Do you know anyone who has survived a ruptured aneurysm?!
Question: Do you know anyone who has survived a ruptured aneurysm!?
A long time family friend is in the hospital for this!. They gave her a 50/50 chance for survival!. I would really like to hear survival stories!. I feel so lost!. I just need to hear that people have survived!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
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Sorry about your friend!.!.!.I am a survior of a brain anuerysm!. It happened in Oct!. 2007, still recovering and it is not a pleaseant thing to go through!. I am having some problems with fatigue and extremely high B/P!. I have severe head aches from the surgery!. I'm not allowed to take B/P medicine because my Neurologist wants my B/P to run a little high to keep the blood vesels opened up good in my brain!. See there is repercussions for everthing!.!.!.I'm retaining fluid in feet and legs and had to be put on furosemide and potassium for that!. They say it will take any where from 1!.5 - 2 years to fully recover!. I can't stand it not being able to work!. I am in the medical field and was at work when it happened!. My anuerysm was on the whole left side of my brain!. Doctor said I had it for 3 - 10 years!. I was very blessed to survive, the Lord was looking out for me!. The Doctor said he had been doing this for 17 yrs!. and I was the first patient he had seen that not only did the anuerysm clot it had a scab on it!. They told my family I may not make it and could be in a vegetated state and would have strokes during surgery and possibly after!. I had a very small mini stroke when it first happened and did not have any during surgery or after surgery!.The Dr!. told my family that I would be on life support 3 - 4 hours after surgery I was on it for 45 mins!. He also said I would be in the hospital for 3 - 4 weeks or maybe longer!. I was there for 2 weeks!. The staff and Dr!.'s were amazed at my recovery!. I have short term memory loss and forget words sometimes and I struggle a little but they say it will get better!. I'm thankful for what God has done for me and for sparing my life and that I'm not a vegetable!. Do you know where your friends anuerysm is!? If you want to e-mail me that is fine and I'll answer any questions you have based on my experience!. I hope your friend is ok and that god keeps him/her in the palm of his big merciful hand!.
Good Luck and God Bless!!!!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Good Luck and God Bless!!!!Www@Answer-Health@Com
yes my wife has she had 2 in her brain 1 ruptured other 1 was clipped
we were told she had a 30% chance of living & if survive 10% chance of no serious brain damage
2 operations(to clip them & put in a shunt)
lots of x-rays, cat scans, mri's
3 weeks in a comma(in ICU)
4 months in hospital(with tubes to breath & eat)
2 months in rehab (to learn to eat/walk/talk function in a normal way)
now 2 years later she is 90% back to the way she was before it hapened & only some short term memory loss (remembers last week but often forgets things that hapened a hour ago)
im in australia
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we were told she had a 30% chance of living & if survive 10% chance of no serious brain damage
2 operations(to clip them & put in a shunt)
lots of x-rays, cat scans, mri's
3 weeks in a comma(in ICU)
4 months in hospital(with tubes to breath & eat)
2 months in rehab (to learn to eat/walk/talk function in a normal way)
now 2 years later she is 90% back to the way she was before it hapened & only some short term memory loss (remembers last week but often forgets things that hapened a hour ago)
im in australia
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if she is still alive than she is already lucky!. usually people bleed out within minutes, depending on where it was and how big it was!. she probably had to have massive surgery to try and repair it or stop it!. if it is in her brain she may have suffered brain damage from the bleed!. only time will tell, but she has a chance!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Yes years ago (17) I took care of a very nice young man who had had a ruptured aneurysm in his brain!. His face and head looked like a basket ball!. He was a divorce attorney married with two children!. After a while he was able to return to work and lost nothing of his mobility or his IQ!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I would say it would all depend on the location of it!? I don't know for sure I have a friend that had one, and he didn't make it sadly enuff!.!.!.!. I hope and I'll pray that your friend gets better and hopefully the hospital can help them out!.!. Good luck keep up posted!.!. I take this type of stuff to heart, its hard to watch someone you care about suffer at any rate!!!!Www@Answer-Health@Com
I know someone who survived a one!. She has been doing well for about 8 years now!. Here is a good place for information!.
Best wishes for all involved!.
http://www!.bafound!.org/
Sorry, you did not indicate where it was located!. My friend's was in the brain!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Best wishes for all involved!.
http://www!.bafound!.org/
Sorry, you did not indicate where it was located!. My friend's was in the brain!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
An aneurysm (or aneurism) is a localized, blood-filled dilation (balloon-like bulge) of a blood vessel caused by disease or weakening of the vessel wall!. Aneurysms most commonly occur in arteries at the base of the brain (the circle of Willis) and in the aorta (the main artery coming out of the heart), a so-called aortic aneurysm!. The bulge in a blood vessel can burst and lead to death at any time!. The larger an aneurysm becomes, the more likely it is to burst!.
An abdominal aortic aneurysm can develop in anyone, but it is most frequently seen in males over 60 with one or more risk factors!. The larger the aneurysm, the more likely it is to rupture!.
When an abdominal aortic aneurysm ruptures, it is a true medical emergency!. Aortic dissection occurs when the innermost lining of the artery tears and blood leaks into the wall of the artery!. This most commonly occurs in the aorta within the chest!.
When an aneurysm occurs in the brain, it is called a cerebral aneurysm!. A saccular aneurysm (berry aneurysm) can vary in size from a few millimeters to over a centimeter!. Giant berry aneurysms can reach well over 2 centimeters!. The aneurysm resembles a sack of blood attached to one side of the blood vessel by a narrow neck!. These are more common in adults!. Multiple berry aneurysms are not unusual!.
A thoracic aortic aneurysm is a widening (bulging) of part of the wall of the aorta, the body's largest artery!.
Ruptured AAAs require immediate open surgery or endovascular stent grafting!. Without treatment, mortality rate approaches 100%!. With open surgical treatment, mortality rate is about 50%; mortality with endovascular stent grafting is generally lower (20 to 30%)!. The mortality remains high because many patients have coexisting coronary, cerebrovascular, and peripheral atherosclerosis!. Patients who present in hemorrhagic shock require fluid resuscitation and blood transfusions, but mean arterial pressure should not be elevated to > 70 to 80 mm Hg because bleeding may increase!. Preoperative control of hypertension is important!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
An abdominal aortic aneurysm can develop in anyone, but it is most frequently seen in males over 60 with one or more risk factors!. The larger the aneurysm, the more likely it is to rupture!.
When an abdominal aortic aneurysm ruptures, it is a true medical emergency!. Aortic dissection occurs when the innermost lining of the artery tears and blood leaks into the wall of the artery!. This most commonly occurs in the aorta within the chest!.
When an aneurysm occurs in the brain, it is called a cerebral aneurysm!. A saccular aneurysm (berry aneurysm) can vary in size from a few millimeters to over a centimeter!. Giant berry aneurysms can reach well over 2 centimeters!. The aneurysm resembles a sack of blood attached to one side of the blood vessel by a narrow neck!. These are more common in adults!. Multiple berry aneurysms are not unusual!.
A thoracic aortic aneurysm is a widening (bulging) of part of the wall of the aorta, the body's largest artery!.
Ruptured AAAs require immediate open surgery or endovascular stent grafting!. Without treatment, mortality rate approaches 100%!. With open surgical treatment, mortality rate is about 50%; mortality with endovascular stent grafting is generally lower (20 to 30%)!. The mortality remains high because many patients have coexisting coronary, cerebrovascular, and peripheral atherosclerosis!. Patients who present in hemorrhagic shock require fluid resuscitation and blood transfusions, but mean arterial pressure should not be elevated to > 70 to 80 mm Hg because bleeding may increase!. Preoperative control of hypertension is important!.Www@Answer-Health@Com