tennissmithy

Hi my lovelies

Thought I don't jump on Keith's bandwagon and come and say hello- my God I've missed you all- why have I not been on here!! Mind you I haven't found the time to do much recently as things has been so chaotic over the last 18 months/2 years with my family but hey that's what makes life interesting hey! Great to see lots of old faces as well as new. I need to spend more time on here to catch up.

Love you all xx owe lots of people on here and this group as a whole masses for their constant support and reassurance ??

Laura

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Where abouts are you in Japan Joanna? My husbands best friend lives near new mata in gumma-kan. Well something like that anyway!!

I've got it too and flip in and out of it when feeling in the right mood! It makes me cry very easily!

Hi Joanna

I teach 9, 10 and 11 year olds in England and things are much better now although I am 7 years on. When I returned straight after my sah I had very similar comments and was forced back to full time after only 6 weeks of part time phased return. Needless to say my head forced me out and I was actually told I would never teach again.

Three years out of teaching doing education research and things got better. I then tried teaching again and absolutely love it this time around because I have support of my management team. My advice is talk to your management team and be honest! Fingers crossed all goes well for you xx

Hi Caroline

Welcome back:-D hope the leg heals well and that you are running around again soon xx

happy anni-versary to you xx

Lots of good health, wealth and happiness to you

Hugs

Lx

I've always said on here that my moggy knows my inner most secrets and frustrations about my SAH and recovery. I came out of hospital in the September and got Miffy in the December. She was battered and bruised from the RSPCA but really gave me all the attention and fuss I needed. She has ended up soaking wet on several occasions because i've been so emotional and she doesn't want to leave my lap at those points.

I must say as silly as it sounds but in my early stages of recovery Miffy was my hero, here 24 hours, 7 days a week. Don't get me wrong my hubby etc was amazing too but Miffy was there to counter balance the emotions and depression as well as the headaches etc. I don't know what I'd do without her!

Thanks Sandi for the message about this post.

Teech- I will definitely reply to you in length tomorrow when I can think and write in full sentences. I made exactly the same mistakes and did retire from teaching. HOWEVER, I have returned 3 years later and it is amazing- will expand on all this tomorrow.

Your story is exactly the same as mine though- forced back way too early and rubbish HR. Stay positive you are a great teacher, you do have to become slightly more selfish though and get some extra me time.

More to come tomorrow- big hugs

Laura

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Great news Jess

Sounds like you're like me - lots of headaches but no idea why. My doc prescribes some tablets which slow down the nerve impulses in my brain and it has made a difference headaches aren't so bad hun xx

Don't know whether it will help you but hope you can sort it. I have great admiration for you all with kids. I struggle with just me and Simon (other than the 25 all day lol!)

Big hugs

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Interesting topic!! I miss:

* not being able to do things on the spur of the moment like I used to- Now I plan breaks away, evenings out etc so I can still fit in work etc and not be too tired/headachey.

* being carefree about headaches/ pain in head/spine- even 5 years on I still worry about different pains I get in my head and spine (from where the hospital staff left all the bad blood running down my spine until I was on deaths door virtually:roll:)

* interacting with children as a teacher but much happier now i've been able to return to teaching!!

I was only thinking about you a few days ago thinking that we had both survived the term at school but by the sounds of it mine has been more successful then yours. I need to thank you immensely for making me feel much more confident about the start of term. I wouldn't say its been easy but I've got through.

I'm sure the hospital know what will be best for you hun and I wish you all the best with the consultants. Your health is more important than school and if you need to sleeo etc then so be it, thats my new attitude to life and school.

Love and hugs

Lxxxxxx

Welcome Jai to BTG xx I have your name as my middle name lol!!!!

Everyone is so friendly here, there will be loads of people to help with any questions you have xx

I'd love to read a summary so on here or to my email would be great. If you want my email address please let me know.

Hi James

I'm 3 weeks over 5 years- I take it I can't reply. I used to work in education research so I know it can be strict rules as such!!!!

Thanks

Laura

Jess please do- that will be interesting to see difference in opinions of consultants. However with the heriditary brain/skull condiiton in my family, I think it pushed my consultant over the edge!!

I've been strongly advised not to by my neurologist and doctor but because my SAH was the carotid artery (the biggest one in your body) and also a brain/skull heriditary condition in the family. I do know that others have been advised differently so I really think it depends on each individual case.

I'm sure you'll be monitored regularly and you will be well looked after- congratulations xxx

Thanks Sarah Lou- I think that is what stunned me so much that I have been seeing the same lady and she hadn't mentioned it!

Will keep you all updated on Monday.

Thanks for all the support xxx

Thanks for all your replies. Sandi- i've made an appt with my doc for Monday to see whats going on. I did wonder the same but i have no idea why she didn't even mention any damage cos she knows all about my SAH Good luck to you to with your problems xxx

Thanks Anne it's good to have someone's opinion who knows more medically about the condition so thanks for replying.

I wasn't so worried about the astigmatism, I'm more worried about how quickly I will get used to the change in prescription as she said it might be a bit woozy and headachey for a bit, well I get enough headaches to contend with!!

I am however worried about the pale retina especially with the mention of the nasty c word. I am amking an appt with my doctors tomorrow. Thank you all for calming me down a bit xx I always know I can rely on BTG

Thanks Win and I thought you was a caring and sharing person.

I enjoyed my little chocolate pot so just put on another load of weight!!! But who cares about that!!!! Certainly not me right at this moment in time!!

Wow Karen- how do you cope day to day?? Do you get headaches etc?

Any tips for me heading back in as to how to do it and stay alive(!) would be very welcome.

It seems like teachers seem to get SAHs quite often, there are a few of us on here!

Good plan guys, maybe I should visit my docs. My other plan might be to visit the optician that my mum and sister use to see what he says. He apparently used to be a consultant before opening up his own business.

I do already wear reactorlite glasses. They are according to the optician yesterday as protective as sunglasses but she said my trouble was that neither my glasses or sunglasses were very big so the sun was getting in all around them.

This has worried me slightly more than I suspect I would have been but I've been feeling a bit down last few days, feeling nauseous, dizzy and headachey and doubting my ability to teach a class of 9/10 year olds when I am struggling to get through the day when i'm not even working!!

Oh well chocolate is calling , sorry guys!!

Hi Karen

It does seem a bit weird that a few of us are having problems. I've also been feeling a bit nauseous for the last few days (as well as my eye problems) I went to the pharmacist this morning and he refused to give me anything incase it was related to the SAH or even that I was pregnant. I explained that I absolutely hoped I wasn't pregnant and it would also be quite difficult but I started panicking a bit and started losing confidence as like you I am also a teacher. I had to come out of gteaching for 3 years because of my SAH and am returning this year to year 5 but now slightly worried about it because of how I am feeling!! Just out of curiousity are you primary or secondary?

I have to say this is nothing unusual for me karen, I have some brilliant weeks and then get knocked back with problems so i'm sure you will find thats you are definitely experiencing the same as most. I'm trying to sound positive Karen but finding it slightly difficult at the mo so I'll stop writing now.

Good luck Jess, hope all is ok xx

Sending big hugs your way

Hi guys,

Hope everyone is well?

I had my SAH 6 years ago in September and sort of thought that other than the headaches and dizzyness that I was ok. However, I have been using the same optician since just after the SAH and my eyes didn't seem to be changing much but yesterday she decided to tell me that there had been damage since my SAH and that my sight in my left eye is actually quite poor because the nerves behind my left eye wre quite badly damaged post SAH. My right eye overcompensates and that has now got quite a stigmatism which needs to try and be corrected. She also noted that my retina is really pale when is should have some pigment in it so I have had to have massive sunglasses as it means I now am at a much bigger risk of cancer because of the UV ways will go straight through my eyes if i'm not really careful. Got to eat loads of dark fruti and veg to keep my antioxidants up to help fight anything too dodgy.

She was going to assess again in a year but then told me to go back in two but must go sooner if any problems. I'm wondering whether all this isn't helping my headaches and spots in front of my eyes that I and my doc thoughts were migraine like. Has anyone else experienced anything similar??