what a relief to find this site, . My SAH occured at 5-30am outside in the garden. yes I was and still am an early bird! My german shepherd dog, Jake was with me. I have no recollection of events but my dog opened the back door, went to the bedroom and woke my husband by barking and jumping on him. My husband followed the dog and found me collapsed on concrete ground with blood pouring out of my head and my face was blue. He phoned 999 who talked him through CPR and he got me breathing. The air ambulance landed in a field at the back of us and took me to hospital where they advised I would not recover. after 12 hours I was transferred to sheffield neuro dept where 2 surgeons operated for 9 hours then I was in intensive care for 16 days. I had a massive stroke with the SAH. I call myself lucky girl for obvious reasons!! Jake suffered a brain tumour 7 months later and died but I owe him and my husband my life. Recovery has been hard and 4 years later I have found that I am now looking forwards and not backwards. I have been so lucky to have friends who make time to spend time with me, keeping me interested and challenged to get back into mainstream living even with the permanent damage to balance, memory etc. I feel that I have been on a hard lonely journey and would hope to help others in their journey if I can.
