michelle C

Hi is it really you Nick nice to hear from you again....hey we can talk about cars again!!:lol:. All the best Love luck and laughter Michelle C xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi am about 5 ish miles away from you and my brother also lives in sheffield, like you i was under Mr Patel (mmm 50/50 chances was the same for me, massive bleed apparently) and Stuart Coley (he was lovely and very kind). Brilliant how soon you got on the internet WOW it took me a long time to be able to concentrate well done you...just dont overdo it:-D. I have two children a very hyperactive 6 year old boy and a very laid back 13years old which helps sometimes and a gorgeous wire fox terrier who know when its time to rest and boy does he tell me hes brilliant....not forgetting my hubby:lol:. Take care and rest up Love luck and laughter Michelle C

Mine was stress and getting sooooooooooooo annoyed that i had organised that the nursery teacher would look after my little boy (first day at nursery) till i had finished as a Ta in year 4 at 12.00 she said no i am going to the hairdressers:crazy:. I was so angry, i had organised it with her it wasnt a problem...the reception teacher calmed me a little and she said she would have him in her class no problems. I went on playground duty as a swop and boom i spilled my coffee down my trousers as i slide down the fence the rest you all know. All due to STRESS the school was flooded the month before what with ferrying my kids to two different places and myself back to school to do the clear up with the rest of the staff it must have all built up. The day before a couple of people asked if i was ok and said i didnt look too great i felt ok but they said i looked very grey..my BP was high. Great thread Michelle c

Hi Michelle Good luck with the test and getting that blumming glue out of you're hair. Pmd you. Love luck and laughter Michelle C xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Michelle/Goldfish girl, I am the one Penny's mentioned...also a Michelle!!. I had the epilepsy test and the lady said i was practically asleep so they told me it wasnt epilepsy. I was told i have NEADS, None epileptic attack sydrome (phew a mouth full to say and type) The attacks i have do look like epilepsy in the way of body jerks etc but unfortunately there isnt a cure and there isnt any tablets. I thinks the worse ones upto now are when i was having my hair trimmed by my sister and i was talking away and suddenly stopped all i remember is her asking if i was ok, not having a clue what she was talking about...she said my eyes rolled upwards and my head dropped forwards my right arms was twitching..the other was when i was talking to my hubby stood up then came round sat on the floor not having a clue again what had happened, i have had lots more during sleep and i do lose minutes during the day even watching tv my eyes dont close and i dont have any warning.....and sad to say i cannot drive...but heyho im still here and thats all thats matters:-D. There was one funny one when i was watching dancing on ice and was happily watching then complaining why a couple had got such high marks when they hadnt done any dancing!! my two kids thought it was so funny. Can i ask do you feel as though you are daydreaming? I hope this helps in some way and i will keep my fingers crossed that it everything is ok for you. Love luck and laughter Michelle C xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Blueday Do you have your splint yet???. Hopefully yes. Well take care we are off on our jollies tomorrow....to Ulverston near Cumbria i especially want to go to Manjushri Buddhist Centre so peacefully. Take care Love luck and laughter Michelle xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Suse I have PM you although i have just seen this thread ???? Anyhow YES i have Ataxia due to my balance/gait the rest is in my pm to you., Love Michelle x

Hi Eddie Hi sorry to to hear about your father what a shock it must have been for you and your family at this time you and your family are what he needs recovery is different for all of us and sometimes seems slow, the brain needs time to recover and it will, small steps my friend are all it takes. It will be very confusing for your father and he will get very frustrated but time is a healer. In my own experience when in hospital and before my operation friends came to visit and i thought in my mind i was on holiday and wondered why they had come all this way to see me, one of many hallucinations.. It is very early days and i wish your father well, we are all with you in spirit keep posting and take care Love Michelle C xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Blueday, I promise you i was careful it didnt work backwards anyhow:razz:. Watched the clips the first one made me laugh or dear!! I liked the music to the second and the third mmmmmm:-D Thanks ... Love luck and laughter Michelle c

Hi Blueday, Yep i know what you mean, mines a Maxi AFO splint i have two i tripped and bent one WHOOPS:-D. I am being sent for another EMG test by a different neuro which i dont like (no bed side manner so to speak) which i personally dont need as its been done anyhow why have a test when they cannot do anything with my leg/foot and theres no need to. Hurrying the K A F O splint up for you. Hey i tried walking backwards made me laugh my other half has got used to me doing strange things now.....it was weird but different, Take care Michelle xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Blueday, Sorry its took so long to reply. Just caught up with your posts you make me smile which is a good thing:-D. A bit of background about me....had an SAH in november 07, had a stoke during coiling op left side arm and leg weakness...after three weeks transfered to hospital closer although not fit to be transfered as couldnt walk and the pain was horrendous (they said it was a large bleed). Agony being tansfered to rotherham hospital plonked at the end of corridor in a room on my own...also often forgotten about as the staff used to forget my meds...must say the isolation was because i was and still am sensitive to bright light..the noise sensitivity is sort of easier due to hearing aids. Rotherham staff said they didnt have the facilities to deal with me and my condition so stayed there for nearly two weeks...every night visited by a resident of the ward known as a "sundowner" who used to scar me to death when he wondered off and stand at my door looking as i found out later for a lead for a dog he used to be a dog trainer for Krufts and so reverts back to bygone days before ill health...which dosnt help me as i couldnt get out or move..they used to medicate him but he used to wonder off. Anyhow i was transfered across the road the Rehab oakwood hospital which felt like going backwards not forwards, started physio and memory test improved walking ability 3 weeks latere HOME.....in sept 08 had to have more coils inserted due to headpain etc november 08 difficulty walking left side carried on as you do, saw GP said it was foot drop referred to physio again sorted a AFO splint then couldnt do anymore....now i need help to walk anywhere have a wheelchair from wheelchair services and still have trouble with my arms and hands i now have absences that happen at any time day or night...i have a powerchair which is brill....but still cannot get any answers from neurologist etc as i am a mistery to everyone...nice to be different i suppose:lol:. Blueday thanks for that..its the most i have written about myself because i havnt written my story yet....it felt good!!. Sorry its so long tho. Is your splint going to be a full leg...my knee gives way also. Take care Love luck and laughter Michelle C xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Blueday, I also have foot drop left foot, and wear a splint also my knees give way if i walk far which is not a problem as i cant:redface::redface:. Anyhow mine is a AFO maxi toe off splint i need help walking though but al leats it keeps my toes from going underneath my foot when i trip....you have to laugh dont you...dont fancy crying much......hope they get you sorted soon...did they have to do a emg nerve conduction test on your foot/muscle?? All the best take care Michelle C xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Leonie Jusr read you're thread wow do hope this helps like Janet i get sick on painkillers for my head pains etc...pity they couldnt do the left side but if it takes away some of the pain i'm sure it will help..take care and good luck. Love luck and laughter Michelle c xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi all I have always dreamt and since my sah/stroke i have really vivid dreams bit also if we have had a really busy day or watched and action packed film, actually even a nice funny film i re-live the whole thing it drives me nuts especially when i dont know whether it really happened and i wake up with my eyes really aching/hurting also i still talk...chattering away...i swop between hyperactive dreams or totally relaxed and have one of my episodes which i did last sunday and unfortunately bit my tongue:shocked:. Love luck and laughter michelle xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Nita Congratulations hoping you had a wonderful day. All the best take care, Michelle cxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Vic, OOOOH yes i notice i am more dizzy off balance and very spaced out head pain etc moreso at that time of the month even though i have had a coil fitted (as if i havnt got enough:-D) because he pain with monthly was something i could (or maybe we all could) do without.....but it seems they are coming back although i must add they are a lot light....one thing i wished for was that my SAH and stroke got rid of them forever ....mother nature eh!!!. Love luck and laughter Michelle c

Hi Caroline HAPPY 2ND YEAR ANNI-VERSARY CAROLINE HAVE A LOVELY DAY:-D:-D:-D Lovely to hear from you and how wonderful becoming a grandma or will it be nanna?. It sounds like life has changed and thats brilliant. I could use some advice about ill health retirement if that ok at some point. Well all the best love luck and laughter Michelle c

Hello Mark And a belated Welcome to the family for you and your wife Annette i too was taken to the Hallamshire Hospital and was there for just over three weeks then transfered back to Rotherham Hospital and then onto Rehab in the same grounds of the Hospital. My SAH and further stroke was in nov 07. Well hope to speak soon and hoping Annette is resting and listening to her body and as everyone has said drink plenty of water!!. Take care the both of you Love luck and laughter Michelle cxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hey Leon A huge belated Welcome to the site hey i also have foot drop and now wear a splint. Hope you are doing well i also love the simple things in life, i have found it dosnt take much and dont need to have the things in life i thought i did, i love th garden and love feeding the birds and just sitting there, we have 4 doves one is so tame it sits on the bird table while i put the seeds on.....i have been caught loads of time talking to it...my hubby just smiles....who cares about the neighbours. Well take care and nice to meet you. Love luck and laughter Michelle C xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Maggie Welcome to the family everyone is very friendly and if you need advice just ask, take care and keep posting. Love luck and laughter \michelle C xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Zoe I went to Rehab i didnt want to go i just wanted to go home and i thought i was ok being left in Rotherham Hospital right at one end of a ward in a room where it was quiet and i could have the lights turned off due to photophobia!! andhow a lady came with a doctor and said i needed physio and to go to Rehab because i had had a stroke from momory thats the first i new of it...i was so upset i didnt want to go, it turned out that it was 500yard across from the hospital anyway i stayed a nearly two weeks i was the only one who was at that time able to walk by myself and i was the youngest there..at first i thought it was a step backwards but with intensive physio i had i was able to go home..i did find it a little isolating but with most of my stay in hospital at rotherham anyway i only saw the cleaner and the nurse who gave me my tablets everyday anyway until visiting that is, it turned out they didnt know where to put me!!!! Anyway SORRY for rambling....i can only say its the best thing they did sending me to Rehab it did me the world of good, take care and best of luck Love luck and laughter Michelle c xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Wow what a luck lady and such a huge anneurysm like everyone has said we must not neglect our eyes... Love luck and laughter Michelle xxxx

Hi Lynz So glad you are feeling a little better today...any pain ache is always a worry after an SAH...its always better to get some reassurance i am the same and its nearly three years for me!!... anyhow thats what we are here for rest up and take care. Love luck and laughter Michelle xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Jen oooh sounds scary...no i dont think so so far they have come back ok..i just keep my fingers crossed..i must say though i have put weight on but i just put that to not being able to be as active as i was pre SAH. Take care Love luck and laughter Michelle c

Hi all I have just found this thread its very intersting reading the week before i had my SAH i had a Thyroid test for underactive thyroid and i had a scan of my thyroid done during that week and they found black benign nodules on it which resulted in me having blood tests every 6 months because the doctor said i would at some point in my life have underactive thyroid (dont know wich that one is hyper or hypo). So far fingers crossed as i have just had another blood test done last week everything is ok:-D. This definatly an intersting thread and one i will keep reading. Thanks. Love luck and laughter Michelle c