Apologizing ahead of time. I've had this written up but forgot to post it.
After some miscommunication between the surgeon and the office staff they were finally able to schedule my procedure. I had the pre-op call mid last week. I was scheduled to check in at 6:30 am on Monday, February 11th with a procedure start time of 8:30 am.
About 11:30 am my husband was able to get an update from the doctor. It is truly a miracle! How BIG is our God?! They went in and there was nothing else to fix!!! The procedure on Christmas Eve they told us it was at most 70% complete. The Dr is amazed! He said this is so rare, he's never seen it happen to one of his patients. Prayers work ya'll!! I had to lay flat and straight for 6 hours due to the femoral access but was able to go home the same night!
So the procedure ended up being diagnostic vs for treatment.
Their exact words were "You are cured!"
They will still do diagnostic cerebral angiograms to ensure no changes happen over the next 10 years. I will have them at 6 months and 12 months out from now, then 1 year, 3 years, and 5 years.
It is sometimes difficult to process my miraculous recovery and I know it is difficult for others as well. It is especially hard to hear people say "You look so great" "...like nothing ever happened". But, I am still struggling with memory loss, retaining new memories, processes, feeling like I don't know myself. I know the doctor said it could take up to a year to get back what I will, and I'm really trying hard not to be impatient with the process, but I admit it is frustrating. There are days where mostly everything seems to flow ok and other days every other turn I make is a new frustration.
My post-up appt is Wednesday, March 6th. More updates then.
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