Phil. T

Thanks for your replies. My wife has extensive damage to the right anterior temporal lobe along with frontal lobe damage. We have recently been told that she may have damage to capilleries within her brain possibly as a result of the 3 invasive brain operations she has had, the first to put a drain into the brain, secondly to position a shunt to drain fluid and finally a coiling operation. The aneuryism was finally located in December 2010 at the right rear of her head, close to the carotid artery. She has short term memory loss and has difficulty in finding her way around even familiar places, getting lost within her own home. However all is not doom and gloom, as she can be extremely well on a good day and close to the person she was prior to the haemorrhage. She is well capable of doing any tasks she wishes on these days but struggles with motivation, concentration and attention. The main difficulty is the 24 hour turn around in personality and behaviour.

My wife suffered an extensive SAH September 2010 and remained in hospital 7 months.On coming home she did really well physically regaining her strength. In August 2011 things began to go wrong after she fell asleep for a couple of hours. She woke not knowing who I or her daughters were and things worsened in different phases over the last few months.She has been having a good day where she can do almost anything but this is followed 24 hours later by a bad day when she would get frustrated and at times aggressive.This is continuing and I wonder if anyone has experienced a similiar 24 hour turnround in behaviour as the doctors appear somewhat mystified.My wife is currently in hospital undergoing a mental assesment as it was becoming impossible for me to look after her at home.