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Hi Tracy,

Your doctor can help you. Give him/her a ring. None of us here are qualified to interpret that sort of thing.

Wishing you all a very happy Christmas and a healthy new year. I'm proud to be a part of this wonderful community Thanks to all the members for making this site what it is and thanks to Karen and her family for allowing me to be a part of the team and thanks to the moderators: Sami, Jess, Laura Tina and Janet for helping to make this site run so smoothly.

Glad it all went well. Here's hoping the results are good.

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Thanks.

Hi Nita,

Stay strong and keep fighting back! Never give up and you'll get there.

Hugs to you xx

Welcome Pat Glad you found us.

Look forward to hearing more from you.

Well done John for getting through your first year. I think most of us found the 1st year the hardest. Thanks for a very inspirational post and best wishes for your second year. I hope you will have many more.

Hi Tina and welcome to Behind the Gray

You've done really well with your recovery. I went back to work after 4 months and found it really hard for the first couple of weeks, but it does get better.

The first number is the systolic (highest) pressure and the second number is the diastolic (lowest) pressure.

Source: http://www.bpassoc.org.uk/BloodPressureandyou/Thebasics/Bloodpressure

Hi Sally,

My BP is much higher than that!

Have a look at the Blood Pressure Association Website. There's some good info there. Hope this helps.

Hi Jules and welcome to behindthegray

I'll look forward to reading your blog.

Hi Kelvin,

I had all those questions too. One day, a nurse confused me by asking me the first name of the Queen. I replied " 'The', of course, 'The Queen' " That's when they knew I was on the mend and my sense of humour was still intact

Hello Kelvin and welcome to Behind The Gray.

The people on this site are a great bunch and I hope you can draw some comfort from their experiences. Any questions - fire away!

Hello Kath and welcome to BTG

At the risk of being repetetive, You nurses do a wonderful job. I'll never forget the ones who looked after me during my 2 weeks in hospital. Glad to have you on board

Hi Lynn and welcome to BTG

The ups and downs your sister is experiencing are quite normal after SAH. I slept a lot too and would be lucid one day and talking to visitors and the next day, I would be confused and not be at all with it. It does take some time and 10 days is very early. Keep your chin up and keep talking to her and don't be too worried if she seems to have taken a step backwards. Things do get better.

That was very well written Karen and echoes a lot of what I feel too. Well done!

I too think about my SAH, but not every day. It still affects me in small ways, but on the whole, I’ve made a good recovery and I’m very lucky to be able to do everything I was able to before my SAH. You’re a strong woman Karen and you always look for the positive things rather than the negative. Everyone should take inspiration from that, I know I have.

“Where there is a will, there is a way.” as the saying goes, and that is so very true. Life puts many obstacles in our way, but if we believe we can overcome them, then we can succeed. We may try many ways that don’t succeed, but if we give up we cannot truthfully say that there is no way, only that we gave up before we found the way that works. Life for most does change after SAH, for better or for worse, but we have to learn to accept the cards that we have been dealt in life and make the best of what we have.

Never give up! There’s always a way.

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Hi Caroline,

Nice to hear from you and glad to hear that you are getting there and proving that there is light at the end of the tunnel xx

Hi Paris,

I had one angio at 3 months and MRA scans at 6 and 18 months after which I was discharged by the hospital with no further monitoring necessary. It's normal to feel anxious at the thought that your partner is not going to me monitored, I know I did for a while, but after almost 4 years, I don't really think about it any more.

Hi Lynne,

No, it's not revolutionary at all! I was the same. In the early weeks, I slept a great deal but would wake at all sorts of odd hours unable to sleep. I got to the stage before I went back to work that I didn't need a sleep during the day. When I returned to work I always slept for a couple of hours when I got home and believe me, I needed it! Since then, I don't sleep during the day during the working week, and I have no trouble getting to sleep, but I often wake in the small hours and unable to get back to sleep again. Come the weekend, I'm shattered and almost always need a sleep during the day and often fall asleep in front of the TV. I'm a snorer too, much to the disgust of the rest of the family

Just lately, I've become a night owl, but that has very different reasons

All I can suggest is to do something that will help your brain to shut down at night. Take a walk before bed, for example. I've often found that a few beers usually help, but that's not the answer either

Hi Lin,

Wishing you all the best for tomorrow. Yes, you will get tired, but take it easy and remember that you are doing something worthwhile.

Congratulations Linz on passing your maths exam I knew you could do it

Hello Lin lin and welcome to behindthegray

Wishing you all the best and keep up the positive attitude.

Active reader and writer at Behind the Gray after Karen’s conception and support from her own family and Bogbrush. (aka Chief Technical Director) noted very good improvement in writing, particularly after continued therapy at BTG.

Ha! Chief Technical Director? You'll be talking about Chris. I just make the tea and sweep the floor I'd have a hard job directing traffic