I was a Sales Manager for a corporation and while on a business trip on Feb. 10th, 2005, I had a brain aneurysm that ruptured at the airport. It was a Category 4 aneurysm, so it was quite severe. The good thing was that I was at the Gate to board my plane and it ruptured right before I boarded. I collapsed and was rushed by Airport Security to a hospital. I had brain surgery to clip the aneurysm the next morning and was 'on death's door' for two more weeks. Remained in ICU for 6 weeks, then flew home, where I spent the next 6 months in Rehabilitation Hospitals, then 6 months of Home care. I had to re-learn everything...walking, etc.

It was certainly a life-changing experience; I'm lucky, I'm in the 5% that makes a complete recovery.

Now....I've learnt to finally take the time to smell the roses....

effie,

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. You sure have been through a lot, sorry about your condition. You have come into a group of people that help one another in any way they can. We have big shoulders, listening ears, and long hugging arms.

Happy to see you are smelling the roses. Looking forward to seeing you around.

Darlene

Hi Effie, welcome to NT! Sorry to hear about your aneurysm.

Here's a link to the aneurysm forum, in case you haven't found it yet. http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forumdisplay.php?f=7

I'm sure you'll find all the info and support you need there... NT is a great group of folks.

Hi Effie and Welcome! Wow, you have had a very big life altering experience. My Dad had an abdominal anneurysm repaired and it was a long haul for him too. So, I have an idea of what you went thru......(from a famiy member's pt of view), so glad you were able to come back from that.

And, don't those roses smell wonderful?? take care and again...

WELCOME!

Welcome to NeuroTalk, Effie! Sorry to learn of the horrifying experience you had, but very glad that you found us here. You'll find a lot of useful information and helpful suport here.

Hi Effie and welcome to NeuroTalk. What a horrifying ordeal for you.

I hope you stick around and join us here. NeuroTalk community has wonderful people in it.

Well Effie,

Wow, that is an incredible journey and what strength you must have. I am so sorry that you had to go through it but very happy to meet you. Welcome to our little corner of the world.

It's great to be part of a forum with so many survivors....unless you've experienced it first-hand, you don't know how tough it can be.

Now that I'm back to pretty-well normal (is there such a thing!!) I'm happy to just be alive!!

Not sure why I lived when so many others don't make it...in the first months of my recovery, I kept thinking I had to do something 'profound & meaningful'...now I know that I just have to "be"...