Martin Roberts shares emotional health update as he refuses to slow down despite warnings from doctors – after horror hospital dash that left him with ‘three hours to live’

Martin Roberts has revealed he fears how much longer he has left to live as he battles the ongoing effects of a heart condition. 

The Homes Under the Hammer presenter, 61, previously told how he was a few hours away from death after suffering from pericardial effusion and was rushed into surgery that saved his life. 

Pericardial effusion is a build-up of fluid in the structure around the heart, which can compress the organ and cause a life-threatening medical emergency.

Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, Martin revealed that he still gets twinges in his chest that causes him to panic but he has refused to slow down despite warnings from doctors.

He explained that he doesn’t ‘know how long he has left’ and is trying to do as much good in the world as possible.  

Martin told MailOnline: ‘The physical side of things took a lot longer than we thought to get around. I still get twinges and every single time I get a twinge in my chest, I panic. As anyone who has had any kind of problems with their heart would attest to it.’

Martin Roberts has revealed he fears how much longer he has left to live as he battles the ongoing effects of a heart condition 

Martin continued: ‘It sends you into a flurry of worry because they only sort of dribble out these stories afterwards.

‘It was like I went to see the the consultant who did the emergency operation, and I said to him, “so how long would I have survived?”

‘He said, “well, you probably wouldn’t have made it through the night. So it was just as well I was on duty… you probably had maybe two or three hours to live.”

‘That was two to three hours from dying and not being here and not seeing the kids anymore and not fulfilling all my ambitions and doing all the things I want to do.

‘So that’s sort of the psychological side of that. It takes a lot longer to get over than the physical side.

‘I was told I need to slow down and take things easy and all that kind of stuff, and I’ve gone a completely other way. 

‘This is why I’ve got this project in Wales where I’m renovating a pub, for the community, and we’re using local kids to do the work and bringing kids who are disengaged and disadvantaged, giving them a chance to get construction skills.

‘Just doing lots of good. I don’t know how much time I’ve got left, so I just want to do as much as I possibly can to help.

‘It’s not really about money. It’s about just making a difference, because that’s what you’ll be remembered for.’

The Homes Under the Hammer presenter, 61, previously shared how he was told he had ‘a few hours to live’ after finding out he was suffering from pericardial effusion

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The presenter underwent the life-saving operation in 2022 after mistaking chest pains for long Covid.

Symptoms of pericardial effusion can include shortness of breath, chest pains, discomfort when breathing, feeling light-headed or swelling in the abdomen or legs.

While the condition can be treated with medication, in severe cases doctors may perform surgery to drain the excess fluid.

Martin previously detailed his terrifying hospital ordeal on This Morning, telling Phillip Schofield and Rochelle Humes: ‘I’d been feeling a bit poorly, under the weather for a couple of weeks. 

‘I’ve had a few chest infections over the last few years and I’ve had asthma since childhood, so I’m used to quite a tight chest.

‘As it approached the Easter bank holiday weekend, it was starting to get really bad where I could hardly walk without struggling for breath.’

He added: ‘The confusing thing about this, it’s a bit of a red herring, is that it gets you in the breathing side of things, so you don’t think it’s something to do with your heart.

‘You think, ”It must be something to do with my chest.” Then it’s the dangerous thing of playing Google doctor.

‘It looked like it could have been the symptoms for long Covid – real lethargy, a tightness in the chest, pain in the chest, difficulty breathing, so you pause it and pause it and by the time it got to just after the bank holiday weekend, I was starting to be delirious, putting letters the wrong way round, I said to Kirsty, ”We’ve got to go to hospital.”’

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