EastEnders star Jessie Wallace has provided an update after getting surgery on her foot.

Recognised for playing Kat Slater on and off since 2000, Wallace shared a photo on Instagram over the weekend, which showed her right foot strapped up in a special recovery boot.

“Thank you RNOHT [Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital] for my my Silastic Arthroplasty. After years of excruciating pain I am FREE!” she wrote in the caption.

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This particular procedure replaced damaged joints in her feet with artificial ones.

In the post’s comments section, Wallace’s East End co-star Shane Richie joked: “After all our years together I never knew that all your piggies literally f***ed off to the market!”

“Good on ya Jessie. I thought it was caused by giving Phil Mitchell an ass kicking,” quipped one of her fans, while a second shared: “I have just got out of one of those sandals after recently having bunion surgery! Foot surgery is so painful. Speedy recovery and keep it elevated! X”.

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In similar news, Linda Carter actor Kellie Bright recently overcame some pain of her own while playing crochet.

“SWIPE RIGHT if you want to see how I ended up with a strained ligament and all taped up,” she captioned a social media post, with its second picture displaying Bright as she held a ball of yarn and crocheting needle.

“Please tell me someone else who crochets has experienced this???? So frickin painful!!!!!”