Rod Stewart reveals secret health battle following complicated knee replacement surgery

Publish Date: Friday, 9 October 2020, 10:56AM

Sir Rod Stewart has just revealed he needs to undergo another operation just months after having complicated knee replacement surgery.

Speaking to the Daily Mirror, the rocker admitted that he has to go under the knife to have his ankle fused after he was left struggling to walk following his knee replacement back in January.

The 'Maggie May' hitmaker said: "First of all it was my knee as I played football all my life. I am suffering for it now.

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Roddy is doing remarkably well after his knee replacement surgery on Tuesday (so well that the naughty boy keeps trying to walk with out his crutches). Luckily he is being discharged today to celebrate his 75th tonight and home this weekend to see the boys play football! 💚 ⚽️ 🎂 🎈 🎉

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"My knee got fixed with a replacement and then the ankle did not know what was going on. It was crooked. So I have had to have an ankle fusion.

"So when this is all done I should have a nice straight leg and I should be able to run. My leg has been caused by playing on awful pitches in Los Angeles. They are bone dry."

Ankle fusion surgery fuses two or more bones in the ankle into one piece.

The surgery will help stop pain, inflammation and swelling, which is caused when the smooth cartilage on the surface of the bones wears away.

The 75-year-old is sadly no stranger to health issues.

Last September, he revealed he had been privately battling prostate cancer.

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