Elton John has taken to social media to share that he is at the moment recovering from a severe eye an infection that brought on momentary blindness in a single eye.

“Over the summer, I’ve been dealing with a severe eye infection that has unfortunately left me with only limited vision in one eye,” he stated. “I am healing, but it’s an extremely slow process and it will take some time before sight returns to the impacted eye.

“I’m so grateful for the wonderful crew of docs and nurses and my household, who’ve taken such excellent care of me during the last a number of weeks,” John continued. “I’ve been quietly spending the summer time recuperating at dwelling, and am feeling constructive in regards to the progress I’ve made in my therapeutic and restoration so far.”

Elton John’s Other Recent Health Issues

John has experience a number of health-related obstacles in the last couple of years.

In 2023, he fell at his home in the South of France, but was found to be “in good well being” after visiting local doctors. The year before that he was forced to postpone several concerts when he tested positive for COVID-19, and in 2021, he underwent hip surgery that was prompted by an injury.

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But there has also been good news from the John camp: he and his longtime collaborator Bernie Taupin have made a new album, though a release date has yet to be revealed.

“It’s completely fantastic,” John said about the album at last year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. “It’s filled with youth and it is filled with vitality, and it is a fantastic place to be after we have been collectively for 56 years.”