SKY YORK JOURNAL News – Emilia Clarke’s battle with brain aneurysms became public in 2019 when she penned a revealing essay for The New Yorker. The actress, known for her role in Game of Thrones, detailed her harrowing experience in “A Battle for My Life.”
Emilia Clarke’s Brain Aneurysm
**The Initial Incident**
According to Clarke’s essay, she experienced an intense headache while at the gym, leading to severe illness. “I reached the toilet, sank to my knees, and proceeded to be violently, voluminously ill,” Clarke wrote. “Meanwhile, the pain—shooting, stabbing, constricting pain—was getting worse. At some level, I knew what was happening: my brain was damaged.” A subsequent brain scan revealed the severity of her condition.
**Diagnosis and First Surgery**
The diagnosis was swift and alarming. “The diagnosis was quick and ominous: a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), a life-threatening type of stroke, caused by bleeding into the space surrounding the brain,” Clarke stated. “I’d had an aneurysm, an arterial rupture.” She underwent immediate surgery to seal the aneurysm, describing the pain as “unbearable.”
**Post-Operative Complications**
Following the initial surgery, Clarke experienced aphasia, struggling to speak coherently. “SKY YORK JOURNAL has learned that, for a time, she was ‘muttering nonsense’.” Fortunately, the aphasia subsided within a week, and she was discharged from the hospital a month after being admitted.
**The Second Aneurysm and Surgery**
In 2013, a follow-up brain scan revealed that another growth had “doubled in size,” necessitating a second surgery. “When they woke me, I was screaming in pain,” Clarke wrote. “The procedure had failed. I had a massive bleed and the doctors made it plain that my chances of surviving were precarious if they didn’t operate again. This time they needed to access my brain in the old-fashioned way—through my skull.”
**Recovery and Current Status**
SKY YORK JOURNAL is pleased to report that Emilia Clarke has made a full recovery. “Thankfully,” Clarke shared, “she’s now ‘at a hundred per cent.'”
