Brain Operation.

[grandmoon]

A good friend's husband had a aneurysm operated on Saturday and is now talking a load of rubbish and she is wondering how long this will last as it is scary for their daughter.

He has been talk about the number and types of guns he has (he has never owned any weapons)

[lloydslights]

Has she actually voiced those concerns?  Or is that what you think she may be thinking?  Or in fact, they are your own concerns.

Whatever the case, do take advice from a person of authority at the hospital, whether it be doctor, social worker, or even a nurse that works in that ward to inform you.

And don't neglect to read Joono's post here.  As you originally asked for personal experience of the situation, she came forward and told us of hers.  

DEB

[Anonymous]

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@grandmoon wrote:

A good friend's husband had a aneurysm operated on Saturday and is now talking a load of rubbish and she is wondering how long this will last as it is scary for their daughter.

He has been talk about the number and types of guns he has (he has never owned any weapons)

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explain to the daughter what is happening

so she understands and has no reason for

being scared.

[lyndal1838]

I can relate to the 15 year old being a bit worried about her father's prognosis.

When I was about the same age my grandfather had a throat cancer operation.  He was a huge and powerful man, well over 6ft and had worked on the railways all his working life.

After the op he came to stay with us for a few months to recuperate.  But he was not the grandfather I knew and adored.  He was frustrated at not being able to speak, had a hole in his throat that he was very selfconscious about and used to fling his arms around when we could not understand what he wanted.

While I understood why he was frustrated and behaved as he did, I must admit to keeping well out of arms reach when speaking to him...if he had accidentally hit me he would have floored me.

My Mother worked for a doctor's surgery so we had access to plenty of advice about his condition but it did not make it any easier to cope with but I am sure it would have been a lot worse if it was not for the advice from the professionals.

[ashjoma]

Any update ?

[grandmoon]

He is still with us, and still very confused. 

 When I went in to see him this afternoon he wasn't aware who I was but he kept asking me to get his father to coming and see him.  His father has been dead for 10 years now.

He still wants to go out for a smoke which he isn't allow to have.

[j*oono]

Danger days coming up now as it usually happens from 7 to 10 days after the rupture.

Cerebral Vasospasm

• Of the 18,000 persons annually who survive initial aneurysmal rupture, 3,000 either die or are disabled from cerebral vasospasm.
• Vasospasm occurs in approximately 30% of patients.

I did have one of those too. I have never been a violent person but the brain doesn't always work the way we want it to, especially after that 

The doctors and nurses in neurosurgery are wonderful. 

[grandmoon]

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@j*oono wrote:

Danger days coming up now as it usually happens from 7 to 10 days after the rupture.

Cerebral Vasospasm

• Of the 18,000 persons annually who survive initial aneurysmal rupture, 3,000 either die or are disabled from cerebral vasospasm.
• Vasospasm occurs in approximately 30% of patients.

I did have one of those too. I have never been a violent person but the brain doesn't always work the way we want it to, especially after that 

The doctors and nurses in neurosurgery are wonderful. 

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After the Doctors explained everything to him, he left don't only the ward but the hospital and went to the near by shops and bought himself some smokes.  The Doctor told my friend that they don't expect him to live much longer.

[ashjoma]

Did you get the pics grandmoon ?