In a message recorded for listeners at the end of October, Power explained that he has been dealing with trigeminal neuralgia, a chronic condition affecting a nerve in the brain.<\/p>\n
He described the condition as \u201cmore frequent and more painful\u201d in recent weeks and said that the surgery is needed to address the issue.<\/p>\n
Power said that he had been dealing with the issue for the last two or three years and that he wasn\u2019t sure how long his break from the podcast was going to last.<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously, the bouts have become more frequent and more painful\u2026 I\u2019m on the tablets and I can\u2019t even think straight,\u201d he told listeners.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s been loads of issues with me rescheduling recordings, so on and so forth, so yeah, it\u2019s just been a huge problem for me, but thankfully I\u2019ll be going in now getting it sorted and hopefully all goes well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Power reassured fans not to be alarmed by the prospect of brain surgery, saying he expected to recover well and return to the podcast \u201cbefore you know it\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt sounds very dramatic when you hear brain surgery, but don\u2019t worry, I\u2019m going to be brand new and I\u2019m going to get it sorted. Hopefully, all goes well and recovery goes well.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just said I\u2019d come over to the studio and do this because while I would have liked to ride off into the sunset and say nothing and roll with it, I couldn\u2019t do that to yous because you have supported us since day one, every single one of you has been behind us in everything,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He thanked listeners for their support since the podcast began.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe lads are still going to be here doing their thing. Keep supporting it, it will mean the world to us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Talking B****x, created by Power and Calvin O\u2019Brien, started as a lockdown project and shares stories from Dublin\u2019s inner city, tackling topics including addiction, mental health, and sexuality.<\/p>\n
Power and O\u2019Brien, who describe themselves as \u201cjust two lads from the flats\u201d, have recorded interviews with a wide range of guests, from breast cancer survivors to GAA stars, and have won awards including the Listeners\u2019 Choice Award at the inaugural Irish Podcast Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a message recorded for listeners at the end of October, Power explained that he has been dealing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[103,61,60,3478],"class_list":["post-150289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sarah-burke"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}