Queen guitarist Brian May suffered minor stroke, lost 'control' in his arm

Queen guitarist Brian May revealed harrowing health news Wednesday.

The beloved British musician announced on his website that he recently suffered a "minor stroke," calling the incident a "health hiccup." But he had a happy update for fans, too.

"The good news is that I can play guitar after the events of the last few days and I say this because it was in some doubt because that little health hiccup that I mentioned happened about a week ago," May said, while also addressing his recently aired BBC documentary "Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me."

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He continued: "What they called it was a minor stroke and all of a sudden, out of the blue, I didn't have any control over this arm, so it was a little scary, I have to say." Then, May told fans he had "the most fantastic care" before instructing them not to reach out with sympathy because it would "clutter his inbox," which he "hates."

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"So, good news is I'm OK. Just doing what I’m told which is basically nothing. I'm grounded, I'm not allowed to go out – well I'm not allowed to drive, not allowed to get on a plane, not allowed to raise the heart rate too high, not allowed to have planes flying over, which will stress me," May told fans. "But I'm good."

The recent BBC documentary "Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me," released on Aug. 23, followed the music legend during his yearslong public opposition to the badger cull in England and Bovine Tuberculosis. According to the CDC, Bovine Tuberculosis is "most commonly found in cattle and other animals such as bison, elk, and deer."

The cull in Britain, which continues today according to BBC's media center, is controversial but May is still battling for the animal rights he believes in.

"I don't blame people for being suspicious of me in the beginning, because, you know, I'm a guitarist. You know I'm a rock star. What am I doing? Why would I have some contribution to make?" May told BBC about the doc.

"I came in to save the badgers. I now realize that to save the badgers, you have to save everybody because it's a mess. It's a tragic human drama where people's hearts are broken," he said.