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Hi Claudette ....you are doing a very noble thing for your children`s father. It takes a very strong person to do what you are doing, and I know that whatever the past...your gesture will be very much appreciated by him and your children, and you too will feel better for it..

I do hope his radiotherapy treatment is successful

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Thanks for your comments Subhem63

Be kind to your body and brain

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Hello Lyn and welcome to BTG

Glad you have found the site helpful and thanks for sharing about your own SAH.

Almost six months on, no doubt your brain and body have been giving you messages about how far you can take things in your daily life routine.

Always take these messages on board and don`t try to force yourself back to what was your previous normal.

It`s good that you have had that time away from work. Have you discussed your return with your employers? Even though you might feel reasonably strong, it is wise to seriously consider phasing yourself back over a realistic timescale-even though you already are part time.. There is nothing more disheartening than having to ask for time off because you feel exhausted. These youngsters will stretch your strength both physically and mentally.

Keep in touch with your GP about your ear issues.

Wishing you a successful return to your work in September and continued recovery.

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Hello Jill

Thanks for coming back to share your feelings and concerns on BTG. All of us are here to help each other.

I am sure there is much you could tell us about your journey following your SAH four years ago. Out there on the Brecon Beacons you have lovely scenery along with the benefits and challenges of isolation  You certainly have that fighting spirit....continuing to deliver these triplet lambs as you experienced your SAH..

Daily physical work such as yours cannot be easy .....with very little let-up as it is your livelihood, and it is hard especially if friends and family don`t fully appreciate how debilitating living with SAH can be. Is a clear-the-air chat a possibility to get them on side ?

I am sure your GP will be very understanding were you to have a chat with him. When last did you see your consultant and have follow-up checks ?

Jill, I do hope you get the help you need.  Getting help may well not have the dreaded consequences of losing your driving licence.

Others on BTG will offer their support too.

Take care...and keep in touch.

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Hi Claudette....well done for sharing about your progress as you near your first year post your SAH.

As you say, you have come a long way from those difficult early days.

Enjoy your well deserved holiday in Potugal and wishing you well as you continue to recover.

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Hello Julie, thanks for sharing your anxieties and frustrations earlier today. I do hope the reassurances of those that have replied, have given you some help as you await next Thursday`s procedures.

It is good that your sight has shown some improvement. This must have been such a worry for you in these early days post your SAH. My wife`s sight was very poor for three months due to haemorrhaging behind her eyes, but she was assured that this would resolve..and indeed her sight did improve considerably.

I remember it was Andy, your husband who first made contact with BTG back in December. We were pleased that the site was a good support for him then. How is he coping with the difficulties SAH has brought to your family unit ?

As a carer following my wife`s SAH five years ago, I know how hard it is deal with the traumatic effects of SAH and to keep the family home functioning under so much pressure. Please tell him we are thinking about him too.

Take care and thanks again keeping in touch.

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Well done twelve months on.  Hope hubby is doing well too! (my wife had her SAH 5 year ago)

Wishing you continued good progress and thanks for your kind comments about the BTG members

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Hello Ian

Thanks for sharing your concerns on BTG.

Sorry to hear that you feel so uncertain about how your recovery progresses. I can imagine that there has been so much for you and your family to contend with since December 2009. If you want to- it would be helpful to have a brief summary of how your lives have been affected by SAH.

So glad you found this site, and you will definitely find much help and support as you look through the different threads. Any questions you have will be readily answered.

Take care

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Hello Jane....thank you for sharing your thoughts again on BTG.

It has been a tough eight years for you and I am so glad that you have still kept in touch with BTG.  Great that you have found so much encouragement from this thread started by MO5 and also from the very supportive comments which followed.

Wishing you the strength to hold on there and keep rebuilding your life.  You have so much to live for and your experiences will be valuable help for others who are facing the challenges post SAH.

Take care

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Hello Richard and a warm welcome to BTG

Thanks for your positive comments as to how the site has helped you in your understanding of life post SAH.

Well done for getting back to work, and I am sure that already you will be facing the conflicts between getting your busy work schedule done and coping with the after effects of SAH.  (SAH will not hesitate to remind you if you are pushing it too fast ...please don`t fight against the warning signals too often....it will pay dividends later)

You mention that you have found reading the comments of other members very helpful and I wish you well as you face the future with your work colleagues and also your family and friends.

Please keep in touch when you can and share your progress.

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Hello Nicola and also a warm welcome to BTG....

So glad you discovered this site so early - you will find much to help you on your recovery, and it is great to see how others have coped post SAH.

My wife was also in hospital when she had her SAH, although she was a patient. However it was three and a half years later that I found out about BTG- so grateful to my good friend Winnie for pointing me this way !

I wish you well as you tackle the future- you are in a busy pressured job- don`t push yourself too hard if you find you are sometimes struggling to keep up with your previous work-rate..........Watch out for these warning signs so that you give yourself the best chance to get better.

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Hi Paul-

Thanks for keeping in touch. How are you and family ?

Please let us know how things continue to work out. Did you consult with your GP ?

We know there are so many difficult challenges in your life following your SAH-

Keep strong and never give up

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Hi Clare

Hope you enjoyed your holiday-

Many thanks for sharing about your appointment on 30th June- so interesting to see how that `fairly intense` environment affected you.

Also glad your work supervisor is taking a realistic approach what this might mean for work.

I think that you guys in your post SAH journey keep pushing the boundaries and face up to the challenges of your own very personal circumstances. Weighing up to the pros and cons and moving on after a consultation like that is all part of your journey.

Best wishes Clare-you`ve done so well in a relatively short time.

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A warm welcome to BTG Sherry

So glad you found this site early in  your recovery. As Daffodil says-you will find much help and assurance as you read the experiences of other SAH posters and you will always get a prompt response when you have any questions. That makes such a difference as you will know that you are not alone in your efforts to come to terms with life post SAH.

SAH will already have brought many changes to your family routine. You will want to try and get back to some normality as soon as possible. Please don`t rush your recovery. Give yourself and your young family a better chance by accepting early that you need time adjust.

I am a carer. My wife had her SAH five years ago. Take time to share your feelings with your family and friends-especially your best friend (hubby) . His mind is also trying hard to cope with the reality of what has happened and trying to think about how the future will be.

I wish you all the strength you need physically and emotionally as you face the future-

Please keep in touch regularly on BTG.  Help is always at hand.

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Hi Gail

Great news about your coiling- such an apprehensive time for yourself and family.

Glad you can relax a bit now and concentrate on the future.

Well done

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Good morning Michelle

Belated congratulations from me and Mrs Subs too.

Your frank sharing of your experiences post SAH have been more help to all of us than you care to imagine.

Up here in Caveland I`ve read your posts and smelled the newly baked cakes, visualised the huge( arms fully extended) fish that Verdun had caught, tried to give Molly a cyber hug when ill last year and felt relaxed in that lovely caravan in the North. Always brings back memories of our caravanning days around Appleby 30 years ago with our daughter.

Well done for feeling you are still improving

It`s a 2 year anniversary for Verdun also. He has had a completely different perspective on your SAH and during your recovery. Please give him a pat on the back from me too.

Thanks Michelle

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Good evening Gail, and also a warm welcome to BTG.

So glad you are making good progress. Getting back to work so soon is certainly a great achievement.

I, like your hubby suffered the shock of my life when I had to follow my wife to Intensive Care. For me it was five years ago.

Seeing you recover is such an emotional time for your husband and family. They will be so glad to see your progress.

Patience and time is so important and I wish you well. In particular in dealing with the future coiling of the aneurysm.

Great to have you here.

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Hello Jan..... well done on sharing one year on.  Early days post SAH and be patient as you continue to recover.

Hope your results are released soon.

Great to hear that John is giving you so much support..... It makes such a difference when you can face the challenges together.

Keep in touch with your progress

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Well Carolyn, it has been quite a 24 months for you.

I never forget your first post to me on 14th January 2015, and it has been a privilege to keep in touch with your journey since then.

This time last year you were facing so much uncertainty - well done for showing so much courage and determination.

You deserve all the breaks coming your way and who knows-  the pond isn`t too far really (for a canoe and two determined paddlers !)

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Hi Karen- it`s encouraging to learn that funding has been made available to do more research into dealing with the early hours and days following SAH. Any successful efforts to help prevent or reduce the fall-out post SAH will be great step forward.

Thanks for sharing and looking forward to any results from the study when the Southampton Neurosurgeon and his team team report back..

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Good afternoon Jan

Also a warm welcome to BTG- you are in good company and glad that you have already found the site a great support.

Well done for taking a positive approach to your SAH, and as time passes you will continue to see progress. I am sure the past year has been such a challenge for you and your friends and relatives. Your story will also help others as you share on BTG.

Keep checking these BTG posts - (I see Winnie has guided you to the Green Room)

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Thanks for taking the time to look in Sharon given your early start tomorrow-

Hope the course goes well, and Winnie`s song comes over the airwaves before you reach Leeds !

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Hi everyone-

Many thanks for your good wishes for Mrs Subs and myself.

We just returned from our day out. We met up with five other friends, and our BBQ stand raised £540 after expenses. The weather was great and the event was very well supported by the local people.

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Hi BTG friends

Just a brief post to say that it will be five years since Mrs Subs SAH at 2.10pm today !

Why do I mention the time- well she had already been in hospital for three weeks  and was in a single room.  I visited daily at 2.30pm. On that day I chose to arrive early at 2pm and she fell unconscious in front of me at 2.10pm…………….

Many of you know our journey since then, and indeed since Jan 2015 you have played a big part in supporting us as we daily deal with the effects and challenges of SAH –and move on.

Thank you all for your posts, humour in the Green Room, likes, messages and laughs at the Brain Games.

Take care everyone-

We are away North all day today to help fund raise for the three `Blue Light Services`

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Hello Jade

I am sure you will appreciate that everyone`s condition and experience is a bit unique and that those medics directly involved with Todd`s recovery are best suited to offer their advice based on their experiences. Don`t be afraid to keep asking them for information-I found them always willing to provide me with information about my wife`s prognosis.

My wife was already in hospital when she had her SAH, and was placed in an induced coma within minutes of the alarm being raised. (Sunday). The doctors in ITU advised me that it was their intension to take her off the sedation on the Tuesday. When I visited early Tuesday afternoon I found that she had pulled out all her blood lines and I had to wait for a considerable time while they got everything under control again.

It was an anxious few days because you simply don`t know how speech and movement is going to be affected by the induced coma and of course by the SAH.

For her, she was so weak that movement was very limited, however she did try and say a few words between drifting in and out of sleep.

Her coiling was not completed for a further two weeks.

If you read my Introduction you will see what recovery involved for her. Slowly her sight, speech and dexterity recovered over the following weeks..........

As you mention in your post- emotions are high. Your mind is working overtime- thinking about the worst while hoping for the best outcome-and feeling absolutely helpless because Todd`s recovery will be a slow patient process.

During those early days I can`t emphasise enough the need to take care of yourself too. Communicate with close friends, eat well (it is easy to rely on fast foods to get by) - you don`t appreciate what the worry and stress is having on your own body function and you may well suffer mentally and physically if you neglect yourself.

Try and accept that Todd is going to need time to heal.

Glad you have found BTG so quickly- you will get much support and encouragement here.

Todd will benefit from your sincere desire to be there for him whatever the future holds. That promise will challenge your relationship from time to time in the future.

I do wish you the strength you need at this tough time.

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