Queen’s Brian May reveals he suffered a minor stroke

The Queen co-founder and guitarist Brian May revealed on his social media that he suffered what the doctors described as a minor stroke about a week ago. He said he was unable to move his left arm for a few but that he was already recovering and was able to play the guitar.

Queen’s Brian May reveals he suffered a minor stroke

“The good news is that I can play guitar after the events of the last few days. I say this because it was in some doubt because that little health hiccup that I mentioned happened about a week ago, and what they called it was a minor stroke. All of a sudden — out of the blue — I didn’t have any control over this arm. So it was a little scary, I have to say.” The musician then praised the medical team of the Frimley Park Hospital in Camberley, Surrey, calling them: “the most fantastic care and attention. Blue lights flashing the lot, very exciting.”

He also explained that he didn’t said anything about before: “because I didn’t want anything surrounding it. I really don’t want sympathy. Please don’t do that, because it’ll clutter up my inbox, and I hate that. The good news is I’m okay. I’m just doing what I’m told, which is basically nothing. I’m grounded, I’m not allowed to go out, drive, get on a plane. I’m not allowed to raise the heart rate too high. But I am good.”

Almost five years ago Brian had a “small” heart attack and discovered that his arteries were congested and in danger of blocking the supply of blood to his heart. So he had surgery to fit three stents to hold open blocked arteries.

Queen has no scheduled tour dates so far. Their most recent shows happened in Japan last February.