Had awful and very sudden news today ... anyone have experience of brain aneurysms and surgery to remove them?

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The person had bad vision in her eye (was seeing 4/5 of 1 item that was really there) and was told a few weeks ago it was an infection ...

she was called in by a doctor for an emergency brain scan and they found this.

They wouldn't let her leave the hospital and is being operated on tomorrow.

I feel so ill.

I know it is very serious.

Id like more info but WILL NOT google as i always find it gives the worst possible outcomes and just scares the hell out of me

Yes, I've an Aunt who had a brain aneurysym.

Don't Google it.

She had surgery, I won't go into details BUT 7 years later, she is able to live independently.

It didn't take 7 years for her to recover, but it was touch and go for a few months.

She is, and always has been, very feisty and determined.

So we shouldnt expect her to be 'fully' herself?

No, probably not

thankyou for being honest

From what i've heard about anyeurisms the key is catching them so they can be operated on which looks like your friends case. Of course the op is serious but it is good they have found it now.

MIL had this operation 2 years ago and apart from a "raised eyebrow look ocassionally" (where they operated through)she is the same lovely lady in all ways... active as ever, and as though it had neve4r ever happened. She was in intensive care for 4 days after the operation but never looked back and has not suffered as many headaches since.

Thankyou, that sunds very positive.

Shes just been through so much, im so worried.

The operation as far as I know involved something that "clipped" the aneurysym..a coil so to speak that encapsulates the vein to stop the swelling....HTH and hope your friend has a speedy recovery.

I'm pleased to see others have had a more positive experience than my Aunt.

Her major problem was that, during the operation, she suffered a stroke

Still, as I said, she lives independently now.

Ah I see,

im sorry to hear that twoluvlykids

I am glad to hear she is well and caring for herself now

My bil father had an aneurysm earlier this year whilst working in New York. He was rushed to hospital and he too had the aneurysm clipped. He was in hospital a week and now, 6 months later, he is absolutely fine. He went back to work after 6 weeks and still flies all over the world and has a very demanding job both physically and mentally.
I hope your friend does as well as he has after the operation.

Karen Brady { MD of Birmingham FC } had an aneurysm that was successfully operated on and was back at work, fully recovered, within weeks.

my husband had a brain hemorage (not sure if its the same thing)back in 2004 he had a blinding pain in his head and acted as though he had had a stroke after a cat scan it was found to be a.v.m artieo venous malformation -basically a mass of tangled blood vessels in the brain .
he had a mri scan and had an angiogram then surgery .it was completely a sucess and he was back to normal in 3 months .the only thing that did happen was he became depressed and very health anxious.
hope your freind will be ok

Had a friend who had an aneurism operated on successfully about 5 years ago now. Now completely fine.
Hope your friend has a similar experience.

I played at the wedding of a couple and I met her once before the wedding and then 3 months later about 2 months after she had had an operation for a brain aneurism. Her wedding was smaller and more family oriented. She couldn't see very well and was quite weak and tired easily. But she did manage her original wedding date.

Hiya

thanks for your replies.

She was operated on this morning, they actually found 2 anyurisms when they got in there!

But both were removed sucessfully and she woke up and has since been talking and recognises her family etc..

so things are looking positive

Fantastic!

That sounds like postive news, hope things continue to improve. She is very lucky this was found and operated on now tbh - it could have been a fatal condition.

That is good news.

My mum had an aneurysm 19 years ago and she recovered really well absolutely no problems at all. She has a scar near her hairline where they operated. I think she had a coil put in too. I was told by the surgeon the sooner it is diagnosed and operated on the better.

I used to work in a neurosurgical operating theatre, and have scrubbed for some aneurysm operations. It is a delicate procedure, and obviously the brain is a delicate structure, but neurosurgery is incredibly advanced these days - and all the surgeons I've met have been very skillful and dedicated.

Mind you, I did once drop a full tray of metal instruments nextdoor to the theatre as the surgeon was about to clip the aneurysm. It didn't cause any problems, but I didn't hear the last of it for weeks.

Coming to this thread a bit late, but my mum had aneurysms operated on, after failed attempts at coil embolisation (which the consultant agreed might be a good idea after we mentioned it ) They were going to clip, but we asked about the muslim wrap technique, which is less invasive, and seems to have a lower chance of complications, but not everyone is experienced in it- again, after dad and I mentioned it, the consultant said he "hadn't thought of that, but yeah, that might be the way to go"!! So that is what they did, and she made a really good recovery- especially considering she had lots of other complicating factors to do with her underlying illness, so hopefully your friend should be fine! but, for some things, sometimes it is worth a bit of a google, if you can seperate the fact from the fiction, and stick to the medical sites. Hope it continues to go well for your friend