Michelle Elman, a regular on This Morning, has shared a health update after undergoing major brain surgery. The 32-year-old life coach posted images of herself in a hospital gown with heavy bandaging, revealing that a tube in her brain had broken during the procedure to treat a newly discovered cyst.
Ms Elman lives with hydrocephalus, a condition where fluid builds up in the brain and creates potentially life-threatening pressure if left untreated. In a social media post, she said: "They discovered the tube in my brain was broken – and that wasn't even the part they were fixing." She added: "Now I'm just sat here wondering how I wrote a whole f****g book with my brain filling with water for years? I've been on live TV and radio multiple times? Absolute madness."
She also disclosed that she chose a "high risk" operation to tackle the new cyst. "There was a chance the high risk would just result in me being opened for nothing and having a new scar for s**ts and gigs," she explained. "I took the higher risk and it paid off."
Ms Elman had previously announced in November that she needed further brain surgery, saying she had a cyst again and that the magnet in her brain needed replacing. The magnet regulates fluid flow. She said at the time: "It's not urgent but it is needed so now I have to figure out when to schedule this so it disrupts my life as little as possible."
After the latest surgery, she joked about being described as a "complex case" or "extremely unique", saying: "I'm only accepting the terms 'medical miracle' from now on."
