Sherry Murley

Jess, I was a smoker but when my bleed happened and the dr told me it "could have" contributed I quit. Not once have I smoked since that day and it was honestly been rough. Thank you

Im sorry if i am posting in the wrong place. Some of you may know that I am new and have not posted anything except my introduction here. I have done so much research on SAH but I can not ever seem to find a real answer to the chances of it happening again. I even asked my neuro surgeon but since he does not know why it happened you couldnt say. Has anyone here had it twice? It is frustrating as fear gets me down sometimes. Thank you for reading.

Thank you guys for the warm welcome. It is just nice to know I am not alone and the feelings I am feeling are normal. Daffodil thank you for the suggestion of the letter to the brain,it literally made me cry. I feel this site will be a great resource for me and my recovery..Thank you

Hi my name is Sherry and I am 34. March 24,2016 the morning after my sons 7th birthday I suffered the worst headache of my life suddenly only a few minutes after i woke up. After only a few minutes I couldnt stand the light and was nauseous and called 911 as I knew something was terribly wrong. After getting a ct scan i was told there was bleeding in my brain and I was careflighted to a major hospital. After having a CTA done I was told I had a subarachnoid hemorrhage. Also non anuresmal. Hard to accept when they tell you I dont know why..I was in trauma icu 4 days and then nuero icu 8 days with doppler testing daily for vasospasms. Also had blood mix with my spinal fluid which caused excrusiating pain in my lower back and legs to where i could barely walk. I finally got to come home April 4. I am married with 4 children and the recovery has been difficult. My short term memory is terrible and I have HORRIBLE anxiety now which I never did before.. This is particularly in crowds or even in the car with my family..I feel like im going to lose my mind when more than one person speaks..I dont know if this is normal..Also have the worst time getting to sleep like my brain wont turn off..My motor skills always seemed to be in tact but ive noticed just in the past couple weeks that I have trouble pronouncing words a lot. My kids joke like I just messed up but It is starting to worry me. I keep waiting to get back to normal but dont know if that is possible anymore. This has been the scariest thing I have ever been through. Thank you for reading