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general Hospital Star Kirsten is preparing for storms brain surgery,
The 41-year-old actor revealed that she is undergoing treatment for an illness aneurysm – ballooning of a blood vessel in the brain — in Tuesday’s Instagram post. She explained that in January, she “had a new scan” of her brain as her neurosurgeon was “monitoring” the cyst he left on her brain in 2021, after removing a separate cyst that was causing her problems at the time.
However, during a scan earlier this year her doctor discovered aneurysm In his brain.
“The January scan happened because I was having symptoms that doctors thought might be brain related,” said Storms, who took leave. general Hospital In June to be with her daughter, she wrote in her Instagram post. “When I say I was shocked when the doctors told me they found an aneurysm on the right side of my brain… well, I basically broke into a standup comedy routine.”
“I had a procedure done that weekend,” she continued. “Where the doctor threads a camera through my leg and up to my brain. (It’s a routine procedure, but the path inside your body that they take the camera through is *crazy*… the camera goes through your armpit.)
However, due to a “slightly complicated situation” that weekend, the aneurysm was not “coiled”, which is a minimally invasive procedure that blocks blood flow to prevent the aneurysm from rupturing.
She added, “I got checked out by my super smart surgeon, finished my first few months on the job, started my sabbatical, and left California.”
“An aneurysm can (apparently) be caused by stress… and since the January scan showed a new, but much smaller, squatter (aka cyst) on my brain stem – it was clear I needed to change some things in my life ASAP,” Storms continued. “For my own personal reasons, it was very important to me to no longer live in Los Angeles.”
In the caption, Storms also explained why she is talking so openly about her health.
“I wanted to post this because even though my brain is rebelling against me, it helps me understand that we all have times when things don’t go well,” she wrote. “If we can, we’ll do our best to do what’s best for us and loved ones. Since I knew what an aneurysm was, the scan in January freaked me out a lot.”
storm in june, who played maxie jones general Hospital since 2005Announced move to Tennessee. After speaking with the show’s executive producer, Frank Valentini, about her desire to move out of California in March, she also said she would be taking a step back from the soap opera. However, she still wants to remain in the show.
“Now, when you’re approached for a job like this, they can always say, ‘Forget it. If you’re going to leave the state we’ll let you out of your contract,'” Storms explained. “But gh Has not done this. Which was surprising because I had also asked for some time off.
She said she had completed her “final taping day of the year”, teasing that she might return in November or early December. Storms also assured fans that her character’s storylines during her absence have been “incredible”.