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Hi Merrill had anteria communcating artery clipped and basilar tip coiled and 19 months on she still has balance problems and her feet drag at time she uses a stick and a chair when we go out as she also tires very quickly and get the need to sit down quite often, as for the doc saying that there might be something else going on thats something i've heard quite a lot. Merrill also had a shunt fitted and the doc says that should have nothing to do with her balance problems .Rod

Hi all hav'nt had time to read all the replies but from something which was said along the way i was of the understanding that doctors fully accept that there is a genetic connection, and i was also of the understanding that if 2 or more of your family had, had an sah then you should talk to your doc. Rod.

Hi Kelvin just to say welcome to the site sound s as though you are doing fine now Good luck Rod

Hi Pamela, sorry to hear of your probs, my wife was very much like you, waking during the night and very anxious,as have been said it is very early days and you are doing well to be posting. Merrill my wife still has anxiety attacks 19 months later but they are nowhere near as bad as they were and sleep patterns most of the time are ok, we realised sometime later that when she wakes during the night that her anxiety at night was caused by the bad hearing she has been left with and once she got hearing aids (even though she does not wear them at night) the night time anxiety settled down a bi, also she spoke to the doc about the anxiety and he prescribed her something for it,which has deffinatley helped. Good luck Rod

Hi when Merrill had her Angio last year (another due 12th October) the doc came to look at her just before discharging her and her groin and leg and part of her stomache was as red as Santas suit, He said "good heavens if thats still red like that tomorrow take her to see the gp, we then left and when merrill got in the shower at home it all washed off, it must of been something they used to steralise the area, does'nt really fill you with confidents does it

Hi Marilyn and welcome, sorry to hear about your mum, and the depression, my wife went through a depressive stage amongst many, but she's now on medication for it and it has helped, my wife is now 17 months on and her recovery has gone in starts and stops but is still ongoing, so it's a long road to travel and a bit bumpy at times but i'm sure she'll get there in the end Best wishes Rod

Hi and welcome,my wife had her sah in march 2009 and has had no sense of smell or taste eversince, hope it improves for you Best wishes Rod

Hi Holly and welcome, sorry to hear of your boyfriends illness, I'm sure that when his family learns a little bit about his illness they will realise they are wrong. Good luck to you both Best wishes Rod

Hi Denise and welcome to the site, you sound as though you are doing really well, it is very early days as yet and recovery is a long process for many, but i'm sure just like everyone else on here you will get there, Best wishes Rod

Hi Gary, I think it's all been said, but welcome to the site, Best wishes Rod

Hi Ash and welcome, sorry to hear about your mum, it's a worrying time for everyone as we all know, it is a long old road for many, but some people make remarkable recoveries, I hope your mums recovery runs very smoothly and thing start to improve very quickly, Best wishes to you and your mum Rod

Hi Lin Lin and welcome to btg, my wife is a different person to the one she was before the sah but different does'nt always mean worse and i actually think she enjoys life more now than she did previously, but it's been 16 months getting here, and as time goes on it deffinatley gets easier. Good luck with your recovery Best wishes Rod

Hi Luisa, i think you will have a period to adjust again but having said that Merrill is now nearly 16 months on and still needs that couple of hours in the afternoon, she has tried going without the afternoon laydown but it completly messes up her sleep at night and as you do she will wake up several times a night be very tired the next day and everything seems so much worse, but good luck with your return to work and i hope it gets easier for you,Best wishes Rod

Hi willow, and welcome to the site you really are doing very well to be posting this soon after your sah, best wishes with your recovery Rod

Hi Angela, and welcome you've been through it a bit but sounds as though you are doing really well now, long may it continue Best wishes Rod

Hi Karen and welcome ,Best wishes Rod

Hi Bubbles and welcome look forward to reading your posts when you are feling more up to it, Good luck Rod

Hi I'm like Karen i don't think that you could advise anyone else what to do but they have to look at all thi info wiegh it all up and then make an imformed decision, me i could'nt live with that in my head with the bit of knowledge i have gained since merrill had her sah, but good luck to them and i'm sure the decision they make will be the right one for them, Best wishes Rod

Hi Nita and gongratulations on your 4th Ann-versary glad to hear you are now feeling better Good luck Rod

Hi Kylie and welcome to btg, your sah sounds very similar, how it came on to my wifes, the vomiting and she'd just eaten a crab and has not been able to look at one since, but you sound as though you are doing very well, Best wishes Rod

Hi Charty and congratulations on your 2 year Anni-versary you certainly sound as though you have plenty to keep you busy, Best wishes Rod

Hi Maggie,and welcome to the site, my wife had her,sah in march 2009 she suffered with headaches for only about 4 weeks, and since then if she's had a couple of headaches thats it, Merrill my wife had other complications and still has very poor short term memory mobility problems,she has chronic fatigue and 14 months later still hardly ever get through the day without a couple of hours lay down in the afternoon, but it is different for everyone as you said and some people get the same problems but for different reasons so if you have a problem it's always wise to talk to your gp, but just to be posting you seem to be doing very well. Good luck with your recovery Rod

Hi Lisa, and a warm welcome to you, sorry to hear about your probs but sounds as though recovery is going well Best wishes Rod.

Hi Hadyn and welcome, me too not into exercise, but many paople on this site does suffer from chronic fatigue, my wife is 14 months down the line and still has to have a two hour lay down every afternoon, if she does'nt she wiped out for the rest of the day and suffers for it again the next, hope you get your's sorted,Best wishes Rod

Hi John well done on reaching your 6 months, Merrills memory is very poor she seems to forget whole periods of time, 4 days in Yorkshire she lost completly, although she will remember bits of it if i prompt her, and last week she said to me when we were out shopping that she must get a hat as the sun had been burning her head,although she never mentioned it at the time. You seem to be doing very well John and long may it continue, Best wishes Rod