Hello to all of you. I am grateful for finding this website. My SAH date is 1/7/2012. I was having a sharp, pinched nerve pain in my neck/shoulder. It hurt so bad that I went to my chiropractor to get adjusted. That was on Thursday. I went back again on Friday for another adjustment. I just didn't get the relief I would normally get from being adjusted. On Saturday, I had to deliver a toast at a wedding reception. I took pain medication, so that I would get through the reception. I barely made it through the toast, then I went to the foyer to get some fresh air. My head was hurting so bad, I could hardly stand it. They called an ambulance for me. A neurologist was called in immediately. He ordered an MRI which showed the bleed. It was deep in the corpus colossum. I was airlifted to University of Chicago Hospital to be better cared for. The neuro team inserted a drain to relieve the pressure. I do not remember being at this hospital at all. I was there for over two weeks. My daughter tells me that I was extremely nauseated during that time, from the bleed and then the medication. I was tranferred to another hospital for rehab for two weeks and was released after a total month of being hospitalized. I have been going to outpatient speech, occupational and physical therapy ever since. I am recovering at home. I can walk and talk, which I am very thankful for. Dr says it will be August before he even considers my return to work. My whole life has been turned upside down, but I keep hoping for the best.
