Fiona Phillips "really hopes" she has overcome coronavirus.
Fiona Phillips
The 59-year-old TV presenter - who recently revealed she was battling the COVID-19 symptoms - has opened up on her experiences and believes she has come out the other side, after previously being left "exhausted" because of the virus.
Writing for the Daily Mirror newspaper, she said: "It has finally bid its farewells and left my body. I think. I REALLY hope.
"It does feel as though it's moved on. It's definitely done its best with me, anyway, and I'm not keen to invite it back in again.
"It wasn't, it has to be said, very pleasant company. Its presence was exhausting and came accompanied by nasty side-effects. (sic)"
Fiona explained she was left bed-ridden by the virus, despite her best efforts to push through.
She admitted: "I never give in to illness; I don't even take paracetamol for headaches or other pain relief because I believe that's what my body's immune system is for.
"I'll be fine, I thought; I really do need more sleep, though. And I subsequently must have fallen into a deep, deep slumber."
The broadcaster "felt useless" during her struggle, and said she just wanted to sleep.
She added: "It was scary. It's already caused untold death and destruction. And now it's in YOUR bed. In YOUR BODY.
"Taking over YOUR cells and all you can do is let it do what it does. Not knowing if it will. But terrified it might.
"And knowing there's no cure. I didn't let myself go there. So I slept. It's all you can do. It's all I felt like doing. (sic)"
Fiona previously admitted she had been sleeping in her own room, although her family were also having to stay at home after having contact with her.
Trying to move away from the negatives, she recently said: "One can always find a positive if one tries. As my two sons and husband can't work or go out, because they've had contact with me, I have a whole team of willing/grudging waiters and cooks - not much food though - at my disposal, all keeping their distance and, like Manuel from 'Fawlty Towers', backing out of the room almost before they've come in."
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