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Hiya.neil Thank you for them words.Gary seems to be suffering the same as you once did. He was a very active person doing gym,jetsking ,running And had a good social life so as you will well no this has hit him quite hard.Reading your progress is very humbling and very encouraging. Although we no recovery is different for everyone it is still encouraging so thank you again and am so pleased your progress has given you back your independence Sending you very best wishes Gary and JO

Hi all Thank you all for your kind words once again .We are so glad to have found this site as it is the unknown we are going through. Gary been to doctors and we have sorted out his meds .Doctor was very good and is going to iliminate one thing at a time starting with his pills to sort out some problems he has . Gary isn't having a good day he has done to much and pushed himself today and now has extreme fatigue headache etc. We have rang headway today and they was extremely helpful to Gary . THey explained things once again what were not sure about. They said to ring anytime with any problems .If no one is aware of headway I would suggest ringing as they are trained in brain in jury's and seem very much to no what they talking about . Gary got answers within minutes about things he has been worring about ( growing hair,sex drive ,body temperature etc) Well worth ringing if anyone is unsure or anything seems to be worring you.They have information on the Internet about it also. Best wishes to everyone xx

Hi its joanne.Garys partner. Thank you all for your kind words It is of great help as its so hard to find answers from anywhere.We will take on board all of your comments so thank you again. Just to answer some of your questions firstly we are going to ring gp about medication as we are not happy what the consulton has told us about coming of meds as we are hearing some horror story's about these pills he has been told to come off from his consulton. We feel the way he has been told to come off them is to quickly so we going to get further advice as it is upper most important that it done correctly . Gary had a Sah 8 week ago has suffered greatly in many ways .Its so hard to come to terms with everything that's going on as he has so many different symptoms and is suffering . His main question he needs to know is how long will he suffer and will he recover from all his symptoms . We know no one can truly answer this as everyone has a different case and different symptoms etc but if anyone out there can also give there outcome and timescale it might put a little light on this for him . Gary we believe had a grade 3 Sah and wasn't operated on .THe blood surrounding his brain was in a large area and was told it would heal its self . Where he had the Sah he was told the vain had completely severed and there was nothing to be repaired.This happenings in one in six people who suffer a Sah.He had four scans and two angiograms so we know there nothing else to worry about. Is there anyone reading this out there who has had a Sah on same level and not operated on as I have described as he really would like to talk to someone who he could relate to. Thank you all again and very best wishes to all you out there

Hi all i am Gary's partner I have been reading this forum with Gary since he joined. I am looking for some advice from anyone that can help us . He has recently seen his consultant who has told him to come of his meds after 8 weeks. He said he been on them to long and should be weaned of them. The meds he taking at the moment is a mixture of three different types of oxynorm and gabapetin . He cut out all tablets except nightime pills which is five in total. He is now into his second day and seems to have had a massive setback in what he can do and how he feels. We are not sure if this is symptoms from withdrawing from pills or is that his pills have been masking his symptoms while been on them .chas anyone taken these meds for same length of time and if so how was you told to approach coming of meds . Also I am thinking Gary's is starting with depression from talking to him last night.. He has told me he has no interest in anything ( including me) he does not stop from waking up he just keeps going telling me he is ok but I can see him slowing down as the day goes on untill he physically can not do anymore then it puts him on a downer as he is so worn out and gets upset as his ability is not how it used to be obviously from his Sah. . He is is pushing himself to hard and I no this is so wrong which is upsetting him aswell. He has to do things and go out as you all properly no it's hard staying in and you have to have some normality in your life to stay sane. I no he finds this site very helpful as so do I as he is on it quite frequently .your advice from his last post he found very helpful and encouraging as he got no advice when he left hospital and all his symptoms he got when he left hospital was quite worring untill we found this site so thank you to you all for and replays he has received it is gratefully appreciated and does put both our minds at rest .

Hi everyone. Can anyone tell me there. Thoughts/experiences/opions on driving again after a Sah. Doctors didn't take licence of me and said I didn't have to report to dvla as I hadn't been operated on . I am now 8 weeks into recovery and am wondering what timescale I should give myself to get back in my car. I feel ok some days and feel as though I could drive but don't want to push myself as I do still have bad days And i feel as though I couldn't because of my symptoms. Regards Gary

Thank you for all your comments. Makes me feel better all my symptoms I have are normal . I have come away for the weekend for a rest and to relax so hopefully my symptoms will stay away for me for the weekend thank you all again and I wish you all a speedy recovery

Hi I am Gary 45new to this site .. I am 6 weeks into recovering from a Sah .. I still have headache, fatigue , confusion,strange feelings in body am getting upset on a nightime and am finding it hard to walk any distances without getting out of breath . I am just looking for anyone who can help me or give me any advice on my recovery