Seth Rogen’s wife Lauren Miller has revealed she had a brain aneurysm removed last year.
The actress, 42, who has been wed to Knocked Up star Rogen, 41, since 2011, detailed how the aneurysm was discovered after she decided to undergo a full-body MRI scan in 2018 following her grandmother, grandfather and mother’s battles with dementia.
Speaking at the UCLA Department of Neurosurgery Visionary Ball in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, Miller spoke of the ‘terrifying’ moment she found out about the aneurysm – which is a bulge or ballooning blood vessel that can cause life threatening bleeding in the brain if it leaks.
She said, per People: ‘They found, of course, this sort of aneurysm in my head. So of course, this was terrifying information, and made me think of my great-grandmother, whose fate I certainly didn’t want to mimic.
‘Fortunately, it was relatively small, and I did what the doctors recommended that I do, which is have annual MRIs [to] track the size. It remained small, until it didn’t.’
Health battle: Seth Rogen’s wife Lauren Miller has revealed she had a brain aneurysm removed last year (pictured at the UCLA Department of Neurosurgery Visionary Ball in Beverly Hills on Wednesday)
Miller said doctors noticed the aneurysm began to grow in the spring of 2022 – with the star consulting with UCLA neurosurgeon Dr. Dr. Geoffrey Colby – before deciding to proceed with surgery to remove the aneurysm.
She said: ‘I’m truly endlessly grateful to Dr. Colby, his entire team, and the entire staff at UCLA who guided us through this scary experience that I’m truly grateful to have overcome. I’m truly thankful that I won’t be dying at this dinner table or any others anytime soon.’
Symptoms of a ruptured aneurysm include; sudden, severe headache, nausea and vomiting, stiff neck, blurred or double vision, sensitivity to light, seizure, drooping eyelid, confusion and a loss of consciousness
An unruptured aneurysm may not have any symptoms and could not require treatment. The causes of brain aneurysms are often unclear.
Risk factors include high blood pressure, smoking, heavy drinking and old age.
Treatment may include surgery or medication to restore blood flow and relieve pain.
Miller and Rogen formed the nonprofit Hilarity for Charity in 2012 to raise money for dementia care, research, and education.
Her mother Adele was diagnosed with genetic early-onset Alzheimer’s disease at age 55. She died aged 68.
The actress, 42, who has been wed to Knocked Up star Rogen, 41, since 2011, detailed how the aneurysm was discovered after she decided to undergo a full-body MRI scan in 2018 following her grandmother, grandfather and mother’s battles with dementia
Tough time: Miller said doctors noticed the aneurysm began to grow in the spring of 2022 – with the star consulting with UCLA neurosurgeon Dr. Dr. Geoffrey Colby – before deciding to proceed with surgery to remove the aneurysm (pictured 2020)
Her grandfather and grandmother both died from Alzheimer’s.
Seth and Lauren began dating in 2004 after meeting on the show Da Ali G Show; he appeared on six episodes of the show.
The couple got engaged on September 29, 2010 and tied the knot on October 2, 2011 in Sonoma County, California.
