Shirley Ballas, 60, gets seven stitches after slicing hand open on glass and rushing to A&E

‘Going to be poorly for a while!’ Shirley Ballas, 60, gets seven stitches after slicing hand open on glass and rushing to A&E for emergency treatment

Shirley Ballas had seven stitches after slicing her hand open on glass on Monday.

The Strictly Come Dancing head judge, 60, kept her fans up to date with her trip to A&E at the start of the week, telling them on Instagram that her wound was being checked for glass fragments and to see if the tendons needed ‘sewing up’.

After her return home, the television personality shared a video of her hand wrapped in blue plastic as she went for a dip in her swimming pool on Tuesday, saying: ‘Since this has got seven stitches in it now and it’s going to be poorly and not well for a while. But watch this space.’

All wrapped up: Shirley Ballas, 60, shared a picture of her hand in blue plastic as she swam in her follow after getting seven stitches following incident which saw her slice her hand on glass

She later added: ‘Quiet painful but trying to keep it up as I do some exercise.

‘All taped up but still painful, but hey ho got to keep moving!’ 

After arriving at hospital on Monday, she told her fans on Instagram: ‘This morning, I sliced my hand and it went so deep that it’s really really through the flesh.

Emergency visit: Shirley rushed to A&E after slicing her hand on glass on Monday, explaining staff were checking if glass was in the wound and if the tendon needed 'sewing up'

Emergency visit: Shirley rushed to A&E after slicing her hand on glass on Monday, explaining staff were checking if glass was in the wound and if the tendon needed ‘sewing up’

‘There was blood everywhere, so I’m now at A&E and I think I’m going to have a few stitches. Watch this space.’

Giving an update later, she explained: ‘I’m in X-Ray because they have to check if there is any glass in there, I think it’s gone all the way through to the tendons so they’re going to send me to another hospital.’

Shirley could be seen wearing her mask as she sat in her hospital bed and later a waiting room before going into a treatment room.

Strictly keeping up: She told her Instagram followers, 'This morning, I sliced my hand and it went so deep that it’s really really through the flesh'

Strictly keeping up: She told her Instagram followers, ‘This morning, I sliced my hand and it went so deep that it’s really really through the flesh’

Ouch! Giving an update later, she explained: 'I’m in X-Ray because they have to check if there is any glass in there, I think it’s gone all the way through to the tendons'

Ouch! Giving an update later, she explained: ‘I’m in X-Ray because they have to check if there is any glass in there, I think it’s gone all the way through to the tendons’

A patient, patient: Shirley could be seen wearing her mask as she sat in her hospital bed and later a waiting room before going into a treatment room

A patient, patient: Shirley could be seen wearing her mask as she sat in her hospital bed and later a waiting room before going into a treatment room

The professional dancer usually looks after her body very well, revealing earlier this month that she’d never eaten a takeaway.

She discussed her culinary habits ahead of her appearance on cooking show Cooking With The Stars, where she told how her taste in food is ‘simple’ and admitted she’d rather starve than eat a McDonald’s.

Shirley also admitted that she had a ‘difficult’ relationship with food due to her ex-husband Corky Ballas having ‘a thing about weight’ and would make her feel uneasy if she’d had a big portion.

Health conscious: The professional dancer usually looks after her body very well, revealing earlier this month that she'd never eaten a takeaway

Health conscious: The professional dancer usually looks after her body very well, revealing earlier this month that she’d never eaten a takeaway

In an interview with the Radio Times, the ballroom dancer explained her eating preferences and told how she’d rather a home-cooked meal rather than a takeaway.

She said: ‘I’ve never ordered in – I have never done that Deliveroo thing, ever – and I don’t eat fast food. I’d rather starve than eat a McDonalds.’

Shirley went on to say that when growing up, she ate wholesome foods such as ‘meat, potatoes and veg’, while their dinner routines were very regular with a roast on a Sunday and beans on toast on Thursdays.

She went on to say that her family would have ‘egg and chips’ on a Friday as they would ‘run out of money’, before going on to describe her mother as a ‘plain Jane’ cook’.

Strong preferences: Shirley explained, 'I’ve never ordered in – I have never done that Deliveroo thing, ever – and I don’t eat fast food. I’d rather starve than eat a McDonalds'

Strong preferences: Shirley explained, ‘I’ve never ordered in – I have never done that Deliveroo thing, ever – and I don’t eat fast food. I’d rather starve than eat a McDonalds’

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