Queen guitarist Brian May has revealed that he was rushed to hospital after suffering a heart attack.
Taking to his official Instagram page this morning, the 72-year-old musician shared an Instagram video as he opened up about the terrifying medical woe.
Last week, Brian was seen taking his first steps after ripping his gluteus maximus, an injury which left him unable to walk unaided.
Brian said that was only part of the story and he had suffered a heart attack.
He commented: “I was shocked, I thought I was a healthy guy. In the middle of the whole saga of the painful backside, I had a small heart attack.
Queen legend Brian May has revealed he had a ‘small heart attack’
“It was about 40 minutes of pain in the chest, the arms, sweating. My wonderful doctor drove me to the hospital himself.”
The guitarist explained he had an angiogram – an X-ray used to examine blood vessels – where medical staff discovered that three of his arteries were blocked and he may have to undergo open heart surgery.
However, Brian admitted he went for the alternative which was to have three stents put inside his heart and is currently recovering at home.
Talking about his gluteus maximus, the rocker said he has been in a “nightmare world” and had to resort to heavy painkillers and physiotherapy after he injured his buttock muscle while doing some ‘over-enthusiastic gardening’.
Last week, Brian was seen taking his first steps after ripping his gluteus maximus, an injury which left him unable to walk unaided (Image: Brian May/Instagram)
In a post on Instagram, Brian wrote: “I’m dependent on these ‘crutch’ devices to get around… not for long, hopefully.”
May, who is married to former EastEnders star Anita Dobson, 71, also said the nerve pain caused by his injury ‘paralysed my brain’.
He said: “I felt it took over my personality… I was in a nightmare world.”
Sharing a video update on Saturday, Brian told his 2.4m Instagram followers: “I’ve got some great help with pain management and rehabilitation.
“Today I can sit and potter slowly around holding on to things with almost no pain. It’s incredible what real pain does to you.”
“I’ve always been a bit of a big shot about my tolerance to pain levels – like not getting Novocaine jabs at the dentist or whatever – But this nerve pain which came to inhabit my body about three weeks ago – no, it wasn’t a glute thing after all – has paralysed my brain.”
Brian is best known for being a member of rock band Queen
“I felt it took over my personality. I woke up feeling that somehow the pain WAS me, and I was struggling to get back in my body. And I did give in and take the heavy duty painkillers, and in the end I was in a nightmare world.
“The only thing to do was kick it all and come out. But I could only do that because I got some great physio help and some osteopathy. I’ll tell you the whole story sometime, but for now … happy weekend.” [sic]
Earlier this month Brian broke the news on Instagram that he was in hospital sharing a selfie of him in a surgical mask.
The star said he thought he was a ‘healthy guy’ (Image: GETTY)
He wrote: “I managed to rip my gluteus maximus to shreds in a moment of over-enthusiastic gardening.
“So suddenly I find myself in a hospital getting scanned to find out exactly how much I’ve damaged myself.
Turns out I did a thorough job – this is a couple of days ago – and I won’t be able to walk for a while… or sleep, without a lot of assistance, because the pain is relentless.”
The muscle, the largest in the body, controls hip and thigh movement.
Brian told fans he needs to “go dark” to get “complete rest’ and asked for “healing silence” over “sympathy”.
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