theresa843

Good luck for tomorrow.

I do sympathise immensely with those who are aware of forthcoming procedures. I feel lucky that I knew of my coiling operation days after the event; otherwise I would have been very nervous. It is a natural human response to be anxious before such things.

I know people who have had a craniotomy and were out of hospital before me, say after six days or so. Despite being coiled, I developed some problems with hydrocephalus and was kept in for five weeks. I guess this shows how individual our recoveries are. Coiling is traditionally a procedure one would expect a shorter physical healing, but in my case, I saw many patients who had technically more invasive surgery than me come and go at hospital.

When we are stressed it is difficult to look for the positives and I for one can be quite annoyed when I am anxious and someone tries to encourage me to see the 'brighter side.' I can feel a little agitated that they are not feeling my pain properly!

So when I say this, it is in the context of understanding that you are stressed about tomorrow and I am not minimising that. I just think that the recovery from a planned procedure is probably better than an emergency procedure where the brain has received dome damage from bleeding. The planned operation is to 'fix' as opposed to 'fixing and mending.' I would imagine that the brain is in a better position to heal with a planned operation and I hope your recovery is towards the shorter end of the scale.

Maybe it will be nice if one of your family / friends could log on to BTG to let us know how things are going for you, because you are going to need to rest for a few weeks and writing on here may be challenging. But if you appoint a 'secretary' (!) it means we will know how you are getting along and we can also send you messages of support, which may give you a little boost!!

Take great care,

Lynne

i will tell my hubby mark to let u all no how it goes and i understand fully what you write hun im so sleepy with not sleeping last nite i dont think they will have to put me to sleep lol xx

i had the bust one coiled in feb this year and that was ok its been a hard year as when i went to have the others coiled they could so now im have 3 clipped and will have the other 2 at the front of my head coiled at a later date and the 2 i have at the back of my head they are going to keep a eye on .iv got to call them in 55 mins to check they have my bed but they are great there ty all again it dose help to no how others feel xxx

good morning all .well im a bag of nerves havent slept all nite going to have 3 out of my 7 clipped that will be 3 less to worry about .can any one thats had craniotomy tell me how they felt when they woke and how soon they come home just so i have some idea well i hope u all have a great day ty

dont no if im writing in the place i should as not good with pc .and have read lots on hear but dont write to much as not good at that to went to jr oxford today seen another doctor that is going to do my clip op .so have to go back on the 19th september for 4 hours for pre op checks and will have 3 clipped then .got my six month scan on monday did go in to hospital last week as my head was so bad but just got given stronger pain killers but apart from reading others storys on hear iv been left to get on with it .people look at me like whats wrong with me and some think i shouldnt be back at work but i do my job well im a carer for people in there own homes and i love my job .see i sat i was no good at writing i keep forgetting what im tring to say id better go and try to sleep work in the morning so have to be up in four and a half hours i hope u all have a good day xxxx

well went in to jr oxford for more coiling only to be woken up and told they couldnt get to them and that there are 2 more so i have six now .that nite i lay in my hospital bed thinking this is it no hope and even more of them .im not a bad person have never hert anyone .i work as a carer and love my job .then morning came doctors came and said they would be in talks with the other doctor about clipping them it would mean a few more ops but can anyone tell me how they felt after clipping was done how much hair they took of how big the skar s are and how long i will be of work im so scared .i dont sleep well at nite people look at me like there is nothing wrong but i cant understand myself so how can i make others understand

great news that your coiling is done as im sure u have read they couldnt do myn went down at 8.15 and come back to the ward at 2.15 so they did try hard .but they found i have 6 of them .i was so hopping i could get on with my life .they are in talks about clipping them have said they will have to do more then one op .so im not giving up hope .have been very tearfull .but im so glad for you xxxx

thanks everyone for the reply it funny how some people are told size some are told which coils how many some are told excatly where etc evry doctor must be different i must ask how many coils ive had :confused:

thanks donna

the one i had that burst was 8mm that was on the top of my brain i have another at the vfront witch is 8mm and they say a cluster at the back of my head so dont no how many that is got to go for my 3 month check up on wait for it friday the 13th may .so hope to be told they are going to coil the 8mm one and hoping to go back to work then can any one tell be if they get like a burning at the back of your head and very hichy