Kirsten Storms is taking a temporary break from General Hospital.

The 41-year-old actress shared on Instagram that she will soon undergo surgery to treat an aneurysm. Storms explained that doctors discovered the aneurysm in January during a routine follow-up scan related to the cyst she had removed from her brain in 2021. She said her neurosurgeon will perform the procedure later this month.

Storms posted, “I wanted to post this because even though my brain seems to be sorta lowkey rebelling against me, it does allow me to understand that we’ve all got times when things aren’t great. If we can, we will do our best to do what is best for ourselves and loved ones. Since I knew what an aneurysm was, the scan in January majorly freaked me out. A few days after I was discharged from the hospital, someone created a blog post that said I was in the hospital that weekend because I tried to “unalive” myself. I couldn’t understand why a person would makeup something that terrible, when they had no idea why I was really there. There are a few really bad apples out there. We all know that…but there are people in my life who I am truly thankful to know. One of those individuals just made a sh*t load of sweaters with me. They are glorious.

The longtime General Hospital actress first announced in July that she would be stepping back from her role as Maxie, which she has played since 2005, to relocate from Los Angeles to Nashville with her daughter, Harper. After her move and hospital discharge, speculation about her absence began to circulate.