old suffers from 'catastrophic PTSD' after nearly dying twice while giving birth to her son Leo in November 2021.
She said that she can "hardly climb a set of stairs without feeling exhausted" and admitted: "My poor body and brain are all over the place."
Speaking honestly about how she's feeling, Louise updated her followers.
She said: "I kind of feel like I've erased my entire past and started life as a totally new person. A sometimes sick person. People tell me how far I've come, but I can't remember how far.
"I can remember a weird amount of things from my childhood… sensory things will remind me of the strangest memories from way back when I was 5-15, but then I've sort of erased everything between then and now.
"Now that I mention it, sometimes ALL I can feel is sensory stuff, like the feeling I get when I go from a hot room to a cold room and it helps me connect to the world around me."
She added: "To put it bluntly I'm struggling to move on with 'normal' life. Every day I feel physically very unwell and every other day I seem to have an hour long period (sometimes longer) where I feel messed up in my brain - I don't know what it is, but it feels like brain damage or a mini stroke.
"Maybe it's a weird processing experience. It feels like I'm either really REALLY low in some specific chemical/hormone or way too high. But either way I can't think properly or talk properly during those episodes.
"It sort of