sue

Hi Karen, hope i'm doing this right this time! You asked how my recovery is going, I just got back from my GP as I went just for reassurance really after having to go to bed at teatime yesterday with a real bad headache and real exhaustion, think it was the worst headache i've had since the SAH he thinks i'm ok took my blood pressure, looked in my eyes etc. I suppose its the norm really but sometimes it can be a bit scary don't you think? That's why this site is proving to be such a help, reading all the things written by others, makes you realize you're not on your own. I find my memory is bad!!! The time I was in hospital is a real fog, also I've found that when having conversations with my family they will be chatting about something that I apparently know about and it's been totally wiped from my memory. Fatigue is a major thing, although its only 8 weeks Sunday since it happened I suppose I can't expect too much, last week I walked round Asda with my husband, nothing strenuous, got home, we put the shopping away then I was just wiped out and spent most of the next 2 days in bed! My tastes have changed a lot, I can't stand the smell of coffee, got really picky with food, a good thing thats happened is that I can't stand the smell of cigarette smoke and up until the SAH I was a 15 to 20 a day smoker! I had 1 on the day and haven't had 1 since. I used to enjoy having a drink of wine but even the taste of that is different now not nearly as enjoyable as before! Do many people have post SAH headaches? Another thing I've wondered is if there are many people on this site who have flown since SAH? I feel a bit wary about it, my GP reckons it should be ok after 3 months but when I think of the dreadful pain I already have when landing, in my ears due to cabin pressure, I don't know if I could risk it. Do other peoples symptoms, ie. memory, getting words mised up etc get worse when they're tired? mine certainly do. Life is certainly different at the moment, I used to be such a busy, dashabout kind of person, at the moment I'm not really frustrated by the fact that I can't do what I used to as I'm too tired. Thats all I can think of at the mo, thanks to everybody who's said hi to me and given me a lovely welcome to the site. speak to you soon, love Suexx

Hi Louise, thanks for your welcome,Iam just so glad I foundthis site! love Suex

Hi all, I am so glad that I found this site, when you have had a SAH you don't seem to get much info while you are in hospital as to how you are gonna be when you get home, so reading comments on this site was just so encouraging!!! It reassured me that I was not the only one who felt like I do!!! Well, a bit of background on myself first! I'm Sue, I'm 56 and I have 3 grown up kids and 8 not so grown up grandkids! It was on New Years Eve 2006 when I had the SAH, I got up feelin upset within myself as my uncle had passed away the day before, went to church, really enjoying myself, waving flags, havin an ace time! ( I go to a really lively church!!) Sat down,......then.....it hit me!!! Oh my goodness, as I sat down, this pain in my head hit me so hard!! I went out of the back of the church, I suppose hopin this pain would go away, it did'nt, it got worse, I was sat on the stairs in the foyer, saying "I can't lift my head, a lady was sat on the stairs behind me, praying for me, that is probably my only clear recollection during that time. To cut a long story short, it was actually 4 days before I was admitted to hospital, 4 GP's later!!!! with diagnoses of migraine, sinusitus, chest infection!!! During those 4 days since New Years Eve, when it happened, I was in bed, couldn't keep anything down, couldn't stand any light, it's all a fog to me really!! Anyway come the Thursday after New Year, I could stand no more pain and asked my husband to send for an ambulance, once in hospital, I had a CT scan which showed the brain bleed, was transferred immediately to our neurosurgery unit in Birmingham As soon as I got to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham I knew I was in the right place, soooo peacefull!!!! The morning after I got there I saw my consultant, who explained to me what would be happening, ie: either coiling of the aneurism or an operation by himself. I had my angiogram, which as you will all know, would determine which procedure would be neccessary, next morning my consultant came to me to tell me that I was one of the very rare cases that did not need either prodedure and that I should be rejoicing!!!! I told him I sure was rejoicing!!!!! I have kept in touch with another lady who I met in hospital, since our discharge on 14th January 2007 she had her aneurism coiled, I didn't need that but have been interested to know that the after effects of the haemorrhage have been just the same for both of us., when I found your sight I was so thrilled!! Just to read the comments of others who've had the same is so wonderful, makes you feel so less like you're on your own!!!!x hope to hear from others with the same experience, With love, Suexxxx