It sounds funny: glamour girl of screen and airwaves stuck in a luxury Dubai hotel with a swollen foot that looks like an elephant’s. But to Sophie Monk, it’s anything but funny, having a suspected Deep Vein Thrombosis that is potentially life threatening.

Away for a short break between ratings periods, Sophie missed her return to work at 2Day-FM and was forced to call her on air partners Jules and Merrick from her hotel room.

Sophie told them it was the “worst holiday” of her life and went into details about the side effects of the condition.