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BBC presenter Jennie Gow is ill [edited]

Started by Spillage , Jan 13 2023 12:56

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#1 Spillage

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Posted 13 January 2023 - 12:56

I hope this is the right thread to post this. From Jennie Gow's twitter:

Hi everyone, been quiet the last few eeks, this i sbecause I suffered a serious stroke two weeks ago. My husband is helping me type this, as I'm finding it hard to write and my speech is most affected.

I;m desperate to make a full recovery and return to work soon, but it might take some time. Thank you to the medical teams at Frimley and St George's and my family and friends who've got me through the last fortnight X

https://twitter.com/...erp|twgr^author

I very much hope she's feeling better soon.

#2 Pete_f1

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Posted 13 January 2023 - 12:58

So young and healthy too.

Just goes to show you can never be complacent.

Get well soon

#3 Risil

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Posted 13 January 2023 - 13:00

Oh my goodness, that's terrible news. Best wishes for Jennie's recovery.

#4 ConsiderAndGo

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Posted 13 January 2023 - 13:08

Bloody hell! Mid-40's.

Fingers crossed she makes a full recovery. Shocking.

Edited by ConsiderAndGo, 13 January 2023 - 14:29.

#5 potmotr

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Posted 13 January 2023 - 13:18

Shocking news, she's a young Mum too I believe. And I think one of the main voices in the upcoming season of Drive to Survive? Awful, stroke recovery is an incredibly long process.

#6 owenmahamilton

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Posted 13 January 2023 - 14:10

I've just been reading that BBC F1 journalist Jennie Gow recently suffered a serious stroke:

https://www.mirror.c...ke-bbc-28947054

She's only 45 which seems young to be suffering from something like that.

#7 P123

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Posted 13 January 2023 - 14:18

Young, but not unheard of.

All the best to her, and I hope things improve for her in short a time as possible.

#8 lewislorenzo

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Posted 13 January 2023 - 14:28

Hope she makes a full recovery

#9 Boing 2

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Posted 13 January 2023 - 15:07

Must have been bad she claimed she needed her husbands help to type the announcement,

Andrew Marr has made a pretty good recovery from his stroke so here's hoping she recovers as much as possible.

#10 SophieB

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Posted 13 January 2023 - 15:12

What rotten news, here’s to a good recovery.

#11 Jellyfishcake

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Posted 13 January 2023 - 15:31

Awful, very sorry to hear and hope she makes a full recovery.

#12 w1Y

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Posted 13 January 2023 - 15:50

Terrible news. She always adds a bit of light heatedness among the d1 media which can sometimes be a bit too serious all the time.

Hope she recovers quickly.

#13 Disgrace

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Posted 13 January 2023 - 17:31

Godspeed Jennie!

#14 jonpollak

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Posted 13 January 2023 - 18:30

Ah schitt.

I love her on the BBC radio broadcast.

I have a feeling she WILL get back at it.

Here's to ya girl !!

Love,

#15 Muppetmad

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Posted 13 January 2023 - 18:33

I can only echo everyone else's thoughts here. Really sad news, and I hope for a speedy recovery.

#16 chdphd

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Posted 13 January 2023 - 19:59

Get well soon Jennie

#17 OO7

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Posted 13 January 2023 - 20:30

Wishing her all the best and a speedy recovery.

#18 F1 Mike

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Posted 13 January 2023 - 20:39

Hope she makes a full and speedy recovery. Nice and lively on the radio coverage and does her job very well

#19 Viryfan

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Posted 13 January 2023 - 21:46

Wishing a full and quick recovery.

#20 Maxdecel

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Posted 13 January 2023 - 22:21

Get well soon Jennie, always love to hear your pov's & recollections.

#21 AustinF1

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Posted 13 January 2023 - 22:35

Jennie is a cool lady. Met her in a hospitality tent at COTA a couple of years ago. All positive thoughts for her steady recovery.

#22 Coral

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Posted 14 January 2023 - 00:08

That's terrible news, hope she gets well soon!

#23 Sam1

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Posted 14 January 2023 - 19:12

that's terrible news. Best wishes for Jennie

#24 steferrari

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Posted 14 January 2023 - 19:35

Very sad to hear this, I wish her all the best.

#25 cpbell

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Posted 14 January 2023 - 20:06

I hope this is the right thread to post this. From Jennie Gow's twitter:

I very much hope she's feeling better soon.

Awful news.

#26 absinthedude

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Posted 15 January 2023 - 12:06

This is awful news. Obviously not unheard of but tremendously bad luck for someone of her age to suffer a stroke. Hoping she makes a full recovery.

#27 PayasYouRace

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Posted 15 January 2023 - 12:16

Such terrible news. Wishing her all the best.

#28 Francesc

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Posted 15 January 2023 - 12:47

Awful to hear this.

Life is a lottery.

#29 messy

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Posted 15 January 2023 - 16:09

That's really sad, hopefully in time she can make a good recovery. Don't take nothing for granted guys.

#30 SophieB

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Posted 18 January 2023 - 19:21

@JennieGow

We just wanted to thank everyone for their kind messages of support, positivity and encouragement, they really do mean a lot to us. Thank you to all of you have also shared their own stories around stroke recovery and support. #stroke

#31 MKSixer

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Posted 18 January 2023 - 19:46

I'm so sorry to hear of this for Jenny. I had a stroke on September 23, 2022 at 6:30 PM. I was paralyzed on my left side. Through a crazy amount of hard work and therapy, I'm ok now. I only have a couple of residual effect which should diminish over time. My thoughts go out to Jenny and her family. Best of success in her recovery. The hard work is ahead of her. I know she will do well.

#32 Risil

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Posted 18 January 2023 - 20:46

Glad to hear you're doing better MK!

#33 thefinalapex

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Posted 18 January 2023 - 21:28

I'm so sorry to hear of this for Jenny. I had a stroke on September 23, 2022 at 6:30 PM. I was paralyzed on my left side. Through a crazy amount of hard work and therapy, I'm ok now. I only have a couple of residual effect which should diminish over time. My thoughts go out to Jenny and her family. Best of success in her recovery. The hard work is ahead of her. I know she will do well.

I am happy to hear you are on the mend again, i hope you will make a full or best recovery possible MK. I have seen from a friends dad how impactful it can be.

#34 GlenWatkins

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Posted 18 January 2023 - 21:58

Wow, MK you are very fortunate! Glad that you are still with us! Medical issues do put your life into perspective, or at least that's what happened to me.

#35 Con1

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Posted 18 January 2023 - 22:28

Get well soon Jennie

#36 MKSixer

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Posted 19 January 2023 - 13:59

Thanks for the kind words, everyone! I enjoin all of you to get into a physicians office ASAP and get a full work-up. The week before the stroke I biked 37 miles per day and worked on a friends farm baling hay and putting it on flat beds. I did 200 myself and I worked out 4-6 days per week. The ER staff was shocked to see how healthy I was. All it took was a touch of hypertension, a BP spike from 60-70 hr work weeks and, boom, here comes the ambulance.

Get yourselves checked out guys and gals. Do it for yourself, first and everyone else second.

Cheers-mk

#37 Frood

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Posted 19 January 2023 - 14:08

Echo everyone else's sentiments - scary to hear for Jennie and hope she has a speedy recovery; also, good to hear you're on the mend, MK. :up:

#38 SophieB

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Posted 29 January 2023 - 12:03

@JennieGow

An update…

#39 Dan333SP

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Posted 01 March 2023 - 17:24

Listened to the BBC's Chequered Flag season preview podcast today. Jennie obviously was not hosting, but Jack did play an audio clip from her where she expresses her desire to be back trackside later this season, sounds like her speech was affected pretty dramatically by the stroke but she's making good progress, was nice to hear her again after this news.