Brian May: New Health Update Following Stroke
Brian May is continuing to make a strong recovery following a minor stroke in September.
May’s wife Anita Dobson told The Mirror that her husband is “much better now” and has use of the arm that was impacted by the stroke.
” … He’s good to go now,” said Dobson. “He’s playing the piano quite a lot in the house.”
May shared the news of his stroke in a September 3 post on Instagram. In the video, he showed that he could still move his hands to play guitar, but he says that skill “was in doubt.”
He explains, “All of a sudden out of the blue, I didn’t have any control of [my left] arm]. So, it was a little scary, I have to say.”
May continued, “I had the most fantastic care and attention from Frimley Hospital … I didn’t want to say anything at the time, because I didn’t want anything surrounding … I really don’t want sympathy. Please don’t do that, because it’ll clutter up my inbox, and I hate that. So, good news is I’m okay.”
As previously reported, Dobson said in an interview with The Sun in September shortly after her husband’s stroke, “He’s doing great – he’s on the road, he’s doing really, really well. We’re very pleased.”
She noted that May has been advised by doctors to continue getting rest, but that “it’s hard to keep him resting.” Regardless, the prognosis is that May is expected to make a full recovery.
Looking Back on Brian May’s ‘Bizarre Gardening Accident’
Brian May is one of rock’s most fascinating figures. After all, unlike other rock icons, his astrophysics doctorate was earned and not “honorary.” Even so, May still isn’t immune to rock and roll tropes. If you want proof, look no further than the Queen guitarist’s Instagram back in May 2020.
In the early months of the Coronavirus pandemic, May shared a photo of himself wearing a mask and video of a seemingly empty hospital. In a lengthy caption, he began by reassuring fans he wasn’t in the hospital with COVID-19. Instead, May was hospitalized with a very unique injury. He explained it exactly the way a guitar god with a doctorate would:
“I managed to rip my Gluteus Maximus to shreds in a moment of over-enthusiastic gardening.”
While he did assure fans that he would be fine, May did inform them that he would be taking a break from social media. He said, in part, ” … The pain is relentless … I just need some healing silence for a while.”
Of course, anyone who’s fluent in This is Spinal Tap will be reminded of John “Stumpy” Pepys, the first drummer for Spinal Tap. Pepys, sadly died from “a bizarre gardening accident.” So, when news of May’s injury started to spread, Michael McKean (aka: Spinal Tap’s David St. Hubbins) shared the classic tweet below.
