This Morning’s Michelle โElman Faces another Brain Surgery
Michelleโฃ Elman, a familiarโค face on ITV’s This morning, hasโ announced she requires โขfurther brainโ surgery. The โฃTV expert,author,and life coach revealed the news via โฃan emotional Instagram update,explaining doctors have discovered a new cyst in โher brain and that the magnetic device implanted to manage her hydrocephalus โis no longer โขfunctioning correctly.
Elman,โค 32, โlives with hydrocephalus, โขa โคcondition causing potentiallyโ fatalโข fluid build-up around the brain. She relies on a metalโ magnetโ to regulateโ this fluid โflow, and now requires a replacementโ for both the magnet and to address theโ new cyst. โค
Despite the seriousness of theโค situation, โคElman is attempting to remain positive. “It’s not urgent but it is indeedโ needed so now I have to figure outโ whenโ to schedule this so it disrupts โmy life as little as possible,” she wrote. She โanticipates delayingโค the procedure until next year, stating, “Inevitably โI willโข have to pause my life and go deal with this, likelihood it will beโฃ next year, but until than it’s businessโ as usual.”
Thisโข latest health challenge comes after a period of significant hardship โfor Elman, who has previously undergone 15โ surgeries, โsurvived โขa brain tumour, and battled a punctured intestine and obstructed bowels. Earlier this year, she also โขpublicly shared the heartbreak of discovering her fiancรฉ had cheated โฃon her shortlyโฃ after proposing.
Elman expressed her frustration withโ having to share her medical history โpublicly,โฃ noting it often leads to unwanted press attention. However, she โฃemphasized her commitment to honesty โขwith her followers, stating, “I’d much rather have the choice and the authority to decide for myself what I can and can’t doโฆ I’d rather be in โฃpain and live my life than watch my life pass me by again.”
Despite facing yet another operation, the award-winningโค life coach remains resolute to continueโ living life to theโข fullest. “I have lived a great โคlife and really milkedโ everyโค moment I’ve had in this world soโฃ can’t complain,”โฃ sheโ concluded.