Hi Narelle

Which hospital are you going to ?
I went to royal melbourne hosp last year to get my aneurysm looked after and they were wonderful

Hi I am having my clipping done on Tuesday 4th April it looks like, i will be done at Monash in Clayton.
I go there Monday for my pre op and they said they'll tell me for sure if it's tuesday.
So nervous right now

I fully understand Nelly.
I was the same.
Have faith in the doctors ,they will look after you, they do these every day and please believe that you come through this!
I dont wont that to sound like I am dismissing your fear. I was trembling like a leaf as I went in to mine, the next thing you know I was asking the anaesthetist why I hadn't had the procedure, when in fact I had.
i look back on everything that happened last year and it seems like so so long ago even though other aspects of the year seem like yesterday.

You will be amazed at how "with it" you feel after your procedure

Get as much sleep as possible before you go to hospital cause not only will you be woken up every four hours for observations,the unfamiliar noises will keep you awake.

Thanks for that, it makes me a little more at ease, my children have told me to look at it as a vacation from the housework lol. I am strong, i'll be fine i hope. I am pleased all went so well with you i can only hope for the same, until next i'm online, look after yourself and thanks again xx

Was thinking of you yesterday. Hope all went well!

Hi Fliplovestoea sorry I haven't been on here to let you know how it all went, it's been 3 1/2 weeks since my surgery, the surgery went really good, my neurosurgeon said it actually went better than expected.
I was home day 4 post surgery, and since then i have gotten stronger and stronger each day, i still am having head pain, nowhere near as bad as the first couple of days after.
I am suffering a bit of short term memory loss and mood swings, the hospital told me to stop the anti seizure medication on discharge, but since then my doctor has put me back on them as i was having fits.
other than that I am doing great, I actually even went for a long walk the other day, until i couldn't walk anymore and had to get my husband to come get me.
Oh sorry i forgot to say thankyou for your kind words and thoughts.
hope all is well with you
Thanks agaun
Narelle

Nellybelly,

I'm so glad to hear you have made it well through the surgery. It is so much easier than decades ago when these surgeries were more invasive. My sister had this surgery in 1981 and it was major surgery then. She also had three children.

I am very happy to hear that you are doing well. God bless you and your family.