'I
just felt my head inflating like a balloon. It was getting bigger and
bigger by the second, I could hardly see. I feared it was going to
explode,' she told the Sunday Mirror's Matthew Drake.
Maloney,
who has three children, has been hooked up to a tube to drain the
excess fluid from her head, and worries about what her face will look
like once the swelling has subsided.
Complications: Maloney said her head felt like it was 'inflating like a balloon', and her eyes were bleeding
'It
was as if I had gone ten rounds with Mike Tyson in his pomp and another
ten with Lennox Lewis for good measure,' she said, but says doctors are
confident that she will make a full recovery and will be pleased with
the final results.
Maloney,
who announced earlier this year that she was now living as a woman, has
already undergone hormone therapy, electrolysis to remove excess body
hair, counselling and voice coaching.
The
Celbrity Big Brother star said she had undergone previous facial
surgery in Spain without any issue, so felt confident before going to
hospital for surgery on her nose, eyelids and cheeks, as well as a
facelift.
Post surgery: The Celebrity Big
Brother star said she had undergone previous surgery in Spain without
any issue, so felt confident before the operations on her nose, eyelids
and cheeks, as well as a facelift
But
it is thought that Asprin tablets she has taken to thin her blood after
suffering a heart attack stopped her surgery wounds from healing
properly, which sparked the complications and bleeding.
He
face began to swell up after the seven-hour surgery, and within a few
hours was struggling to speak or breath, forcing doctors to operate in
order to save her life.
She
has been warned that her blood is low on platelets, and must endure
regular visits to doctors to ensure she is recovering properly but has
been allowed to leave the Belgian hospital and is back home in
Maidstone, Kent, with her family.
Recovery: Maloney wears sunglasses to
hide her bruises, and says she looked like she had gone 'ten rounds'
with former protégé Lennox Lewis
However,
Maloney said she is still determined to have the final operation to
become a woman, and is set to have a breast augmentation operation and
gender reassignment surgery in February at a private clinic.
'It’s
not just a matter of wanting to go through with this. This is something
I have to do to correct what was wrong at birth,' she said in a second
interview with the Daily Mirror.
She
said although doctors have told her the complications from her facial
surgery have put her around two months behind schedule, this will have
no effect on her suitability for surgery.
Maloney
also rubbished claims her operation had been cancelled because of a
reported risk to her heart, and said she is excited for her final
surgery.
But she said that other transexuals should be given more advice before having their operations.
'It
probably was vanity that drove me to have so much work done, but there
is not enough independent advice available and too many people travel
abroad to have work done in environments that they are not familiar
with,' she said.
Under NHS guidelines, transsexuals have to live as a woman for two years before they are allowed corrective surgery.
Private clinics recommend one year to ensure that their patients can cope with the change.
In
August this year Maloney shocked the macho world of boxing by
announcing her decision to change her sex and live as a woman, having
retired from the sport in October 2013.
Ahead
of her surgery, Kellie told Lorraine Kelly that she wanted to have her
nose made slightly smaller. 'My youngest daughter told me my nostrils
were too big,' she said.
'I
was always concerned about my chin but they tell me it's within the
female parameters and the gender doctor can do the full operation,
hopefully, and breasts in January.'
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