michelle C

Hi Laura I have tried to reply to you and give you some support Laura but have had to delete both attempts as i have been where you are now 10 years ago it is a very very difficult decision that you alone can only make and saying it out loud i found the hardest. You have as Anne said made the right decision for you, teaching can be a goal achieved later, when you are ready. The adoption proccess is a stressfull and draining process, not realised by me until the end when you get the most precious gift you have been longing for, having a less stressfull job for the moment may give you more time to spend at home with the little ones, I hope this helps in some way Laura..... Love Michellexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Laura mines the same as yours and they said the same after such a massive bleed they were surprised i survived...scary...but glad i am here and we are all so lucky. I stroked on the left side....but i also have balance problems and hearing problems etc. Love michellexxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Brillianat news I dont remember being frightened i think the tiredness and the need to sleep and to heal takes over so try not to worry about your sister being frightened. Its brilliant news thats shes off the ventilator thats a positive step forward. Take each day as it comes and keep reading to her and talking, well everything you are doing it will comfort her and you. Take care Love luck and laughter Michellecxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Rod So glad Merrill is home. I think its quite confusing i remember wondering why everyone was coming to visit me while i was in bed on holiday and my mum says i kept asking her why all my friends were sitting down the corridor chatting. Try and reassure her and give her some peace and quiet i'm sure the confusion will easy with time, take care. Love luck and laughter Michellexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Rod Welcome to the family. Its sounds like Merril, {love her name by the way) is doing a lot better now she has had the shunt fitted. Thanks for sharing her story. Any other questions you have please ask as someone will have the answer for you, keep posting and take care. Love luck and laughter Michellexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Melissa Welcome to the "family" i am 18 months on from initial sah and 8 months on from second op for recoiling and i have terrible fatigue and memory problems amongs others problems, you are not alone feeling like you do but it will get easier, listen to your body, not easy i know..and rest when you need it. I have two children 4 and 11yrs how is you little one? Take care hope to speak soon Love luck and laughter MIchellexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Sorry its late Elaine but Happy 1st Annie-versary to Maggie hope you both had a lovely day celebrating life, heres to many more, love and hugs, take care. Love luck and laughter Michellexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Susan, Welcome to the family, thanks for sharing your story, everyone one the site is lovely and welcoming, keep posting and hopefully chat soon Love luck and laughter Michellexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Keith, Just read your TIA posting, how scary and how very british we are, we know what's happening, we don't want any fuss, just the way we are i suppose. I was just the same last week stiff neck banging head legs and arms heavy and what do i do sit, wait and say I'm fine. i have more tablets to take and no answers but a bit better. Keith I hope you are resting and doing as you are told take care, sending love and hugs. Michellexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

HI DONNA HAPPY 1ST YEAR ANNIE-VERSARY. What a brilliant way to celebrate life at sundown adventure park i love that place, Love luck and laughter Michellexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Perry, What a wonderful achievement, well done you give yourself a pat on the back, thats brilliant . Love luck and laughter Michellexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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Hi Mo Welcome to the site i had a mini stroke and like you Scott i have been left we think?! with more from that than the original SAH. I am awaiting my recent MRI results. My sah was nov 07then had recoiling done in sept 08, i now wear a leg splint to aid walking and hearing aids for high frequency loss... Like you Mo i wondered why everyone was coming to visit me and thought i was in a hotel on holiday...bizarre!!!!!! and that was before the surgery!!. Take care Love luck and laughter Michellexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Tammy, Glad you have joined the family. Everyone is so lovely frendly and supportive so ask any questions, someone will always be here to help. Ditto what Sami and the others have said, its a major rollercoaster ride of emotions for all. I havn't read all Neils blog yet but he seems to have kept his sense of humour, Neil (my hubby) sometimes looks in wonder at me when i trip bump or fall into things and laugh at myself but hey ho why not Look forward to more of your posts and probably chat one day Love luck and laughter Michellexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx P.s My little boy Owen (4yrs) loves Neils photo he says he looks like David Tennants (Dr Who is his idol) bless.

Hi Jac I had my MRI 2nd march noisey, they are i said it sounded like a washing machine also as for the music you couldn't hear the radio, so i asked the nurse to turn it off, then i thought i could hear Girls aloud singing "promise I made" strange how the mind works eh! Neil said nothing was playing Did you read my post about Neils boots now that would have cheered you up. Well done we both have got through it, take care Love luck and laughter Michellexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi John How awful for you its nerve racking enough awaiting recoiling, i know i was the same, it made me very nervous which also adds to the pains and fatigue etc. I had my SAH nov 07 then angio in march then recoiled in sept 08, mine was delayed due to staffing and then their holidays. I think you did the right thing going to your GP John i seem to have got more answers that way, there are still some she cannot answer but she has got things moving reguarding my last MRI and splint for my leg. It shouldnt really be up to us should it but what else can we do?! Good luck John hoping you get some answers soon, sending love and hugs. Michellexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Well i still havn't got my stick, my physio changes her mind from week to week, or should that be weak to weak My knee went twice yesterday from all the hard work excercising i did, wish i knew why it just goes without warning...we went back to reception and this time my knee just about hit the floor never dropped that far before..and i couldnt get up it took two people to help Oh got pins and needles .... Love luck and laughter michellexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Neil Welcome to the family wow you are doing really well, good on you. Looked up your site "OUCH" photos of your head, wish i had more photos just got the one when i transfered hospitals to nearer home. My SAH was 13th nov 07 the recoiled sept 08, i still have a lot of leg weakness and fatigue i have a splint for my leg and now wear hearing aids due to high frequency hearing loss all after effects... but i am still here and thats what counts Keep posting may even chat someday. Take care and rest up Love luck and laughter Michellexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Phil, Welcome to the family, lots of help advice and support anything you need to ask someone is always here to help, hopefully speak soon. Love luck and laughter MICHELLE XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Hi Myra, Happy 1st Year anni-versary I hope you had a lovely day, your'e such a lovely person, things will get better, promise. I wish i could HOP SKIP AND JUMP over to London to give you a big cuddle Anytime you want to talk please do! Sending love and hugs always Love luck and laughter Michellexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Jacqui Welcome to the family, as everyone has said we are here to help and support you in any way we can. I had my SAH nov 07 and recoiled in sept 08 and still have up and down days, head pains etc. Its very early days rest up and listen to your body, hard i know sometimes and take each day as it comes, take care. Hopefully chat one day, keep posting. Love luck and laughter Michellecxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Caroline, I thought it was good for memory but my sister has been taking for months and it hasn't helped. Karen i didnt know it was a blood thinner?? Interesting topic Caroline Michellexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Shiree HAPPY 1ST YEAR ANNI-VERSARY sorry its a bit late. Wow i didnt know you drove a truck how brilliiant you are and how far you have come, heres to the next year. Hope you had a lovely day. Love luck and laughter Michelle cxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Dawn Welcome to the site. I had my SAH in nov 07 and didnt feel quite right lots of head pain, neck etc, just not right. So my consultant sent me for an early angio and they found that the coils had uncurled so that the aneurism was filling up with blood again and that was causing the pains etc, they didnt call it compactation though but now i am wondering? Anyway i went back into hospital in Sept 08 for recoiling they put another 3 coils in which now makes 11. I was in just over a week due to other test, eyes (i still have photophobia and problems with hearing). I hope this helps and you get your appointment soon, try not to worry difficult i know rest up listen to your body and rest alot..take care. Love luck and laughter Michellexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Hi Laura I drink mainly tea now cannot drink coffee makes me feel sick. I was drinking over 3litrs of water in hospital and now i dont drink enough water i got out of the habit i suppose. i do take a bottle of water everywhere with me though a sort of safety net. Neil always laughs at me when i ask him for a ticktock tea now Love michellexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx