Chris Evans is set to undergo surgery for kidney stones

Chris Evans is set to undergo surgery to treat his kidney stones as he misses his Virgin Radio show for a second week. 

The DJ, 54, had previously mistaken his symptoms for trapped wind but Sam Pinkham, 43, who is filling in for him, gave an update on his health on Tuesday. 

He said: ‘Loads of messages coming in for Christof, which is always lovely to hear because obviously you’re as concerned for him as we are. 

Get well soon: Chris Evans is set to undergo surgery for kidney stones as he misses his radio show for a second week – after mistaking symptoms for trapped wind (pictured in 2019)

‘Just to let you know what happened, he was taken into hospital last weekend with kidney stones. He was off last week hoping that they would pass naturally. 

‘Whenever you tell people off air that Chris has got kidney stones, they all do the same thing and go: “Ooooooh”. ‘Women have said that passing kidney stones can be more painful than childbirth. So poor, poor Chris.’ 

Sharing details of the Chris’s surgery, Sam said: ‘Last Friday he had a procedure using ultrasound to try and break them up but that hasn’t worked. 

Sharing details of the Chris's surgery, his stand-in Sam Pinkham said: ‘Last Friday he had a procedure using ultrasound to try and break them up but that hasn’t worked'

Sharing details of the Chris’s surgery, his stand-in Sam Pinkham said: ‘Last Friday he had a procedure using ultrasound to try and break them up but that hasn’t worked’

‘So he’s going to have an operation now – a minor operation – but still an operation to have them removed.’ 

Chris said last week he was rushed to hospital with kidney stones after mistakenly thinking he had a case of trapped wind. 

He spent two nights in hospital following his trip to A&E on Saturday with crippling stomach pains.

Speaking to The Sun, Chris told how ultrasound and CT scans showed he had a large kidney stone which doctors monitored for 48 hours before he was sent home on Monday. 

He said: ‘I thought I had trapped wind and general “man pain” most of Saturday. I took paracetamol and waited for nature to take its course…. that didn’t happen. 

Stay: The radio presenter, 54, spent two nights in hospital following his trip to A&E on Saturday with crippling stomach pains (pictured in 2020)

 Stay: The radio presenter, 54, spent two nights in hospital following his trip to A&E on Saturday with crippling stomach pains (pictured in 2020)

‘Late Saturday night my wife called 111 and we were advised to go to A&E. Which we did. After an ultrasound scan and CT scan, it was clear I had a kidney stone on the move.

‘I was subsequently admitted to a ward where I was looked after until I came back home on Monday evening. I still have the stone, and if it doesn’t come out soon I will need to go back in and have it removed.’

Chris described the doctors, nurses and other medical staff as ‘amazing’ and thanked them for taking care of him.

Kidney stones can develop in one or both kidneys and most commonly effect people between the ages of 30 and 60.

They can be extremely painful and can lead to kidney infections or the kidney not working properly if left untreated, according to the NHS.

Most are small enough to pass on their own but larger ones may need to be broken up or removed with surgery.

Last year, Chris told how he believed he and all of his family had the coronavirus during the early stages of the pandemic after he came down with a ‘weird cold’.

Speaking on his Virgin Radio Breakfast Show, the broadcaster, also admitted that he didn’t self-isolate as none of his symptoms fell in line with the NHS-advised dry cough and high temperature that would warrant quarantining.

The star said – who has sons Noah, 11; Eli, nine, and two-year-old twins Walt and Boo with his golfer wife Natasha Shishmania, 40 – said: ‘I think I’ve had it [coronavirus]. I’m not saying I’m qualified to say this though.

‘So many of us had this really weird cold two or three weeks ago and if four out of five most prominent people on the telly talking about coronavirus, if they can get it – they’re only mild symptoms, a bit of a sniffle and dry cough…’

Explaining his reasons for not going into quarantine, he continued: ‘I didn’t get the fever or the dry cough, that’s why I didn’t self-isolate. Noah had the fever and he self-isolated before we all had to for 14 days. 

‘But by that time, Tash had this cough and almost everybody you saw on telly reporting on the coronavirus looked red-faced and runny-eyed – I think lots of us have had it!’ 

He said: 'I thought I had trapped wind and general ‘man pain’ most of Saturday. I took paracetamol and waited for nature to take its course.... that didn't happen' (pictured with his wife Natasha Shishmanian in 2019)

He said: ‘I thought I had trapped wind and general ‘man pain’ most of Saturday. I took paracetamol and waited for nature to take its course…. that didn’t happen’ (pictured with his wife Natasha Shishmanian in 2019)