has revealed she seriously feared for her life as she fought Covid.
The artist, 60, was struck down with the illness recently and is currently recovering at her home in France.
Alongside a photo of an archway covered in foliage on her property, she explained that she felt she ‘might die’ as she battled the respiratory virus.
She wrote: ‘This is where I am .. at my house and studio in France. I love it here, it’s very magical in the true sense of the word. Usually, I’m always painting here but this time I’m recovering from having Covid.’
Emin then shared how she believed she was going to die when suffering from Covid, and that she has to be ‘very careful’ in her recovery.
‘I can’t believe how ill I was, at one point, I actually thought I might die!
They say there is a new variant , more deadly than before. F**k knows .. all I know is I have to be very careful.. life is too beautiful to say goodbye,’ she wrote.
It comes almost a year after she received the ‘all clear’ following her
She was originally diagnosed in 2020 after discovering a tumour in her bladder while working on a painting of a malignant lump.
Emin then where many of her reproductive organs were removed and she was fitted with a stoma bag.
Announcing the news that she had been given the ‘all clear’, she shared a selfie in a hospital gown and face mask.
‘All clear,’ she began in the caption, ‘At the hospital about to have my CT scans and see my surgeon.
‘It doesn’t matter how cool and stoic I am, inside I’m filled with worry. This time because I’m happy, this time because I feel well.. I’m scared to say I’m happy. But I am, my life is so much better, I’m stronger and clearer.
‘I’ve been sober for 27 months and each day life becomes more interesting and I find myself caring and taking more interest in everything that’s around me.’
Despite her happiness, Emin was honest about the fact she ‘really’ missed her ‘vagina, [her] urethra] and those bloody little lymph nodes’ following her surgeries.
‘I have to be honest.. I wish I had my bladder (a good working one that wasn’t riddled with cancer) I don’t give a fuck about my womb or breeding apparatus.. But I really miss my vagina, my urethra, and those bloody little lymph nodes that kept everything tickity boo.
‘But Today hearing I have the all clear .. Makes me very happy and feel good to be alive. There’s so much more to me than a hole.’
