Brian May admits stroke was 'wake-up call' but counts himself 'lucky'
Queen rocker Sir Brian May says his stroke was a "wake-up call", but he counts himself "lucky".
Sir Brian May's stroke was a "wake-up call".
The Queen rocker was taken to hospital in September 2024 after suffering a "minor" stroke, which initially left him without any control over one of his arms.
But the star has since regained control of his arm, and admitted he has been "lucky".
When asked on Alan Titchmarsh’s Love Your Weekend podcast if he is "fully recovered" following his stroke, Brian said: "I’ve had a number of things, Alan, yeah, the stroke was one of them.
"I’ve been lucky, I get these things, but I seem to be able to get out of them.
"They give you a wake-up call."
In February, Brian told how he feared he would never play guitar again after suffering a stroke.
He told Guitarist magazine: "It went through my mind. When I suddenly couldn’t control this left arm, it was quite scary. I had no idea what was going on.
"I phoned my doctor and she said, ‘Okay, I think you’re having a minor stroke. Dial 999, get in the ambulance and I’ll see you there.’ But even at the worst time, although I couldn’t control where the arm was, I could control my fingers.
"So I thought, ‘I’m probably not really in danger.’ I’m all right now. I’m just taking it slow."
The We Will Rock You hitmaker had told fans about his "little health hiccup" on Instagram just days after being hospitalised.
He said in an Instagram video update: "I hope you’re all well out there. I’m here to bring you first of all some good news.
"I think 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 that little health hiccup that I mentioned happened about a week ago and what they called it was a minor stroke and all of a sudden - out of the blue - I didn’t have any control over this arm so was a little scary."
