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02-15-2009, 07:49 PM
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Sharon's Brain Haemorrhage When Aged 19
An AVM is a tangled mesh of abnormal blood vessels directly connecting arteries to veins in the brain. AVMs form accidentally prior to birth. An AVM can form almost anywhere in the brain, brainstem, or spinal cord, but they are commonest in the main cerebral hemispheres. An AVM near or on the outer surface of the brain can cause bleeding there (a subarachnoid haemorrhage - what I had); if deeper, it can cause bleeding inside the brain itself (intracerebral haemorrhage). The haemorrhage may be large or small, and depending on the extent and location of the bleed, damage to brain tissues may be fatal or disabling, or relatively slight. AVMs occur in approximately 3 of every 10,000 people. They appear rarely in several generations of the same family, and are more common in men. Bleeding from an AVM most often occurs between the ages of 10 and 30 - I was 19. Image below shows a ruptured one, that is blood you see in white. I had more but you get the idea. The symptoms I had were: Sudden and severe headache Couldn't tolerate looking at daylight (photosensitivity) Muscle paralysis all down left side (hemiplegia) Decreased sensation down left side Sleepiness, lethargy, disorientation, irritability & urinary incontinence! I'm now left with migraines & acute vascular spasms; have to walk with a stick due to bad balance; used to have post-surgical epilepsy; left-sided mild numbness from bum cheek to foot where it's very numb; spasticity from knee down to foot where none of the muscles work but I can walk (the docs told me I wouldn't walk again). I'm having foot/ankle surgery soon so I'll be in less pain. Now I'm struggling still BUT high as a kite on the opiate Tramadol, muscle relaxants and valium at nights  Please always take care and if you get persistent, localised headches that never shift, get down to your doctors and demand a CAT scan!!!!!  · |
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03-12-2009, 02:51 PM
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Re: Sharon's Brain Haemorrhage When Aged 19
my mam had the same as you she was 48. she had a op to clip it and she has a small one on the right side of her head but hospital cant do anything about it, she felt hers pop one morning as she was getting out of bed. a young girl i new had one also but sadly she died she was only 24 and had 3 small children.
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03-13-2009, 01:53 AM
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Re: Sharon's Brain Haemorrhage When Aged 19
damn girl...you are lucky...i hope things get better! with medical technologies advancing the way they are now...
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03-13-2009, 06:32 AM
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Re: Sharon's Brain Haemorrhage When Aged 19
that's some crazy shit, girl.. i worry about my brain every time i get a headache. and i get them everyday. although people tell me its sinuses or the bad car accident i was in... i'm glad you're alive, though  |
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03-14-2009, 04:18 AM
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Re: Sharon's Brain Haemorrhage When Aged 19
Wow Sadako... that is insane.... I am glad you are ok though... that shit is full on. You rock Girl...  |
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03-14-2009, 05:45 PM
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Re: Sharon's Brain Haemorrhage When Aged 19
It's taken a good few years but I now laugh at myself, that's how I cope with the pain and frustration. I find it hilareous that when I try to walk fast I end up looking like a crow when it runs  Thanks to you all so far for your encouragement and funny replies |
