Exactly one month ago I had my brain aneurysm. I'm a 48 year old male. Suffice to say, I am happy to be alive, and so happy for everyone's thoughts. Timing is critical is recognizing what is happening - as I believed this played a huge part in my recovery. This morning I went for a slow 5K jog and am getting stronger each day.
On what happened specifically, I had several neurological disorders which the amazing neurosurgery team at Brigham & Women's Hospital (BWH) in Boston took care of (thank you Dr. Aziz-Sultan and team!). They saved my life, in combination with my recognition of what happened, my first aid training that kept me calm, where it happened (so thankful to those in my yoga sculpt class), my lifestyle, the first responders that got me to BWH, and the neurosurgical intensive care unit (ICU) (where I was holed up at for 13 days)!
Had a Brain Aneurysm rupture (water on brain) and subsequently fixed (with a coil). It was recognized that the aneurysm was caused by a genetic AVM (Arteriovenous Malformation) - which they thankfully embolized and later removed. All good - after 4 brain surgeries.
If interested in the gritty details - see attached videos below. I believe my lifestyle (doing lots of crazy yoga stuff and a lot of stress across my various jobs) brought this gift to me early. But I am glad it happened while still young, strong, and able to recover and get on strongly with life. Like this article discusses - so many people have aneurysms and it is so hard to diagnosis. I just felt pressure at the back of my skull - pressure that I had never felt before. Passed out for maybe 5 seconds, and about 5 minutes later nausea. I knew something bad was going on, and recognized that I had to get to the hospital asap.
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Exactly one month ago I had my brain aneurysm. I'm a 48 year old male. Suffice to say, I am happy to be alive, and so happy for everyone's thoughts. Timing is critical is recognizing what is happening - as I believed this played a huge part in my recovery. This morning I went for a slow 5K jog and am getting stronger each day.
On what happened specifically, I had several neurological disorders which the amazing neurosurgery team at Brigham & Women's Hospital (BWH) in Boston took care of (thank you Dr. Aziz-Sultan and team!). They saved my life, in combination with my recognition of what happened, my first aid training that kept me calm, where it happened (so thankful to those in my yoga sculpt class), my lifestyle, the first responders that got me to BWH, and the neurosurgical intensive care unit (ICU) (where I was holed up at for 13 days)!
Had a Brain Aneurysm rupture (water on brain) and subsequently fixed (with a coil). It was recognized that the aneurysm was caused by a genetic AVM (Arteriovenous Malformation) - which they thankfully embolized and later removed. All good - after 4 brain surgeries.
If interested in the gritty details - see attached videos below. I believe my lifestyle (doing lots of crazy yoga stuff and a lot of stress across my various jobs) brought this gift to me early. But I am glad it happened while still young, strong, and able to recover and get on strongly with life. Like this article discusses - so many people have aneurysms and it is so hard to diagnosis. I just felt pressure at the back of my skull - pressure that I had never felt before. Passed out for maybe 5 seconds, and about 5 minutes later nausea. I knew something bad was going on, and recognized that I had to get to the hospital asap.
vids:
http://www.brighamandwomens.org/Departments_and_Services/neurosurgery/OurServices/Cerebrovascular/brain-aneurysm-surgery.aspx
http://www.brighamandwomens.org/Departments_and_Services/neurosurgery/OurServices/Cerebrovascular/arteriovenous-malformations.aspx
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