Hi There steph, there is a letter on this site called a letter to my brain i printed it off for my sister and told her it was her bible.Its an amazing letter which any of your friends family can read if you print it off and believe me they will then understand you.My sister found it amazing.My sister had 7 annuerysms in jan and 1 large one ruptured and she had a massive bleed to the brain and stroke.She had a cranial op and was sent home 3 weeks later.She has had a massive seizure since and now diagnosed epileptic,we ve nearly lost her twice now.I thank god for every day she has,she has 3-4 more operations to have to remove the rest of her annuerysms, she has very low days and good days she misses her old self.Her long term memory is fab but short term poses a problem we talk about how she feels one to one every week i take her out,she has changed so much but my old sis is still there and its very early days for such an enormous thing to happen.She cant go out alone,she was also a wedding cake decorator,which she can no longer do,it is such a huge dramatic change to all of your lives and myself and others who havent suffered this cannot possibly understand what your all going through but if we are there to lend an ear or a few hours out or just a chat by text email or over the phone it all helps the healing process i think time is the only thing that can help because in time things will improve and if not people learn to adapt maybe not accept it but have to live with it,i wish you all the best in your recovery take each day as it comes and dont spend your precious time worrying about the ignorant people who dont take the time to understand.I found this website for my sister i searched for weeks because i also needed to understand and be educated how else can we help people like yourselves if we have no knowledge on the subject.
Take carexxx