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DJ Spoony revealed to audiences connected Monday helium had undergone an cognition for a bleed connected his brain
Radio presenter DJ Spoony has thanked the NHS and his household aft being treated successful infirmary for a "small bleed to the brain".
The BBC Radio 2 presenter, whose existent sanction is Johnathan Joseph, held backmost tears arsenic helium told listeners connected Monday helium had been dealing with headaches for a fewer weeks, but had "put off" seeing a doc until 21 December, erstwhile helium decided to spell to A&E.
The 54-year-old went to Bedford Hospital wherever unit ran tests and did a CT scan earlier sending him to spot a specializer astatine Addenbrooke's Hospital successful Cambridge.
On Instagram helium said his unwellness was caused by a subdural hematoma, a information wherever determination is bleeding successful the brain.
At Addenbrooke's, Spoony was told doctors "need to operate", and ended up spending Christmas Day successful hospital.
He said: "The astonishing doctors and nurses astatine Addenbrooke's had done the operation, (they) had flushed maine out.
"I was feeling fine, 10 minutes aft the operation. I was talking, looking guardant to being backmost connected the ward, eating a banana and having a ginger shot."
Breaking down, helium added: "Thank you to everybody astatine Addenbrooke's for looking aft me; you were amazing.
"So, again (thanks to) our astonishing National Health Service."
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The DJ seen present performing astatine a festival successful August described wellness unit who treated him arsenic "amazing"
Spoony wrote connected Instagram: "I woke up connected Christmas greeting successful hospital. I was truthful grateful. Had thing peculiar to look guardant to.
"Going location to my household and friends. All who had been unthinkable for the past fewer days. The visits, support, calls, messages. Very humbling.
"There was nevertheless immoderate sadness waking up adjacent to immoderate radical that didn't cognize wherever they were, that would've spent a ample part, if not each of the time without loved ones.
"I deliberation astir them each all time and anticipation they are making advancement successful their recovery."
In 2022, the DJ was recognised with a British Empire Medal for his services to foundation done euphony during the Covid-19 pandemic.
During the lockdown, helium hosted regular unrecorded streams, yet respective times a week, utilizing his instrumentality astatine location to play a assortment of euphony to assistance radical "connect" and rise wealth for charity.
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