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I love this, Kate! It is true that we are all different and yet we share a LOT as a group. I am also very thankful for BTG. Bill I like this one too! I think we should have an awesome quote section! Sue, most of your challenges are exactly like mine except the reading part. I am 6 months post and I started reading again last month. I find 10 pages at a time is my limit. I am sure eventually we can all do more.

Hi guys, Thanks for all your replies. My neurosurgeons did not really discuss my MRI in detail. They said it looked good, coil was intact and there was nothing to worry about. I am happy with that no questions asked! Well, I could not resist asking about the sharp pain I feel behind my right eye. The Fellow looked at it and discussed it with my neuro, the "main" guy outside the room. (Sorry, I am confused with all these titles. Lol) Heard some whispers but when they came back said that maybe I should not be reading a lot YET. I took note that I felt the pain after reading 45 pages. It was a great book! Again, they advised that I take it easy and listen to my body and rest lots. Anyways, I do have a question has any of you dealt with a Rehabilitation Specialist from your insurance company? I am just wondering what they actually do. I got a voicemail from one today. Thanks in advance! Goodnight and good morning whichever part of the world you guys are at!

Hello everybody! You are not alone Simplesan! I believe some emotions we cannot control so just let it out. A month after my SAH, I went for my follow-up and I just started bawling uncontrollably when he asked how I was doing. He looked at me and said I should be happy to be alive. (I wanted to smack him and tell him it`s easy for him to say.) Anyways, he showed me my CT and told me my aneurysm was at the anterior communicating artery and it supplies the part of our brain that controls emotions. Great, I was a cry baby pre-SAH so now I am a lost cause! Lol. Where`s yours? Maybe the location would explain why you`re more weepy than before. Hope this helps! Be strong!

Hello, I just wanted to share a little bit of good news. My long term disability claim was approved after 2 months of stress of getting all my paperwork together (the clinic I go to is quite inefficient) and being grilled by the insurance guy. I have talked with some of you regarding insurance woes and big thanks for all your encouraging words. It is true, we should never take no for an answer after what we have been through. Now I can finally focus all my energy to getting better. I have my follow-up MRI on Monday, June 6th and I hope all would be well. Have a great day everyone!

Thanks Michelle and Sandi! I was at my doctors' today to get more "evidence" of my illness. I am thankful that he was very helpful and understanding. I am crossing my fingers that the insurance company will follow suit. I do have an insurance question that I hope you can help me out. If my doctor recommends gradual return to work say a couple of hours a day would the insurance company pay the difference? I do not want to ask my case manager because it might give him ideas. Thanks in advance!

Hello all, I am experiencing the same thing. I have been losing sleep over my phone conversation with my insurance case manager. He kept saying that I have no cognitive deficits and that fatigue is hard to assess. He asked me what I do during the day so I said I sleep until noon and I try not to nap if I can help it. I am pretty sure I heard him chuckle. All throughout our conversation I felt my condition was diminished. I have been wanting to call him again but my husband believes it won't help my case and that the guy was just doing his job. This makes me so mad. My case is pending and they say if further "tests" whatever that means is required they will pay for it. If only we could afford living on a single income I honestly just don't have the energy for this bs. I am so sorry for ranting. I hope in the end it will all work out for us Sandi. Thanks for listening (reading) my frustrations.