
Fearne Cotton's injury that felt like 'a lit match' to her toe
Fearne Cotton told fans she suffered a painful but common injury for the first time yesterday. While the 43-year-old initially thought people were overreacting about its severity, she now realises just how wrong that was. "So somehow I have managed to walk around on planet Earth for 43 years without ever being stung by a wasp or a bee," she told her fans in an Instagram Story.
"I'm not sure how, like, I remember my cousin, Jess, being stung multiple times in his back garden in Pinner back in the day. I somehow avoided it. Until today. I got stung by a wasp." The TV star explained that she accidentally trod on the wasp while barefoot. It stung her on the toe next to her little toe.
She continued: "F*** me, it hurt. It was like someone had taken a lit match to my toe. It was so bad, and I now get it because before I thought, 'Are people being a bit dramatic?'
"Oh my God, it really hurt, and yes, I am listening to Tracy Chapman, don't judge. Oh my god, it hurt, so I've ticked that off the old life list." Adding to her troubles, Fearne's beesting incident occurred just a week after she had a cartoonish fall while running.
In a separate Instagram post, she admitted she felt completely 'overwhelmed', but a wonderful stranger came to her aid and shared a crucial piece of advice. "I just went on a run and I fell over," she said at the time.
"I do not know how I fell over. I was running, and then one minute I was just on the floor. Sort of landed on my shoulder, it was like a proper cartoon fall. I've managed to also cut my knee like a sort of kid in the playground and I basically sort of fell into this poor woman who was just walking by."
Despite the mishap, Fearne said this stranger took a moment to help. She continued: "She said, 'Sit on the wall, you are in shock.' And then she said, 'Just go home and have a cup of tea.' And I thought, 'Do you know what? Yeah. What the f*** am I doing?'
"Like, all of you lot, I am overstretched, overwhelmed, overtired. And, there's so much out there about motivation, like, 'Push a bit harder, you should be doing more, get out of bed and do this and do that.'
"And actually, I think most of us need the opposite. We are all so full to the brim, and we just need to go home and have a cup of tea." Although Fearne cut her leg, she confessed she was most upset about the big hole in her 'brand new leopard print Peloton leggings'."
This honest revelation also comes just months after Fearne discovered two tumours in her jaw. Thankfully, these tumours were not cancerous, but their position near a nerve required them to be removed.
In December, Fearne said: "I've got a benign tumour just in my jaw here, below my ear, another little tiny one above it. I'm very grateful they're benign, but they do need to come out because they're on a nerve.
"So I'm gonna have that surgery, and then I'm gonna be resting to get better before Christmas. Not very good at resting, so wondering how that's gonna go. But I'm feeling OK about it. I'm going into the operation feeling good and well."
Cleveland Clinic explains that benign tumors are clusters of abnormal cells that 'multiply more than they should and don't die'. Types of benign tumours include adenomas, fibroids, and lipomas, which can develop in various parts of the body.
Typically, benign tumour growth goes unnoticed and rarely causes serious medical issues unless it presses against nearby tissues, organs, or, in Fearne's case, nerves.

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