'Silently suffering': E! News co-host to undergo hysterectomy

Keltie Knight has opened up about her experience with a chronic health condition, sharing she will be undergoing a hysterectomy.

Having only recently started her new role as E! News co-host alongside Justin Sylvester, Knight explained she will be taking a few weeks off for the surgery.

"I've been silently suffering for most of the last decade," the TV presenter wrote in an article she penned for E! News.

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Knight said she had convinced herself the "debilitating health issues" she was experiencing daily were her "fault".

"I told myself I would feel better if I ate more salads, had a better work-life balance or spent less time on my computer," she wrote.

After finally reaching out for medical help the star discovered she has microcytic anemia, a "stubborn type of blood disorder".

"I'm feeling awful constantly. I have fatigue like I couldn't even describe to you. I'm sleeping like 16 hours a day," she explained in a video update on Instagram.

"If I'm not on E! News in a fancy dress, I am in bed."

Watch the video above.

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After having tried many different treatment options including acupuncture, iron infusions and hormone replacement, Knight shared that the decision to undergo a hysterectomy is a "last resort" option in hopes to restore her wellbeing.

"I know it's big and scary," she said of the upcoming procedure in her Instagram video.

Despite the nerves, Knight has expressed that she is looking forward to feeling better.

"Now, I look forward to the day my body doesn't throb, my head doesn't ache from the moment I wake up until the moment I go to sleep," she wrote.

"I cannot even imagine what it's going to be like to feel better for good," she continued.

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Being a career woman who suffers health issues, Knight said she was convinced her ill health was simply a part of the life she had chosen.

"I believed that working hard meant feeling like garbage all the time," she wrote.

"I thought I was making the choice to be a career woman and that if I wanted to feel good then I should've picked something easier."

Having finally found the cause of her suffering, Knight shared thanks to her medical team for making her feel "so safe and supported".

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She continued to express that she hopes sharing her story inspires other women to advocate for themselves and their health.

"My hope is that as women, we stop feeling like we need to pretend everything is OK when it's not," she wrote.

"I hope going public with this will inspire all women to get to the very bottom of why you don't feel right," she wrote. "Its not because you ate that Snickers, I promise," she concluded her article.

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