Hi again

I am glad you have lots of support around you - that is really important. When you go to see your neurosurgeon, I would suggest that your fiance takes a pen and paper - I know that when I went, I was in shock, confused and more than a little overwhelmed by it all. Having a support person with you makes an incredible difference, because by the time you leave your head will probably be spinning with all the information you get.

Make a list of questions before you go. It is easy to walk out and realise that you didn't ask everything you need to know. Take it with you - I promise your doctor won't mind.

As for me, I am a success story. I won't lie and say it was an easy road to recovery. I also have MS, so my recovery was compromised by that as well. My husband was amazing and totally supportive - which made all the difference to me. It sounds like your fiance will be that way for you.

Apart from still having a scar that runs from the top of one ear right across my head to the top of the other, a lumpy forehead (where they took the window out of my skull) and a little bit of a bald patch, I am really good now.

I know you will do really well too. I won't have access to a computer for a couple of weeks, but I will check back as soon as I can to see how you are and what the doc says.

Take care and keep in touch. This is all very scary now, but it will work out.

Lyn