Health Issues
Rose suffered a number of major health problems during the series. In January 1987, she had an esophageal spasm that caused a near-death experience. In March 1989, Rose came clean about a decades-long addiction to prescription painkillers. Rose also endured an HIV scare in February 1990, when she was alerted that a blood transfusion she had received during a cholecystectomy several years before may have been tainted with the virus. In late April/early May 1992, Rose suffered a major heart attack and had to have a triple bypass surgery.
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