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Hi Jac, I had to pay for my disc of scans too, it was £25. Keith- apologies I forgot to send them for the BTG scan album. Will remember to send them so you can work out the medical program they are in! Jac- grab your opportunity, I just agreed with what the consultant said and now realise that if i'd pursued it a bit further I may have a better answer for my headaches Love and hugs Laura

Hi Karen, No pregnancies i'm afraid- therefore i'm not much help! Will certainly be an interesting statistic Love and hugs Laura

Hi Caroline Congratulations Simon never understood why I wanted to celebrate it either as he says it was such a hard time. Now what we do is just have a nice meal in the house enjoying each others company, the thing that means most to us Enjoy your day and yes I agree the first is the toughest, things will get better xx Love and hugs Laura

Well done Karen, Keith, Chris and everyone else for making this such a fabulous success. It truly does deserve recognition. Love and hugs Laura xx

Hi Phil, Fab news to hear that Sharon is talking more, I can understand how distressing it must be for you when Sharon asks you to help her. Fingers crossed things keep improving Love and hugs Laura xx

Hi Jan, Welcome to BTG How very interesting- I have always been someone who could for England but have been worse since SAH. I had blood tests to see if it was anaemia but it wasn't. Will see what happens.... Take care Laura xx

What excellent news xx Hope the better days outweigh the grotty days and that the rehab is a real success. What a whirlwind rollercoaster ride! Love and hugs Laura xx

Hi Pam, Welcome to this brilliant family Hope you can get as much out of the site as I do Love and hugs Laura xx

Well done Zip on the good news i'm sure the doctors have you in safe hands. Love and hugs Laura xx

Hi Scott, Congratulations Your message has helped me in a strange sort of way, here I am worrying about whether to go into teaching again or not and there you are talking about the things that are precious to you- life, family and friends. You are so right, just got to find another job that seems right as well! Without loads of stress! Love and hugs and go Basingstoke Love and hugs Laura

HI Andy and Heather Happy 4th annie-versary. You are such an inspiration, I remember watching your slot amongst others on the brain injury programme you did for channel 4? It highlighted the problems you had had but gave positive ways of walking along that road. You truly are great Love and hugs Laura xx

Well guys what can I say I always know where to turn to for support and advice- thank you all from the bottom of my heart. Well today has been a big emotional rollercoaster. I got into work this morning and had a text message from a ex-colleague (who left Friday) saying congratulations on your job interview. I queried how she knew and said that i had made the decision last night not to go and she said that the chief executive and the managing director had provided a reference for me on Friday. Bearing in mind that my workplace seem to hate me i suspected that they would sack me for looking elsewhere. However I spoke to my immediate boss who said he wasn't surprised because I had been unhappy for such a long time but I told himthat I decided not to go for the reasons above and he seemed surprised. I then told the PA to the chief Executive that i wasn't going so that she could tell the chief exec and the managing director. The managing director (the one who demoted me last week) has been nice as pie to me today and has bent over backwards on two occasions to help me when normally it would have took him days. To make things harder the private school that I had the interview with tomorrow range me to say that they were really keen to interview and could I make it Thursday. I then started to titter as to whether to go for it and see what happened. Then it clicked that it was the last day of the adoption course so I couldn't go. I rang them back to see if they could change the day again and then I was going to think harder. They said it wasn't possible cos of getting the deputy and the head together at the same time. I feel privileged that they were keen to interview me but I'm not sure if I can accept closure on the situation or not! Oh what an emotional rollercoaster I've been on today and I haven't eaten much because so worried! Great diet I suppose Anyway sorry this message is so long but really wanted to update you all. Stephen- an extra special thanks, you really are a true friend, someone who has pointed out the stress I was under 1st time around. Thats the trouble when you really wnat to do something you put on those rose tinted glasses and its only when a friend tells the truth that it brings you back to reality. Where would I be without all my friends on here telling me the truth and providing such good advice and support. Obviously richer as I wouldn't be buying so many tissues to cry into Anyway I think I'm aiming for the 2nd sleepless night but going to try going to bed anyway! Love to you all and sorry for so much waffle! Laura xx

Hi guys, Thanks for all your help and advice so far. Having just spent the last four hours planning and doing resources for the 45 minute interview lesson, I have decided that I am not going to go for the interview! It bought back to me how long it took me to do the planning and making resources without doing the teaching and all the classroom management etc. I just still don't think i'm up to it at the minute. I do know though still that I want out of my place so just need to decide what I want to do. I'm sat here in floods of tears writing this as I still really love teaching I just know that I would struggle and don't want to be defeated again! I will be happy and at the minute that doesn't seem possible at the minute especially with the present climate as well. Open to suggestions, everyone keeps telling me I have lots of tranferable skills so I just need to think! I'm also thinking that if we have a child I'm not going to be wanting to spend hours working on school work out of hours when I should be happy with my family. I've searched job sites and can't see a lot but will keep looking Love and hugs Laura xx

Hi all, Its been a weird couple few weeks for me and I do apologise for being really quiet, I can't seem to sort out my emotions and what I want to do. As you all know i'm not happy in my job as a research manager as last week accepted (with no choice) the demotion that was thrown my way to become a research assistant. This is 6 grand less for I don't feel any change of job at all but will see and will shout loudly at my boss if things don't change! I went for a teaching interview a couple of weeks ago but didn't get the job. However,I have an interview this week at a private school for year 1 teacher and now don't know what to do. I convinced them on the phone that I was back to normal as he said did i realise the pressures of working in a private school. I said I would be fine but seriously with the headaches and fatigue etc, i'm seriously worried. I have no confidenecabout the job I am doing because of the way I have been treated over the last few months but if I don't return to teaching then what do I do?? Bearing in mind that I need to be able to pay the student loans etc and that we are trying to save in ordre to get the loft converted in time for the adoption (if we get that far) I just thought my dear friends on here would have some rational advice. As you can probably tell from my message, I'm not making confident decisions at the minute! Love and hugs Laura xx

Mine was the right carotid artery (apparently the biggest artery in your body). The consultant made the comment that I sure don't do things by halves and that I was very lucky to recover and leave hospital in the time i did! The right carotid artery originates in the neck. Laura xx

Hi Tisha, Brilliant news I don't want to dash your hopes but please remember it is a rollercoaster recovery ride and there will be days when Tina isn't as great as the day before. As for the ICU bit, I instantly remember coming out of theatre into ICU as I had a really bad reaction to the anaethetic (spelling??) and was bouncing off the bed. They had to wrap me in a heated blanket and it was really hot but it stopped my reaction! I also remember my mums shocked face when she saw me in ICU and Simon in a silly gown Funny the things you remember. When I was moved to HDU, it was the same time as Richare Hammond's car accident so I remember when that was too. Could win me a quiz!!! I agree with Keith though I slept loads and often far asleep on people when they came to visit! Stay positive Love and hugs Laura

Hi Rod, Never worry about asking questions, that is why these BTG forums are so fab cos everyone was to offer each other support. Unfortunately though I can't help with this shunt question as I never had one. There are people on here though that have shunts so they will be able to help. Sorry Laura xx

Hi Rod, I can't really help with the confusion as I don't remember being that confused afterwards and no one has ever told me I was too confused. Everyone just moaned in a nice way that I kept falling asleep on them!! As for the temperature thing I was always really hot when they took my temp but felt really cold. I don't know why but they did want to stabilise mt temp before they let me out. Know this doesn't help much but i tried..... Take care Laura xx

Hi Sharon, Thats really great news that your mum has settled well and that she is getting lots of help. Take care Laura xx

Hi Rod, Welcome to BTG, you will get lots of information and support here It is early days for your wife, I'm 2 1/2 years on and still suffer from lots of headaches, tiredness, dizziness and weak legs especially if tired or headachey. Can you tell us a bit more about your wife- name, age etc we are a nosey bunch It does get easier but it is a real rollercoaster ride even 2 1/2 years on. There are people on here that had SAH's long before mine and they still say its a rollercoaster! Stay positive Love and hugs Laura xx

Hi Tisha, Welcome to BTG Your sister Tina sounds very poorly.Do not feel guilty for needing a bit of a break. You still need some time for yourself and Tina will understand that. Stay positive Love and hugs Laura xx

Hi Susan No I've never suffered with it either. Thanks Janet for the link I've just had a look to see what it is Take care Laura xx

Happy anni-versary Maggie I agree its a real emotional day for all concerned but a great day anyway Heres to many more anni-versarys Love and hugs Laura xx PS Miffy is still saying thanks for the mice she still loves them!

Hi Susan Welcome to this wonderful family Thanks for sharing your story with us and feel free to any questions, normally someone knows the answer! Stay in touch Love and hugs Laura xx

Welcome Melissa to the wonderful family I'm just over 2 1/2 years on and i still have headaches, tiredness and no energy on lots of days. My consultant said the same about not knowing why anymore but my doc who has a neurology background has now accepted that things may not change very much and that some people are affected in different ways after SAH. You will gain mountain loads of support and advice on here. These are fab people to know and are true friends. Any questions, please shout, someone will be able to answer! Love and hugs Laura xx