Hello All,
My name is Debra. I had the shock of my like when the hospital called to inform me of a Stat Cerebral angiogram order that they received from neurosurgeon's office last April 08. I was not sure what was going. Not again!
On March 06, 2006, I had a 9mm unruptured, right midcerebral aneurysm successfully clipped. I stayed in the hospital 2 days and was discharged from SICU directly to my home. I recovered very quickly and went back to work 3 weeks after surgery. My follow up visits with the docs for the next 2 years were all good. Per my surgeon's protocol since I was doing great, my next follow up visit was scheduled for 2010 (4 years after surgery). It was not to be so... Last December around christmas time, I felt slightly dizzy. I called my primary doc and requested to have a CT done. It came back negative. I didn't realize they did a CT of the brain and not CT of Cerebral Vessels. So I went to have another CT done on March 21. This time it showed 2 aneurysm, one a residual and a new one. That was what the frantic call was all about. As expected, the Cerebral angiogram confirmed the presence of the residual aneurysm and the new one in the paraophthalmic artery area. I was given an option to correct the problem thru endovascular coiling. I decided against it because I was worried that the presence of the old clip may complicate things. I am living proof of yet another miracle. The second brain surgery happened on April 20, 2009 ang my neurosurgeon was able to clip both aneurysm successfully. Hallellujah! This time I stayed in the hospital until April 23rd and was back to work on May 6th. I do mostly computer work and just last week started seeing patients. I promise to take it slowly this time and to take it easy. I count my blessings everyday.
I really want to learn from those who have been through multiple brain surgeries for recurring aneurysm/s. How could this be prevented, aside form blood pressure control and stress-free living!!!
I apologize for the long message.
Best regards.
dapn