Michael Bolton’s daughter shared the symptoms that led her dad to seek medical help that led to his diagnosis with glioblastoma, or brain cancer.
Michael Bolton‘s behavior during a family outing played a role in his brain cancer diagnosis.
As the “When a Man Loves a Woman” singer’s daughter Taryn Bolotin recently recalled, the 72-year-old raised eyebrows when he began bowling out of turn in November 2023.
“That was when we were like, ‘Something’s wrong with his brain,'” the 45-year-old told People in an interview published April 30, noting that the incident was “super weird.”
According to Taryn, Michael exhibited additional symptoms throughout the night.
“He fell out of his chair to the left, which is very unusual. He’s super athletic, and he doesn’t drink,” Taryn said. “So he fell, and we were like, ‘What just happened?'”
With the addition of a “bad” headache he suffered during the same weekend, and an unusual bout of nausea and balance issues experienced during a mid-November performance at a charity event on Richard Branson‘s Necker Island, Michael’s symptoms were concerning enough to prompt him to go to the hospital and get an MRI, which ultimately showed he had a brain tumor.
After doctors surgically removed all of it, tests confirmed it was glioblastoma. Michael then went on to undergo a second surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, which he finished in October, People reported. Now, the Grammy winner undergoes MRIs every two months and his latest scan, conducted earlier this month, has been clear.
On April 30, more than a year after he revealed on social media he had had a brain tumor removed, Michael shared an update on his cancer journey.
“You’re reaching into your resources and your resolve in a way that you never would have thought,” he told People. “Succumbing to the challenge is not an option. You’re really quickly drawn into a duel. I guess that’s the way you find out what you’re made of.”
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