In recent months, former ‘The Partridge Family’ star and ‘The Danny Bonaduce Show’ radio host, Danny Bonaduce has revealed to his fans that he will undergo brain surgery after a difficult health journey.
In a recent interview with TMZBonaduce explained after visiting “100 doctors” and going through a period without a diagnosis, he has been diagnosed with hydrocephalus, a neurological condition also known as “water on the brain.”
Bonaduce described to TMZ that during the upcoming surgery, the surgeons will put a “shunt in my head” and a “drainage board” to drain the fluid from his brain.
While Bonaduce remains hopeful about the potential relief the surgery could provide, he admits he will be “totally disappointed if this doesn’t work”. Bonaduce added, “I’d rather be safe than sorry. I don’t want to hope too much that I will recover.”
“I can’t walk right now, I just can’t,” he revealed. “I’m never going to run again, never box again, but if I can get from here to my kitchen on my own, bravo!”
As to what caused the hydrocephalus, Bonaduce isn’t entirely sure, but he believes his previous behaviors and activities may be factors. “I’ve done so many stupid things,” said Bonaduce. “I took a guitar to the head. That hurt and may have been the cause of all this.”
Bonaduce added, “I was punched in the face by Jose Canseco, a 265-pound professional athlete. And by the way, I didn’t fall to the ground.”
In addition to starring as Danny Partridge in ‘The Partridge Family’, Bonaduce also appeared in ‘Monk’, ‘Girlfriends’ and ‘Sabrina the Teenage Witch’, and later in his career fought as a boxer and wrestler.