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Kyle Sandilands reveals major health diagnosis live on air
Kyle Sandilands has shared his shocking health diagnosis live on air, telling his listeners he is due to undergo emergency brain surgery.
The radio shock jock shared the news on Monday morning, saying he would be stepping back from the KIIS FM hosting role to look after his health and recover from the major operation.
“On Friday, I was told by my medical team, which sounds like I’m already very sick - to have a medical team - that I have a brain aneurysm and it requires immediate attention, brain surgery,” Sandilands told listeners.
“If you just tuned in to us after all these years, lap it up. And if you’re in Melbourne ... you’re coming to the party too late. You may get your wish. I may be dead.”
After being away on Friday, Sandilands shared that he received his diagnosis after a difficult period of difficult headaches.
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"It's not a blockage. It's like, imagine your blood vessel is the garden hose, and the garden hose is weak and it blisters out like a big bubble, you know, like a puncture in it. (It's) like a bike tyre with a big bubble - that bubble's the aneurysm, so it's not blocked," he explained.
"It's expanded and if it bursts, (I will become) either a vegetable, in the wheelchair, or dead instantly"
Sandilands expects to take eight weeks off from his hit show, The Kyle and Jackie O Show, to recover.
“My wife, every time I look at her, her eyes well up with tears. She is already counting down the days.”
“The facts are a life of cocaine abuse and partying are not the way to go,” he said.
Sandilands then used his condition as a warning to others, saying, "If anyone is having persistent headaches or any of those recurring issues, get a brain scan. It could save your life."
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