Game Of Thrones Star “Emilia Clarke” Shares Story Of Her Brain Aneurysm Hospitalization

Game Of Thrones Star “Emilia Clarke” Shares Story and Pictures Of Her Brain Aneurysm Hospitalization

“I had just finished filming Season 1 of “Game of Thrones.” Then I was struck with the first of two aneurysms. Emilia Clarke wrote in her essay Published on The New Yorker, titled “A battle for my life”

She noticed the first one during a fitness training when she felt so “fatigued that I could barely put on my sneakers ”.

Later when she started the workout, she felt as though “an elastic band were squeezing my brain.”

“Meanwhile, the pain—shooting, stabbing, constricting pain—was getting worse. At some level, I knew what was happening: my brain was damaged.” Emilia Clarke wrote in her essay.

“To keep my memory alive, I tried to recall, among other things, some lines from “Game of Thrones,”  before she was later rushed to the emergency room of Whittington Hospital.

She was diagnosed to have a subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). A life threatening aneurysm that needed immediate surgery. She was just 24, in the middle of a busy life.

After the surgery and when she was said to have passed the crucial mark.

A nurse asked for her name and “nonsense words tumbled out of my mouth and I went into a blind panic”

“I asked the medical staff to let me die. My job—my entire dream of what my life would be—centered on language, on communication. Without that, I was lost.” Emilia Clarke said in her touching personal story.

The second aneurysm struck her after finishing season 3, she went for a brain scan.

And it was discovered that the growth at the side of her brain that the doctor thought might be harmless had doubled in size.

She went for another surgery and this time it failed. She required another operation. Another month in hospital.

The season finale of Game Of Thrones will be aired on the 15th of April.

Emilia Clarke who played the role of Deanerys Targaryen is glad to see the end of the show.

“There is something gratifying, and beyond lucky, about coming to the end of “Thrones.” I’m so happy to be here to see the end of this story and the beginning of whatever comes next.” Emilia Clarke ended the essay.

She also talked about a charity SameYou, “aims to provide treatment for people recovering from brain injuries and stroke.”