Model Emily Sears reveals what it was like being awake during her brain surgery – as she tells fans the ‘hard part is over’
Emily Sears has spent the past two weeks in recovery after undergoing life-saving brain surgery.
And the 35-year old model invited fans to ask her questions about the procedure on Instagram on Tuesday.
Emily responded to a number of queries ranging from how her recovery was going to what it was like being awake during the operation.
Asked and answered: Emily responded to a number of questions from her followers on Instagram about her brain surgery
Emily began the Q&A by writing: ‘Ask me your brain surgery questions!’
One of her followers asked: ‘You said you were awake during the procedure. Did you feel any tugging or pressure relief?’
Emily replied that she hadn’t felt anything during the operation.
The human brain: Emily went on to reveal that she didn’t feel anything during the operation as brains don’t have nerve endings
‘Human brains have no nerve endings so they don’t feel any sensations,’ she wrote.
Another fan asked Emily how her recovery process was going both ‘mentally and physically’.
‘It’s like this experience has been like a trek up a mountain and I’m exhausted and I’m still not off the mountain but relieved to have made it past the peak and I’m walking downhill now,’ she responded.
‘It’s still hard but the hardest part is over and it’s getting easier every day.’
‘The hardest part is over,’ Emily revealed how the recovery process was going both physically and mentally
Emily revealed on Instagram last week that she’d undergone brain surgery to remove a ‘cluster of abnormal blood vessels’ that had caused her to suffer epileptic seizures.
The influencer chose to have the operation because she did not want to live on ‘medication for the rest of my life’.
She was actually awake and speaking to doctors during the operation because she needed to alert them if they removed any vital tissue along with the blood vessels.
Life-saving operation: Emily revealed on Instagram last week that she’d undergone brain surgery to remove a ‘cluster of abnormal blood vessels’ that had caused her to suffer epileptic seizures
Emily explained: ‘I remember every moment of being awake, there were two surgeons and one waved at me… it was as strange and surreal as it sounds!’
After the successful surgery, she was left with an overwhelming feeling of gratitude.
‘I am humbly grateful for the ability to access healthcare, for the fact that my condition had a cure and for the support of my friends, family, industry peers and for my incredible man who has stuck by me the whole time,’ she wrote.
‘I am humbly grateful.’ After the successful surgery, she was left with an overwhelming feeling of gratitude