Kym Marsh has revealed a secret health battle that's been causing her pain.
The Coronation Street star, who is leaving the soap soon after 13 years as Michelle Connor, has opened up about the pain she's been suffering from in silence.
The 42-year-old needs surgery to correct a problem with her coccyx that's been causing her trouble for some time.
Kym told OK! magazine: "I’ve had pain in my pelvis for a while now. I recently went for an MRI scan and I’ve been told I have a bone spur on the tip of my coccyx.
"It’s basically an overgrowth of bone, which is pushing into muscles and tendons and causing me discomfort.
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"I have to have a procedure done to correct it and I’m told exercising won’t cause it any damage, so I’m looking for a new personal trainer and hope to be in shape again by summer."
This is the second time in just a few weeks that Kym has been struck down with a health problem.
The former Hear'Say star was left bedridden for days with a mystery illness, and later discovered she'd been suffering from severe food poisoining.
Writing in her OK! magazine column, she said: "I felt so awful I had to go to the Alexandra Hospital in Manchester. I was shaking, I felt terrible and like I’d been hit by a truck.
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"They ran lots of tests on me and I’m still waiting for the results. Doctors think it could be Salmonella poisoning, which is really serious.
"The ordeal has been terrifying and I’ve never felt so ill! I was bed-ridden for four days.
"The whole family rallied around me, David and Emilie had to get Polly up and ready for school because I couldn’t get out of bed."
* OK! is out now
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