Queen's Brian May suffered a heart attack

Musician Brian May is having a no good, very bad month. Admittedly, no one is having a great May or even a great 2020 for that matter, but we think the Queen guitarist deserves an extra dose of sympathy for the health crises that he’s endured over the past few weeks.For someone with the last name May, this month has not given the iconic rocker much to celebrate. In the past few weeks the guitarist has suffered an extremely painful muscle tearing in his gluteus maximus, a severely compressed sciatic nerve, and a heart attack that led to a life-saving surgery. Brian May deserves to have a really, really awesome June.[video_embed id='-1']RELATED: Freddie Mercury impersonator performs from his balcony[/video_embed]Starting at the beginning of this horribly painful and scary saga, May’s first injury was the result of overzealous gardening. On May 6, the guitarist shared a photo of himself wearing a mask while at the hospital, writing that he had ripped “my Gluteus Maximus to shreds in a moment of over-enthusiastic gardening.” That sentence physically pains us to read. Killer green. The injury was so bad that May was unable to walk or sleep for several days because of the pain and required the use of crutches several weeks later.On Monday, May updated fans on his medical progress once again, but this time he had a whole new saga to report on. In a seven minute video posted to Instagram, the British musician said that following his initial injury, the pain was so severe that he returned for an MRI and doctors found that he had a severely compressed sciatica nerve, which he described as feeling as though someone was putting a screwdriver in his back. Again, we felt that.As if this wasn’t fun enough, May added that "in the middle of the whole saga of the painful backside I had a small heart attack.” After experiencing chest pains for 40 minutes, May’s doctor drove him to the hospital and ordered a round of tests. "I actually turned out to have three arteries which were congested and in danger of blocking the supply of blood to my heart," said May. A triple bypass surgery was recommended but May opted instead to have three stents placed in his heart.

 

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Hmm ... Sheer Heart Attack eh ? Well, I think I always worried a little bit about that album title. I wondered if it might upset some people who had actually had heart attacks. I’m actually quite relieved now that I’m in that club - and I don’t find it upsetting at all ! Take. care folks. And ... why did those discs in my spine get so squished? Well I think 50 years of running around with a guitar strap over my left shoulder holding a heavy guitar might have something to do with it ! But it probably WAS all worth it ! Bri

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The musician, who would likely undergo annual physicals in order to be insured for his concert tours with Queen, said that he was shocked about his medical emergency and the severity of the blockages. "I had no idea, I had great electrocardiograms and whatever, you know. Nothing could tell me that I was about to be in real, real trouble, because I could have died from that, from the blockages that were there," said May, who added that he thinks everyone over the age of 60 should get routine angiograms, which was the only test to show his otherwise undetected blockage.Thankfully, recovery from surgery has been much less painful than his prior health emergencies this month. "When I came around, it was as if nothing happened,” said May, who is continuing to recover from his compressed sciatica nerve. “I couldn't feel that they've been in here, I couldn't feel anything.”May has managed to keep his sense of humor throughout the ordeal, sharing the video this week and writing “Sheer Heart Attack eh? Well, I think I always worried a little bit about that album title. I wondered if it might upset some people who had actually had heart attacks. I’m actually quite relieved now that I’m in that club - and I don’t find it upsetting at all!”As for the cause of his back injury, May thinks it may have something to do with his career choice. “And ... why did those discs in my spine get so squished? Well I think 50 years of running around with a guitar strap over my left shoulder holding a heavy guitar might have something to do with it! But it probably WAS all worth it!”[video_embed id='-1']BEFORE YOU GO: Tiny dog fearlessly tries to steal husky's bed in epic tug-of-war match [/video_embed]