A Gogglebox star has opened up about a horrifying and frightening diagnosis she received from doctors after losing her vision while driving.

Elaine Cooper, who has appeared on the popular Channel 4 show alongside her son Seb, shared that she briefly went blind while behind the wheel and was left unable to recognise one of her friends.

The retired music teacher found that she was also suffering from other forms of severe forgetfulness after realising that she had forgotten how to fill up her car while at a petrol station.

Doctors have since discovered that these symptoms were the result of an incurable bleed in the brain, an issue that had been present for 10 weeks.

Since this diagnosis, the Gogglebox personality has developed double vision and paralysis on........

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