paul4shell

Ok Thanks all...

so are we saying that this could put strain on the coil that she had fitted as well as other vessels

As you may all now know, Michele had her SAH on July 1st, since being able to make decisions for herself she has wanted a little ciggy as she refers to it. The docs have said no more smoking or heavy drinking but did not explain why or what they could cause. I was just to pleased to get her home and would have agreed to sell my kidneys if it meant she was coming back to me so did not ask questions about it. Michele is now askink why she cant drink or smoke so could somebody please tell me the reasons as i am unable to explain why. Thanks for any help..

Michele was told to take Asprin by the hospital doc, not the GP. Its also weird that people have been told not to take Ibuprofen, Shell was prescribed it for pain relief after SAH and still has the odd one now. She was on them the whole time in Hospital.

Michele has been told to take asprin due to its blood thinning, also been told to stop smoking which is causing problems. She does not understand why after being told that she is at no more risk than anybody else to have anothers SAH due to the coiling and after having 4 scans that have shown no other weak blood vessels.

Thanks all for your replies. I know it may seem selfish but it does make things feel a little easier when you hear about people that are coping. I am very happy that she is still with me and that we now have a chance to make things better than they were before. After coming this close to losing her i realise all to clearly that we really do get one chance at living the life you want or in our case 2 chances, i am not going to make the same mistakes again.

On July the Ist whilst helping my son move house in a different county Michele, my partner of 19 years had an Aneurysm whilst working in the garden. Thank god my 16yr old son was home. If he had not found her she would have died. She was taken to the local hospital by ambulance and had a scan where they decided to send her to frenchay in bristol. It was then found that she also had SAH. She was coiled the next day but later that evening she developed Hydrocephalus and had to have an EVD put in. This then got infected as i was warned it may and due to her very confused state she had to be restrained in the bed for her own protection. After 4 days the drain stopped working and had to be moved to the other side of her head. She had the drains in for 15 days in total. After 21 days of antibiotics it was decided to give her a lumber puncture to check pressure and if there was still an infection in the CSF, that was probably the second hardest thing i've ever had to be part of the first being seeing michele there in body but not in spirit. The pain she was going through with no real understanding of why, not being able to protect her, take any of the pain for her was all that i could bare. I'm a 41 yr old man and i've lost count of how many times i've cried like a 2 year old in the last 5 weeks. She was discharged 5 weeks later but is still getting headaches, is very confused and has no short term memory to mention. I never realised how much i rely on her emotionaly till i nearly lost her but then i suppose thats the way with most people. I know its going to be a long slow recovery but she's a fighter and i will help her in whatever way i can. Not because i'm the worlds most caring man but in my opinion becuase i'm selfish and i want her back.