Beloved Home and Away star Georgie Parker is taking a break from the show as she recovers from a major surgery.
The Channel 7 actress, who plays Roo Stewart, underwent her second hip replacement last month and this week posted a series of pictures taken from her hospital bed after the operation.
Parker is currently three weeks into her rehabilitation.
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“I’ve been busy. Finishing a play and then straight into another theatre (get it) for a new hip,” she said on Instagram.
“My second in six years, and thank god I had the same brilliant surgeon and his team.
“I hate the drugs but love the rehab. I’m three weeks post op, recovery is going well and I’ve had the most brilliant support from my family, my workplace and my incredible friends.”
She ended her post: “Practising patience now while I heal … so I can get back to work baby.”
Friends took to the comments to wish her well, including fellow actor Hugh Sheridan who said: “Hip hip hooray!! We’ll be bending and stretching on play school together again in no time.”
“Wishing you the speediest of recoveries Georgie!” actor Kat Stewart said.
TV star Mel Schilling said, “Ooh sending you loads of love & hip strength darling. Go get em in rehab!”
“Go get ‘em Georgie,” actress Christie Whelan Browne wrote.
Parker previously spoke out about living with scoliosis, something she has suffered from since a child.
Before being an actress, Parker wanted to be a dancer, however had to give up her dream because of her scoliosis, as her back could not handle the strains of dancing professionally.
Scoliosis is a condition in which the vertebrae of the spine form an S-curve instead of being straight.
“Every scoliosis is different, it’s like a fingerprint — but mine is all in the torso, I’ve lost about three inches (7.6cm) in height,” she told Body + Soul in 2020.
“It’s endless work, but I’m up for a challenge,” she told Now To Love in 2017 about dealing with the pain and stiffness associated with the condition.
“It impacts me on a daily basis and I just have to stay fit to keep my back as functional as possible.”
Parker, who has been on Home and Away since 2010, had her first hip replacement in 2018.