After a mild stroke and two operations: Katy Karrenbauer had to go back to hospital

Katy Karrenbauer (61) has kept her Instagram followers up to date on her health over the past few weeks. After a mild stroke and two operations on her carotid artery, the actress seemed to be on the road to recovery. However, last Sunday (July 7) she reported back. “Yes, it’s true, I was discharged on Friday because there was nothing more to be done from a vascular point of view,” she explains in the clip. She is very happy with her wound, “everything is healing really well,” Karrenbauer continues. Next week she will have the stitches removed.

After leaving the clinic, she switched back to her “little mode”, went shopping and cooked something. After a visit to the pharmacy, her cheeks suddenly turned red and she measured her blood pressure and took her medication. But her blood pressure did not go down. “When I had 220 to 120 – normal blood pressure is between 120 and 140 – and my heart was hurting in the middle of my chest, I thought my heart was going to jump out. It felt like a heart attack and I thought, I hope I don’t have one now,” Karrenbauer says.

Smoke-free for twelve days

After a taxi ride during which she felt terrible back pain coming from her heart, she was immediately treated by a cardiologist in hospital. Karrenbauer, however, gave the all-clear and explained that it was not a heart attack. Instead, it was a “blood pressure imbalance”. She will now stay in hospital for a few more days for observation so that her blood pressure can be properly regulated and “it no longer goes through the roof” when she is stressed. A new development in her life could also help her recover: Karrenbauer tells her fans in the clip that she has not smoked for twelve days. Hypnosis helped her, although she was initially skeptical about it. But: “I can’t tell you how it works, but it worked for me. I am convinced.”