Watch: Meghan Trainor Shares Health Scare That Led to 60-Pound Weight Loss JourneyDame Judi Dench's vision loss is progressing. Over 10 years after the Cats star shared her macular degeneration-a degenerative condition affecting the retina-diagnosis, she admitted that it's progressed so much she "can't recognize anybody now." "I can see your outline," Judi explained to pal Sir Ian McKellen in a joint ITV Interview. "But I can't recognize anyone now. I can't see the television. I can't see to read." And when the interviewer asked her about the theatre, Judy sullenly shook her head, "Well, no." Judi's health update comes two years after she admitted that the diagnosis affected her ability to memorize film scripts with ease. "I need to find a machine that not only teaches me my lines but also tells me where they appear on the page," she lamented during a 2023 appearance on The Graham Norton Show. "I used to find it very easy to learn lines and remember them." Luckily though, it hasn't fully impacted Judi's established memory, as she quipped, "I could do the whole of Twelfth Night right now."readJames Corden Receives Awkward Reaction From Audience After Making NSFW Joke About Judi DenchAnd while the disease certainly added another hurdle to Judi's life, she hasn't let it deter her from going on living her best life. "I've had to find another way of learning lines and things, which is having great friends of mine repeat them to me over and over and over again," Judi explained in a 2021 speech, per The Guardian, back in 2021. "So I have to learn through repetition, and I just hope that people won't notice too much if all the lines are completely hopeless."Kevin Mazur/WireImageOf course, Judi has also taken a well-earned step back from acting entirely since 2022, alluding that it is partially due to the disease. As she admitted during a visit to the Chelsea Flower Show in London when asked if there were any acting gigs coming around the bend for her in May 2024, "No, no. I can't even see!" For more stars who have gotten candid about health struggles, keep reading... Jason Mendez/Getty ImagesNikki Garcia's Breast Implant InjuryThe Total Bellas alum revealed that one of her breast implants shifted after an elbow slam from fellow WWE star Piper Niven during a July 2025 wrestling match. "It's OK," she told sister Bella Garcia at the time. "We're going to get it fixed one day. I told the doctor, I go, 'Newly divorced, so the minute the boots are hung up, I'm going to come back to you and we're going to make these girls look real good, because these girls are going to get some action in the future and that can't look like that.'"Jason LaVeris/WireImageLupita Nyong'o's Uterine FibroidsThe 12 Years a Slave star was diagnosed with uterine fibroids-non-cancerous growths that develop in or around the uterus-in 2014, the same year she won an Oscar for performance in the movie. However, it wasn't until 2025 when she disclosed her diagnosis, writing on Instagram that she had been "suffering in silence" for more than a decade. "When we reach puberty, we're taught periods mean pain, and that pain is simply part of being a woman," she shared. "We're struggling alone with something that affects us most." Instagram/Suki WaterhouseSuki Waterhouse's HerniaIn July 2025, the Daisy Jones & The Six star shared that she had been hospitalized due to a hernia-a gap in the muscular wall that's commonly found in the abdomen or groin area-caused by wearing tight pants. "'Suki you never tweet anymore,'" she wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. "Have you ever considered I wore pants so tight 6 months ago it caused a hernia & I've been too scared to tell you?"Paul Zimmerman/ShutterstockBrian Austin Green's Perforated AppendixThe Beverly Hills, 90210 alum revealed in April 2025 that he was recovering from surgery after his appendix nearly burst. "Last week, I started feeling some pain in my stomach," Brian said in an Instagram video at the time. "I ended up going to the emergency room, and I had a perforated appendix. Not quite burst, but just before." He added, "I'm on the road to recovery. It's not an easy process. This is my first major surgery."Steph Chambers/NWSL via Getty ImagesSavannah DeMelo Suffers "Medical Emergency" Mid-GameThe Racing Louisville midfielder collapsed just a few minutes into her soccer team's Sept. 14 match against Seattle Reign at Lumen Field in Seatle. The United States Women's National Team player could be seen slowly sitting down on the field with a teammate by her side, per Reuters, as the referee called for trainers to check her out. She collapsed seconds later. "Savannah received immediate on-field care from medical personnel and was transported to a local hospital for further evaluation," the National Women's Soccer League wrote on X later that night. "She is stable and alert."Chris Haston/WBTV via Getty ImagesAdam Devine's Long-Term Injury From Childhood AccidentAdam Devine shared that injuries he sustained after
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