Hi all,
ive spent many hours trying to research the long term effects of SAH's when i stumbled upon this site
After reading stories on here, im feeling a little guilty at being so frustrated by my injury as it is was much less serious than all of your stories - so i can only imagine how you all struggle with the recovery.
However i would still love to hear anyone's opinions
I fell off a horse in April 2012 and sustained a minor SAH, was hositalised for a week and simply monitored. I was released and advised to no drive or work for 3 months and limit high risk activities for 6 months incase of another fall / bump etc before it was healed. Fair enough - that was a very emotional, frustrating period for me as im a very active outgoing person (on top of that the incredible tiredness and extreme headaches that im sure you will all understant!). After 4 months i began going for small jogs, and casual games of touch footbal / netball etc however began suffering headaches after exercise again. Frustrated i backed off for another two months (now 6 months on) before i started again, this time i seemed ok, incresed my jogs (still small, slow paced 2kms etc) and began riding horses again. All seemed good. I then slacked off for 2 1/2 months or so and over the past two weeks have begun jogging again. Well the headaches have decided to return, and on top of that i lied in bed with nausea and slept most of the day (yesterday). The doctor is arranging a repeat ct however due to work (and i have to go 7 hours to have one) it may not be for another few weeks.
Just wondering if anyone in the long term was not able to exercise to a degree due to their SAH, because im not sure how i could deal with that! I feel like im taking baby steps and the recovery is the slowest in history - but is there light at the end of the tunnel - will i be able to exercise again?
Another question - is it possible for the brain to scar? I suffer from keloid scars (raised scars) and if my brain were to scar, could that be some kind of an explanation?
I await your thoughts
Btw - 18yo Female if that makes any difference!
