General Hospital star Kirsten Storms reveals she’s set to have a ‘coiling procedure’ after doctors discovered she had a brain aneurysm
General Hospital star Kirsten Storms has revealed her health battle after moving from Los Angeles to Nashville.
Storms, 41 revealed in an Instagram post that she’s set to undergo a ”coiling procedure” after doctors discovered she had an aneurysm on her brain during a scan in January.
The actress said the surgery will take place “sometime in the next two weeks”.
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According to the Mayo Clinic, a coiling procedure involves a surgeon feeding a soft, flexible wire into the aneurysm via a catheter. The wire coils inside the aneurysm and seals off the aneurysm from the artery.
Storms first underwent surgery back in 2021 after doctors found a cyst on her brain.
It was during her follow-up scan this past January that the aneurysm was discovered.
“The January scan happened because I had symptoms that the doctors thought could’ve been brain related,” she wrote in her Instagram post.
“When I say that I was shocked when the doctors told me they found an aneurysm on the right side of my brain… welp, I basically launched into a standup comedy routine.
“I had a procedure done that weekend, where the doctor thread a camera from my leg up to my brain.”
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“Emotional support, when going through times in life that cause worry, is crucial,” she continued.
She revealed that she decided to relocate because “it was clear I needed [to] change some things in my life asap”.
In her caption, she added that “we’ve all got times when things aren’t great” and that “since I knew what an aneurysm was, the scan in January majorly freaked me out”.
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“My brain seems to be sorta lowkey rebelling against me,” she wrote.
Storms plays Maxie Jones on the long-running soap General Hospital.
She was previously married to American actor Brandon Barash. The couple share 11-year-old daughter Harper Rose together.
Storms is also known for previously appearing on the American soap, Days of Our Lives throughout her acting career.
Just two months ago, Australian General Hospital star Tristan Rogers died at the age of 79.
He reportedly died following a battle with lung cancer.
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