aneurysm
 

Hi, my name is Laurie, and this is my first post on here, so please bare with me.
I was diagnosed with a large cerebral aneursym on July 30th of 2009, after
experiencing a dizzy spell while driving on the highway. Which by the way, terrified me. Had a cerebral angiogram done to determine size and location,
two surgeries to place a stent in, the first one moved so it had to be redone.
And then on Dec 4th, after 6.5 hours in surgery, 18 coils, I am done.
My whole life has changed because of this, while I am thankful to be alive, I know its a miracle to go through something like this and come out ok...I find myself wishing they had never found it. I lost my job due to all the time off work, I am constantly worried, anxious, depressed. I talked to my neurosurgeon about this, which he said is normal, I need to get back to work.
My family Dr said I am going through post traumatic depression, he put me on zoloft, and also lorezapam. Ugh, I hate this...I hate feeling completely helpless, cant talk to anyone because they dont understand, and I think their tired of hearing about it. Its more like...it's over, you survived...get on with your life.
I have headaches everyday, not bad, but their there. I worry about driving, due to the dizzy spell in the beginning. I just want my life back, really.

Hi Laurie:

Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Melody (and yes I have a SINGING PERSONALITY, lol).

Welcome to our little world here at Neurotalks. You have certainly been through the ringer haven't you?.

Here is a link to our aneursym forum. I hope you get some answers. Be assured, others have walked in your shoes.

Again, welcome. Hope you find lots of new friends here.

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/fo...daysprune=&f=7

All the best

melody

Laurie, Hello and Welcome!!
 

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Happy to see you have come to be with us. Just let us know if we can be of any help.

There are great number of fellow members here to assist as possible. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around.

Darlene :hug: