Well, during my last MRI an aneurysm was found. I opted for the clipping and I just wanted to leave an update since I posted about it before. The clipping was a few months ago in March. It was a successful operation with no immediate complications. It looked pretty bad, like a half-scalped Mr potato head at first, but the swelling went down in about three weeks. I was in the hospital for four days. Two days after I got home, I had a seizure -my first- and went back in for three more days. I was told the seizure is probably an isolated incident because my eeg was clear. The doctor called it provoked, you know brought on by the trauma of brain surgery. Since then, I've been golden. For about a week after the surgery, it hurt my head to think, read, or play candy crush. I would say all in all my recovery time was about two months.
The worst two things about it for me are things that no one warned me about, so I am letting you guys know just in case this happens to you. First of all I could not wash my hair for two weeks to make sure the incision healed properly. This was extra disgusting because I had dried blood, scabs and god knows what all crusted around theses staples in my head which stank for two weeks. Secondly, I am just getting to the point where I can open my mouth all the way. Because of the location of the repair, my jaw muscle was removed then reattached to my skull at the top. Of course all I wanted to eat when I got home was cheese burgers, lol.
The worst two things about it for me are things that no one warned me about, so I am letting you guys know just in case this happens to you. First of all I could not wash my hair for two weeks to make sure the incision healed properly. This was extra disgusting because I had dried blood, scabs and god knows what all crusted around theses staples in my head which stank for two weeks. Secondly, I am just getting to the point where I can open my mouth all the way. Because of the location of the repair, my jaw muscle was removed then reattached to my skull at the top. Of course all I wanted to eat when I got home was cheese burgers, lol.
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