The 60-year-old EastEnders actress took to Instagram to issue a health update, revealing that she can now walk a “certain amount” before becoming “puffed out”.

Opening up as she shared an anecdote about meeting a fan at her local shop, she told fans: “Well I just had to come on and tell you something that has planted a seed in my little brain. And hopefully it plants the seed in somebody in our industry – producers, TV people etc.

“So the story goes this, I can walk with a stick now from the stroke which is brilliant, I can walk a certain amount before I get puffed out.”

She continued by explaining that she visited her local Premier shop for some exercise when she encountered a woman who had read her book, Behind The Scenes, reports the Mirror.

Cheryl said: “This lady was in there. Probably about my age, I dunno, maybe 50s to 60s, something like that. Anyways, she said, ‘Oh my gosh I’ve just read your book.’ And I went, ‘Oh have you? How did you find it?’ She said, ‘You’ve had a life haven’t you?’ And I said, ‘Yeah a little bit’.”

The soap star then revealed how the woman suggested she should adapt her book into a series or a film, to which Cheryl responded: “Let’s make this happen, it would be absolutely fantastic.”

“Anyway, it was just a thought from a lovely lady in my local shop,” she told fans.

Cheryl had a stroke earlier this year after experiencing a severe headache. In an exclusive interview with the Mirror last month, she detailed the terrifying moment she realised something was amiss while at home watching television.

She recalled: “I started to feel funny, with a really bad headache at the back of my head. I went to bed but couldn’t settle. When I got up in the night to go to the bathroom, my balance completely went and I had to stop myself from falling over. My whole right side felt numb, heavy and tingly.”

Cheryl immediately contacted her son Alex, who called an ambulance. She was taken to hospital and doctors discovered the star – who previously had surgery for womb cancer in 2015 – had suffered a stroke, which left her unable to walk without the aid of a stick.