[mikehende]

A friend of mine, 40 year old female recently found out that she has an Aneurysm problem, a few years ago she started getting severe nosebleeds and headaches and every now and then she would have to hospitalized when her blood presssure skyrockets but she does not normally suffer from High blood pressure, she is diabetic.

Doctors told her a couple of weeks ago that she has an Aneurysm and it's pressing on a nerve so the Aneurysm is causing the nosebleeds and by pressing on the nerve that is what's causing the headaches, they have no explanation for the high blood pressure spike issue which is now happening more frequently, almost on a weekly basis so it's getting worse. Thing is the Docs told her it's too dangerous for them to attempt moving the Aneurysm away from the nerve in case it should explode, they are telling her that best they can do is to shoot some sort of chemical to the blood vessel in question to "harden" it to try to prevent it from exploding so this may help the nosebleeds but nothing they can do about the headaches unless they 'try" to come up with some medication for the headaches.

I am telling her to seek another opinion to see if there are any other alternatives, even if other docs agree they cannot operate I am still seeking other options which may help her, can anyone PLEASE offer any suggestions or leads please? Thanks.

[brainfreeze]

Originally Posted by mikehende

A friend of mine, 40 year old female recently found out that she has an Aneurysm problem, a few years ago she started getting severe nosebleeds and headaches and every now and then she would have to hospitalized when her blood presssure skyrockets but she does not normally suffer from High blood pressure, she is diabetic.

Doctors told her a couple of weeks ago that she has an Aneurysm and it's pressing on a nerve so the Aneurysm is causing the nosebleeds and by pressing on the nerve that is what's causing the headaches, they have no explanation for the high blood pressure spike issue which is now happening more frequently, almost on a weekly basis so it's getting worse. Thing is the Docs told her it's too dangerous for them to attempt moving the Aneurysm away from the nerve in case it should explode, they are telling her that best they can do is to shoot some sort of chemical to the blood vessel in question to "harden" it to try to prevent it from exploding so this may help the nosebleeds but nothing they can do about the headaches unless they 'try" to come up with some medication for the headaches.

I am telling her to seek another opinion to see if there are any other alternatives, even if other docs agree they cannot operate I am still seeking other options which may help her, can anyone PLEASE offer any suggestions or leads please? Thanks.

I recently had an aneurysm clipped. I know some aneurysms are inoperable because of the location. If they're talking about the dangers of 'moving' it, sounds like they're able to get to it. I'd want to find out of it could be clipped or coiled before it bursts on its own. I would definitely seek another opinion. Does this doctor specialize in this type of surgery? There are neurosurgeons who specialize in this. Aneurysms are scary and you want to know you're in the best hands you can be. When I first found out about mine, that was all I could think about. I hope your girlfriend can find a doctor that she has confidence in. Where is she located?

[mikehende]

Originally Posted by brainfreeze

I recently had an aneurysm clipped. I know some aneurysms are inoperable because of the location. If they're talking about the dangers of 'moving' it, sounds like they're able to get to it. I'd want to find out of it could be clipped or coiled before it bursts on its own. I would definitely seek another opinion. Does this doctor specialize in this type of surgery? There are neurosurgeons who specialize in this. Aneurysms are scary and you want to know you're in the best hands you can be. When I first found out about mine, that was all I could think about. I hope your girlfriend can find a doctor that she has confidence in. Where is she located?

Hi and thank you very much for your response and info! She's in FL and she has an appointment right now as I write this so I am anxiously waiting for further news and will let you know what came out of this meeting when she informs me later today. Anyway, just as you had advise, she's seeking another opinion BUT this time it's with a Neurosurgeon who specializes in more "invasive" type brain operations, the last one only did general surgeries so this person will have more knowledge and experience in this.

Please tell me, did the clipping of yours work? Did they say if it may return or not please? Thanks.

[mikehende]

This doc told her that he has to do his own scan so he can view from different angles then decide if he can fix it and how so we'll know by next week.

[brainfreeze]

Sorry I haven't been out here lately. Yes, my clipping worked. I've had an angiogram to check and was told it looks good. From what I understand, clipping is permanent with very rare problems. Anything new? They usually do an angiogram to get a better look at it.

[mikehende]

Thanks for the info, actually, her appointment was this morning at 10am and I haven't heard from her yet, will reply when I get some news.

[mikehende]

Story goes, she was not feeling well to attend her appointment on Wednesday but as fate would have it, she still asked a friend to take here, upon doing the scan at the Doc's office, he immediately rushed her to the hospital saying that aneurysm was bulging to the point where it could explode at any minute so they shot the dye or whatever it was to harden the artery at the point. Doc told her to give it 2 weeks to see how everything will go since her body has been severely traumatized for a long time now, she needs to recuperate so we will know in a couple of weeks what the deal is.