| rocknrolllover 29.12.2013 09:46 |
So many of you folks have been kindly enquiring about my health, and I've been quietly evading. Usually I've tended to keep stuff like this private, because I didn't want it to be distracting. On tour with Kerry last time I wasn't acting not being able to walk, though I was larking about. I just wanted everyone to have a good time and enjoy and smile. Really I was in pretty bad shape, but nobody needed to know, and my wonderful knee replacement surgeon has pretty much fixed that. However, along the way, 3 months after the surgery, somewhere in the rehearsals for the Las Vegas iHeart performance, I began to get bad pains in the backside. I thought my hip joint was going the same way as the knee. It's a long story since then, with various treatments, assuming the trouble was in the muscles readjusting; but finally it got really bad about 2 weeks before Christmas. So bad I had to give up on going anywhere if there was standing up involved. I'm telling the story now because I'm thinking it might be helpful to some folks out there who have similar experiences. My GP decided to try to get to the bottom of it, and sent me for a set of MRI scans. Well, that's when it all became a "Health Scare" (something like a Spooky Mormon Hell Dream ...) The scans showed up all kinds of mechanical disc and vertebra problems that might be the cause of the pain, but there were also some abnormalities in the bones - things that the report said needed urgent attention. So around Christmas I've been having a succession of blood tests, ultrasounds, and various kinds of scans, to see if they could rule out various kinds of cancer. Now, on hearing the "C" word something happens inside you … of course. I've seen so many of my dear friends fighting it … and my Dad lost his battle at age 66, exactly the age I am now. So over the last few days I've been in various states of unrest. But the great thing has been that the team my GP assembled to check out the possibilities has moved Heaven and Earth to gather all the information I need quickly over the Christmas period … not an easy time. Well, rephrasing slightly, the REALLY great thing is that so far the tests have eliminated a lot of nasty things. My PET scan was today, and it felt pretty grim in there. But a few hours later I got a text from my specialist saying that he hadn't found any evidence of cancers in the tests so far. I have one more scan on Monday, but I'm beginning to feel cautiously optimistic. Of course we still don't know what those things on the MRI's are. But I'm hoping they are things that have been there for a long time and are not causing trouble. And the pain ? Well, discs or no discs, I am so lucky in having a son who is a brilliant Physio. Jimmy spent hours on me over the holidays, and really managed to give me a pain-free Christmas. So this says a lot. It says I feel a lot better ! But also it says that the pain was about muscles and nerves after all, and was not coming from whatever those strange things on my bones are. So … I guess I'm still in the 'scare" scenario, but with good hopes. My specialist guys have also been really positive, reassuring me that if they did find anything in the "C" word category, it was almost certainly treatable with success. So that's why I've been a bit quiet, folks. Thanks for your concern. I'm hoping that, by next week, I'll be thinking of other things. link |
| FreddieCat 29.12.2013 10:49 |
Thank you for posting this. It's important to stay current with his health announcements. |
| Elektra 29.12.2013 11:44 |
Get better Brian for selfish reasons I want to see you on stage again in 2014...We all do!!!... Stay Positive |
| AlexRocks 29.12.2013 12:42 |
I sure hope that he gets better but from what I have seen with other people this is very bad news and does not look good or promising. I do not mean to start anything, be sensational, or over react but...this very possibly means the end of Queen and Brian May as a touring act...at this time. Unless something else happens... |
| cmsdrums 29.12.2013 13:06 |
'Abnormalities in the bones', no matter how positive your approach to it is, or how much you believe it to be simple muscle problems, cannot surely be good. Best wishes to him. |
| Thistle 29.12.2013 13:18 |
Best wishes to Brian, I hope that whatever is wrong is something he can get through and that he is well again soon. |
| Band Forever 29.12.2013 13:28 |
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| Band Forever 29.12.2013 13:28 |
Get Well soon to the Virtuoso of the Strings. |
| AlexRocks 29.12.2013 16:57 |
He should not have worn that skeleton suit back in 1980. That made God angry and now he is showing Brian who is boss, teaching him a lesson, and now punishing him! Oh my! |
| inu-liger 29.12.2013 17:23 |
Were the all CAPS really necessary? Anyways, on topic, that's really concerning what's going on with Brian. I hope whatever it is that's ailing him isn't life threatening :-( |
| Heavenite 29.12.2013 22:43 |
Am sorry too to hear that Brian is unwell. Getting old sucks! No matter who you are! Maybe the pain he is getting is due to some sort of post operative physical adjustment, given that the physio his son gave him worked. The bone abnormalities could also be arthritis I guess. In any case, hopefully the pain can settle down again now that his op is behind him, and he still has many more good years ahead to enjoy. |
| andyb1968 30.12.2013 04:39 |
Brian has my sympathy, I'm a slave to a bad back, it comes off and on, and when it's bad I can't move ! Hope he gets better news today, stay safe mate we are all thinking of you x |
| DLCVinnuendo 30.12.2013 13:57 |
let's hope that brian's heath will be better in 2014, good luck brian! |
| tonyyy 30.12.2013 15:44 |
Hope he will soon be ok... Tony link |
| Heavenite 30.12.2013 16:47 |
AlexRocks wrote: He should not have worn that skeleton suit back in 1980. That made God angry and now he is showing Brian who is boss, teaching him a lesson, and now punishing him! Oh my!No,! It's been too long I think. But playing with AL?? Hmmm!...(lol!) |
| matt z 31.12.2013 01:18 |
Skeleton suit? Wasnt that John Entwistle? I certainly hope he gets some treatment and a steady regiment to combat that. Yes. Getting old (er) sucks |
| david (galashiels) 31.12.2013 08:17 |
this is a cutting of the story in todays paper....hope it scanned ok |
| epson 31.12.2013 09:47 |
Queenzone Thread Title from the year 2016... Did Brian know about his future illness when he wrote fat bottomed girls - "I've got stiffness in my bones..." Hopefully he'll be fine. |
| pittrek 31.12.2013 10:40 |
So he's afraid he's got cancer? That actually explains a lot of his last actions. I'm so sorry, I hope it's a false alarm and if not, that the doctors caught it soon enough. |
| Vocal harmony 31.12.2013 13:19 |
matt z wrote: Getting old (er) sucksYeah but the alternative isn't a bag of laughs either ! |
| Apocalipsis_Darko 31.12.2013 16:13 |
I only had a chance to meet Brian, not very good meeting, but that's forgotten long time a go, more reading this. He was and still is my favorite guitar player and my first concert was by him. Hope the best for him, and being with well health soon. |
| Heavenite 31.12.2013 17:00 |
epson wrote: Queenzone Thread Title from the year 2016... Did Brian know about his future illness when he wrote fat bottomed girls - "I've got stiffness in my bones..." Hopefully he'll be fine.Hopefully he stays off this and the Brian's curse thread for as long as possilble! |
| Woody43 31.12.2013 17:19 |
Met Brian in October at the British Library. He was great with my daughter who was over awed at meeting him. A true gent - hope he has the all clear as soon as possible. |