Read our Privacy noticeFormer EastEnders star Cheryl Fergison has shared an update on her health eight months after suffering a stroke. She appeared on BBC Breakfast on Thursday (29 January) to talk about her recovery, telling hosts Charlie Stayt and Naga Munchetty she is “recovering slowly”, but “a lot better”. The actor’s stroke was diagnosed by her son Alex, who works with elderly people and recognised the symptoms. “I could speak but couldn’t formulate many words in the hospital.”Cheryl Fergison opened up about stroke on BBC Breakfast ( BBC )“My right side, which is still quite heavy, wasn’t working at all. Fergison played the hapless Heather on EastEnders from 2007 to 2012.