Chris

Sorry for the slow reply people, prospect of typing out a long post was enough to put me off haha. Dogs name is cassie, 13 year old staff I got as a rescue at 7 months BEST 120 quid I've ever spent in my life she is a bit different since I came home just a bit more gentle when she takes food and that's about it, being 13 she's more interested in a walk then plenty sleep on the couch, armpit and ear licking haha Other than my dog I have my mum, she went into a bit of overdrive after I came home and wanted me to stay in hospital longer but I do get to see her every other day which is nice, also my neighbour who is a good friend he paid for my taxi to the gp (refused to take it back too haha) when I went as i was skint and didn't want to ride my motorbike there. Had a read through the letter to my brain thing, made me feel a bit guilty but it's a good inspirational/motivational read definitely helps to rationalise the injury I have and understand it better. I also had a copy of the letter my neurosurgeon sent to my gp, is this part of the info I need to send to the dvla so I can get my driving entitlement back? While it's only a paragraph long it is positive sounding and mentions a 'Mr scan' is this not an mri scan?

Initially when I was in hospital after surgery I felt fine as I did before it happened, a bit like I didn't get why I was still there once I had left the critical care ward...all that changed the day I came home and the main road where I live looked very different (new fences gardens had grown) since then I've found myself feeling generally confused and a bit lost for lack of a better description. I've never been a big sleeper and it definitely worse now as I never feel sleepy regardless of how knackered I am my eyes won't stay closed when I'm in bed, resting during the day isn't going to happen unless I'm on the verge of falling asleep I can't sleep when it's light outside. Returning to work isn't at the front of my mind at the minute I was unemployed when I had my sah and best I can hope for is a min wage agency job in a warehouse, I can't sit in an interview and say I can work, I'd be lying, I might be able to get to work anything more than that is an unknown I can just about cope with a half hour dog walk and a 5 min walk to the shop in the same day. I get that a sah is a serious thing to go through, I'd never heard of a sah before I had mine and I'm unsure what to compare it to. I'll absolutely agree with the fatigue a short walk too far will render me a speed bump on the couch for a few hours after. The "okay, what now?" is exactly how I feel, like I'm waiting for something but I don't know what or when it's going to happen. Reading isn't for me being dyslexic I can read through a paragraph or so and then it's like staring at a word search. My memory is a weird one, I can remember places, people and all that it's more a problem of forgetting what I'm doing, like what did I come to the shop for? Or why can't I figure out how to count the £9 I had in my hand, I counted it before I went and knew what cash I had when i went and I was drawing a blank. Singing isn't for me either I sound kind of like Barry white after a throat punch haha I live in a flat all my neighbours would complain.

I remember the consultant saying drink plenty of fluids while I was in the critical care ward and it did stick in my head at the time as I was most interested in getting out of hospital, since the nimodapine course finnished my headaches have faded and now I only get them when I'm tired, thinking hard (calculating mass flow rate for eg) or doing something physically strenuous I'm imagining this will continue with time, headaches are the easiest part to deal with. I was a bit in disbelief when he said that, I suspect he knows nothing about psychology and it was a poorly worded suggestion that I see a psychologist. Im not expecting any medical advice (took me 5 days of moaning about a headache and other symptoms before I went to my gp when I had my sah in june) nor would I accept any I'd received over a forum, no offence intended. The biggest problems I'm having at the minute are no sleep and a very short temper makes me pretty unpleasant to be around so it's good I live on my own haha

Firstly, hello everyone I found my way here via googling terms written in my discharge summary in an effort to learn more about my illness, the more I read the more confusing it gets. So, I'm 31 and had an aneurysm rupture resulting in a sah and a 9 day stay in Salford Royal hospital and an aneurysm coiled, had the follow up appointment with the neurologist on the 21st of this month and was left pretty confused with the "your aneurysm is sorted and any issues are in your head" I'm aware a psychologist is a completely different thing altogether but surely his advice could have been better? I'm now not sure what to expect from my recovery, will I improve or am I stuck like I am now? I also have a really rubbish memory since the op and constantly forget all the questions I want to ask, hence joining here the convenience of being able to type one out when my memory allows. Many thanks, Chris.