Corrie's Chris Fountain shares after undergoing heart surgery following ... trends now

Chris Fountain took to his Instagram Stories on Friday to share an update with fans hours after undergoing heart surgery. 

The former Coronation Street actor, 35, revealed on Thursday he was preparing for the operation having recently sufferred a Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA).

Now back on his feet Chris shared a short video as he stretched his legs along the hospital corridor. 

He said: 'Yes guys back on my feet [Doctors] have cleared me to walk a little it. My groin is still hurting, it’s soar and, aching'.

'But I am glad to be out of bed because my legs were are starting to go numb'.

He exclaimed: 'What a day!' before revealing he had been nervous ahead of his operation. 

Going on to say:  'Just had some tests echocardiograms to check everything is in the right place and working and so far so good'.

Earlier, the actor shared a video en route to the hospital and said: 'So the day's arrived. Just walking to hospital. Got the mother here for moral support. Here we go.' 

Chris, who played Tommy Duckworth on the ITV soap, then shared a photo of himself in bed followed by a clip alongside his mother. 

Chris playfully said to her: 'Get off your phone, you're supposed to be helping me feel better.' 

Chris, who is also known for playing Justin Burton in Hollyoaks, underwent a pre-op last month and detailed what his upcoming surgery would entail.

He said: 'What they do is, go in through my groin, go up to my heart and put this thing through where the hole is and it leaves a metal umbrella and they pull it through, it leaves another little metal umbrella at the other side.

'Then my heart grows around it and hopefully, that should mean no more strokes and I'll have a little bionic heart.

'It's a little bit nerve-wracking as it's a heart procedure but apparently it's 99.9% successful I'll have to take it easy for a week or so after it's done.