Queen guitarist Brian May shares that he had minor stroke
The legendary rocker called it a "health hiccup" and assured fans that he can still play the guitar
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77-year-old Queen guitarist Brian May just shared that he suffered a minor stroke—or a “health hiccup,” as he called it in a video letting fans in on his condition. “I think the good news is that I can play guitar after the events of the last few days, and I say this because it was in some doubt because of that little Health hiccup that I mentioned happened about a week ago,” he said. “What they called it was a minor stroke and all of a sudden—out of the blue—I didn’t have any control of this arm, so it’s a little scary.”
May is potentially downplaying how terrifying something like this is, especially as a musician, but he does say he had “fantastic care and attention” from the hospital “where I went blue lights flashing… Very exciting!” He’s listening to doctors and doing what he’s been told to do which is “basically nothing.” For the time being, he’s not allowed to drive, go on a plane, or do anything to raise his heart rate, but he’s assuring fans that he’s “good” and “[doesn’t] want sympathy… ’cause it’ll clutter up my Inbox and I hate that.”
