Anita Dobson gives poignant Brian May health update after his stroke - calling ordeal a 'big wake up call' that has 'forced compromises' in both of their lives

Anita Dobson gave a poignant health update on her husband Sir Brian May, who suffered a stroke in September, during an appearance on Loose Women on Friday. Anita Dobson gave a poignant health update on her husband Sir Brian May, who suffered a stroke in September, during an appearance on Loose Women on Friday Queen guitarist Brian, 77, who has been married to Anita for 23 years, had the health scare last month and was left unable to use his arm During her interview on the ITV show on Friday, the panel asked Anita how Brian is doing, to which she let out a sigh and responded: 'I'm very happy to say, sitting here now, he's stable and he's got through it.' The EastEnders actress, 75, joined panellists Myleene Klass, 46, Kay Adams, 61, GK Barry, 25, and Katie Piper, 41, for a catch up on the ITV show At the time, the legendary musician announced he was rushed to hospital following the medical emergency in a video shared to his personal website Anita said: ''I'm very happy to say, sitting here now, he's stable and he's got through it' She continued: 'At some point you are going to have to face the prospect that you can't do the things you used to do, so you will have to slow down and start making compromises' The actress met Brian shortly after she began in EastEnders at a film preview and he invited her to see Queen play at Wembley In the video, he said: 'I'm here to bring you some good news - the good news is that I can play guitar after the events of the last few days,' he said, twiddling his fingers for emphasis. Sir Brian revealed he had suffered a 'minor stroke' - but he reassured fans he can still play guitar, twiddling his fingers for emphasis in the clip Brian is the guitarist in legendary rock band Queen He had been seen in public just days before, appearing on TV's This Morning to discuss his BBC documentary on badger culling on August 23 The rocker - who also has a PhD in astrophysics after abandoning his studies to pursue a career in music - had been seen in public just days before the scare, appearing on ITV's This Morning on August 23 to promote his BBC documentary on badger tuberculosis.