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Hi everyone thank you for your lovely replies. My partner was discharged from hospital last Monday and since he's been home he's recovering well. He hasn't had any anti-sickness medicine since Monday, and very few pain killers. He's still quite tired but who wouldn't be when you're up at 2am and 6am to take the tablets? Even I'm pretty shattered! He is eating well and our of bed for most of the day now. We even went for a short walk today. I am so proud of him and so pleased at how well he appears to be recovering. I'm trying not to nag too much but am aware that I need to make sure he's not hiding any pain or symptoms, and also that he's drinking enough. I think we're both doing much better than I thought we would be a week ago. The best thing is he has been off the cigarettes now for over 2 weeks! I really hope it sticks at it and does give up completely. Thank you again for your replies.

Hi everyone, I'm Eve from Nottingham. My partner suffered a SAH on 2 May 2013 and is currently being cared for brilliantly by the wonderful staff at the QMC NSPU ward. It's been a tough 8 days and a real rollercoaster of emotions so far. He was very lucky and had surgery within hours of his collapse, and I can't describe in words the relief I felt when I was finally allowed to see him and he was smiling and chatting and seemed ok. Since then he's not got "worse", but he is definitely taking a long time to recover enough for them to feel comfortable to move him to a less dependant ward (originally they said he could be home by today). Each day I go and visit he is incredibly tired and constantly feels sick. The nausea means he isn't really eating, although the carers are trying to encourage him to eat and he is still on a drip for fluids. I'm hopeful that over the next few days he will start to feel well enough to eat and sit up and maybe even get out of bed. I know I need to be patient and that recovery can take as little or as long as it takes, but I'm finding it quite exhausting trying to stay positive all the time. Bless all of you other carers / support / family / friends who have been doing this for much longer, it's really hard. I'm so grateful to have found this site, it's helped me understand more about the condition and potential hurdles he will have to overcome on his road to recovery. Thanks for reading and I'm looking forward to chatting with you all!