Watch: Queen’s Brian May reveals he has suffered a stroke in video message to fans

Queen's Brian May reveals he has suffered a stroke in video message to fansSource: Brian May

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00:00hi folks I hope you're all well out there I'm here to bring you first of all

00:05some good news I think good news is that I can play guitar after the events of

00:11the last few days and I say this because it was in some doubt because that little

00:16health hiccup that I mentioned happened about a week ago and what they called it

00:22was a minor stroke and all of a sudden out of the blue I didn't have any

00:27control of this arm so it's a little scary I have to say I had the most

00:31fantastic care and attention from Frimley Hospital where I went blue

00:38lights flashing a lot very exciting I might post you a video if you like I

00:42didn't want to say anything at the time because I didn't want anything

00:45surrounding you know I really don't want sympathy please don't do that because

00:49it'll clutter up my inbox and I hate that so good news is I'm okay just doing

00:55what I'm told which is basically nothing I'm grounded I'm not allowed to

00:59go out well I'm not allowed to drive not allowed to get on the plane not allowed

01:04to raise the heart rate too high not allowed to have planes flying over which

01:09will stress me but I'm good the other news is our documentary has been very

01:16much in our minds and we had some great reactions from farmers particularly also

01:25from wildlife people of course because we're very much in that corner still but

01:30the the documentary was really about farmers as people discovered to their

01:33surprise I think and it's no surprise to me that we are not at odds at all with

01:41the farmers we are at odds with the people who have been feeding them the

01:45wrong information which excuse me is the whole deal really and we've been

01:53attacked very strongly from some quarters and you have to look very

01:57carefully because the people who are shouting the most of course are the

02:01people who feel most threatened so I'm just going to leave you that thought