Simone Giertz Back To Vlogging After Brain Surgery, Chats Future Plans

YouTube’s reigning queen of shitty robots has returned to fans victorious. Simone Giertz, who spent six weeks in recovery after having surgery to remove a benign tumor from her brain, is officially back to vlogging — though she cautioned viewers in her newest video that she may still need to take it easy despite wanting to return to a normal video schedule.

“Bottom line is, I’m fine, surgery went really well, I can see out of both my eyes, and my brain seems to be working just as fine — or as poorly — as it was before,” Giertz said in the video (below).

Giertz also shared a little more info about her diagnosis and treatment, including the fact that the surgery to remove her Grade 1 meningioma, which was sitting above her right eye, cost $232,736 (“Don’t worry, I have insurance,” Goetz said. “But this makes me worry about people who don’t.”), and that she now has titanium mesh inside of her skull — as well as a pretty wicked scar curving over the right side of her head. 

Giertz said that long-term, she expects facing down brain surgery will be “a really positive thing,” and that her experience has put things into perspective for her as she moves forward.

One future project may involve releasing footage about her surgery, she says, noting that she and her family decided to hire a documentary filmmaker “last-minute.” Giertz has footage of herself throughout the surgery and recovery process, though she hasn’t completely decided what to do with it.

For now, fans can expect Giertz to get back to vlogging with her wonderful — and occasionally truly terrifying — creations.