Joe Amabile said doctors found a blueberry-sized lesion in his brain, and he now expects brain surgery in two weeks. The update arrived Monday, July 13, after multiple scans and MRIs narrowed the problem to what he called an early-stage brain tumor.
“So a little medical update. I didn’t share my Prenuvo results because they ended up finding a lesion in my brain so then I had to go get a brain MRI and there was a blueberry size lesion in my brain that looks to be a glioma, which is a tumor. So I now need to get brain surgery next week to get it removed and get it tested,” he said in the video. In the caption, he wrote, “This past month has been a lot of ups and downs to say the least. After multiple scans and MRIs I have what looks to be an early stage brain tumor. In two weeks I’ll be undergoing a craniotomy to have it removed — yeah brain surgery — @memorialsloankettering.”
Joe Amabile on July 13
Amabile’s post put a medical timeline around a problem that had already been moving through scans. He said the lesion was found after a Prenuvo scan, then described the next step as surgery to remove it and have it tested.
He also said the condition appears to be “really early stages” and added that he hopes “they are able to get it all.” That wording points to the practical issue now: the surgery is not just about removal, but about learning what the tissue shows once it comes out.
Memorial Sloan Kettering plans
“(Surgery is in two weeks … my bad),” he wrote over the video, which complicates the timeline inside the post itself. The spoken message says next week, while the on-screen text and caption both point to two weeks, and the caption also specifies a craniotomy at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
He said he is trying to stay positive and that he has support from family and friends. In the comments, Jenna Johnson wrote, “Omg Joe! Sending you all the love and support ✨🙏🏼,” Zac Clark wrote, “Love you bro. You are a great friend to me and many others. You are going to get through this and then help a lot of people. Keep going,” and Jason Tartick added, “Sending prayers and love man.”
Bachelor Nation support
That response fits the route his public life has taken since 2018, when Bachelor Nation first met him on Becca Kufrin’s season 14 of The Bachelorette. He later appeared on season 5 of Bachelor in Paradise, separated from Kendall Long in 2020, returned for Bachelor in Paradise season 7, and married Serena Pitt in October 2022.
For now, the immediate takeaway is simple: Amabile has put a surgery window on the record, named Memorial Sloan Kettering in the process, and said the next answers will come only after the lesion is removed and tested. That is the point where the story shifts from scans to pathology, and from uncertainty to a real treatment plan.
