Reggie Bird: 'I had a stroke'

Regina Bird has previously opened up about losing her eyesight, and now the former Big Brother star has revealed another health scare.

Speaking to Woman's Day magazine, the 43-year-old mother-of-two says she recently suffered a stroke, resulting in her being rushed to the emergency department at a hospital.

"I was at work and all of a sudden my eye was droopy and my face went numb and I couldn't speak properly," she tells the publication.

After being taken to hospital by ambulance, Reggie underwent a series of scans and tests, and doctors "suspected I had Bell's palsy [a sudden paralysis of one side of the face]", she says.

But last week she was informed she'd actually suffered a mini stroke, just another stress playing on her mind as she mothers 11-year-old daughter Mia and seven-year-old son Lucas, who has cystic fibrosis.

"I need a new body," she jokes.

Last week the star took to social media to let fans know she wouldn't let her health, or a recent court battle with her former boyfriend, get the better of her.

"I have my ups and downs but after this week that I've had I can't believe how strong that I actually am #standup #voicetobeheard #truthprevails," she wrote.

Earlier this year Reggie opened up about her blindness during an appearance on Studio 10.

"I have no night vision and I've got just 10-degrees of central and both my eyes have cataracts on them," she said at the time.

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As the winner of Australia’s Big Brother in 2003, Reggie walked away from the television series with a whopping $250,000 prize.

But over the years she has struggled with her finances, lost $40,000 to a conman who promised her her own TV show and been divorced twice.

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