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Laura Laney Welch

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  • Location
    Denver, Colorado
  • Interests
    reading, skiing, cooking
  • SAH/Stroke Date
    December 9, 2011
  1. Mary, just tell them you can't commit to that kind of cost right now because of the bills from your recent brain hemmorhage, and you really don't appreciate the hassle. That usually stops 'em dead in their tracks! Sandi K - do you remember how long the dropsies lasted? I cracked up when I read your post from about 10 days ago about the dropsies - my husband was just teasing me about them today as I unintentionally threw things around the kitchen. I just read through this whole thread (some of it for the 2nd time). I feel like I am having plenty of good days, but I have been trying to listen to my brain and rest when I feel the need, which is definitely a new concept for me. I'm about 19 weeks post-SAH, and have been focussing more on my family and have very little patience for anything else. I used to do a ton of fundraising and volunteer work at my kid's schools, now I am leaving all of that to others. I'm having a hard time caring about it. I have to say I like the new me. I was pretty type-A before SAH, and while admiring the scenery on a spring break trip in the mountains a few weeks ago, I told my husband that there was at least one advantage to the SAH - it pulled the stick out of my rear-end! He was kind enough not to laugh too much, but I think he agreed! Because I've slowed down, I've been able to be much more spontaneous in recent months. Today I enjoyed the afternoon with my 10 year-old and some friends watching Chimpanzee and talking about Earth Day. I probably wouldn't or couldn't have managed that pre-SAH. I'm getting through by listening to my body and finding joy in the little things, something I didn't do much of before December.
  2. Yesterday marked 4 months since my perimesencephalic SAH. It happened while I was at the gym, and I was very lucky in that a trainer as well as an EMT were fairly close to me at the time. I was originally taken to my local hospital, but they sent me to a regional neuro center within 24 hours. I spent 3 1/2 weeks there, most of that in the neuro ICU. I had one seizure while in hospital where I lost hearing for several minutes. Has anyone else had this happen? I still have weird things going on with my hearing on occassion - sort of like trying to hear from far away, underwater - and I am very bothered by loud noises. Despite 6 angiograms, they never found the source of my bleed, and I've been told I had quite a bit of vasospasm for the first few weeks. I am still working through the lower back pain as everything is reabsorbed. It's gotten much better, but I'm still quite stiff and sore. Started physical therapy for that last week, so hopefully that will help. Like many of you here, I'm still trying to find the balance between the "old" me and the new.
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