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I know this is an old thread, but I just found it and have been interested to read the variety of symptoms experienced by different people. My symptoms were pretty different from most described above, so perhaps I should describe them here for the record.
It was April 29, 2019. My wife and I were in Matera, Italy where we had been traveling for about 10 days. We were scheduled to fly from Bari to Catania in Sicily the next day for a further two-week tour.
I woke up in our rented apartment feeling normal, but after a cup or two of expresso, I began to have vision problems typical of an ocular migraine, i.e. weird flashing geometric patterns. I lay down for a while to see if it would go away, and that is the last thing I remember. My wife said I complained of headache, but I don't remember that.
She managed to get us packed up and out of the apartment and she drove the rental car back to Bari to the hotel where we had reserved a room near the airport. By that time I was no longer responsive. The hotel staff took me to the main Bari hospital, and I was soon transferred to the neurointensive care unit of the University of Bari hospital.
I was in a deep coma for nine days. My son and daughter fly over from the U.S. to support their mother as they expected to be saying goodbye to me.
But miraculously I slowly came out of the coma and began to improve. Fortunately my wife had purchased a one-year emergency medical evacuation policy which covered a private flight back to Virginia with pilot, co-pilot, M.D., R.N., and medical technician in a small Learjet, on May 18.
I then had 30 days in hospital rehabilitation, eventually making a complete recovery. By September, 2019, I was back to five-mile hikes in the mountains and have been essentially normal since.
By the way, I was 77 when it happened, so I'm now 80.
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So sorry to hear about your headaches.
Have you tried exercise? I don't mean anything too vigorous, but a gentle walk ever day might help. But perhaps you already do this...
I am pleased to report that the head pain I reported when starting this thread has largely disappeared. I suspect it was partly due to allergy to the heavy pollen fall we experienced last Spring.
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Thanks for responding. I was pleased to learn that it's not likely a tumor. My head pain is pretty mild and I can live with it. May try PT.
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Occipital Neuralgia was the M.D.'s diagnosis. Not much to be done about it except NSAIDs and possibly physical therapy. It's probably caused by arthritis in my neck.
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Thanks for responding, Clare and Tina.
Funny thing is, I don't recall any headaches at the time of the event, but my wife said I did complain of headache. And I didn't have any significant headaches during recovery.
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My SAH occurred on 4/29/2019 when I was 77 years old. I made an essentially complete recovery and resumed all normal activities. Now, three years later, I'm having pain in my head and wonder if this is some new problem, or a delayed symptom of the SAH.
Has anyone else experienced similar symptoms?
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I am a new member in the USA but perhaps my experience could be informative.
I had my PSAH on April 29 while traveling in Italy and returned to the USA on 18 May. When released from the hospital on 19 June I was told that by state law I could not drive until six months after the event. But about 3 months after a therapist told me I was perfectly fit to drive. She asked if I had been contacted by our state DMV (Department of Motor Vehicles), and the answer was a truthful "no". So I have been driving ever since in all types of traffic with no issues at all.
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Head pain three years after?
in Non-Aneurysm SAH or Perimesencephalic SAH
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Good on you. Sorry to hear that it doesn't help.