ITV Emmerdale star Martelle Edinborough flooded with support as she's seen in hospital bed after revealing brain aneurysm

Emmerdale star Martelle Edinborough has been flooded with support after she revealed she'd had an operation for a brain aneurysm.

She heaped praise on NHS staff who have been looking after her. The actress, who plays Suzy Merton in the ITV soap, took to Twitter to share her health issues.

"A few weeks ago I was told an existing brain aneurysm thought to always be tiny & stable had in fact always been of a size that needed treatment," Martelle, who first appeared in the Dales last March, posted on Twitter on Wednesday (April 19).

She added: "Not sure where the error occurred for it to take so long to highlight this but despite the initial shock, I could only receive it as a blessing & refused to allow it manifest into fear, stress & anxiety."

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Confirming she had already received treatment, she said, the soap star wrote: "Yesterday, I had surgery where Dr’s were able to amazingly & successfully treat the aneurysm, placing a flow diverter in the artery to cut the off the blood supply to it, soon enabling it disappear for good!’

Martelle posted a picture of herself in her hospital bed after the operation, flashing a smile for the camera and throwing up her hands into peace signs to show she was well. She said that she was feeling "happy and blessed" and praised the NHS staff for her successful treatment.

"This is me post-surgery. Peace signs at the readyyy," she wrote. "I can’t tell you how happy & blessed I felt/feel rn! Massive, MASSIVE thank you to all the incredible @NHSuk Dr’s, nurses & support staff, you are amazing & I am TRULY grateful to you all #Blessed."

As Martelle recovers from her operation at home, she shared how she was already looking