Concerned about coiling potential complications

Could use some help please.
I have a 7mm brain aneurysm on the anterior communicating artery with a defined neck. I am struggling with the idea of having the coiling procedure, because I worry about potential complications. The risk of rupture was assessed to be 1% per year if I do nothing and the risks/complications from coiling is believed to be approximately 3%.

Can anyone please provide your insights on the potential short term and long term complications if I have the coiling procedure. This has been weighing on me and has affected the quality of my life for the past several months. Thank you so much.
Blessings to all,
Ptr

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Comment by Ptr on January 29, 2013 at 5:43pm: Hello and thank you Myra for sharing your input. Peace to you.
My best,
Ptr

Comment by Ptr on January 29, 2013 at 5:40pm: Hello Janet,
Sorry to hear about your plight and that's what makes this so difficult. I appreciate you sharing your situation with me and your recommendation to ask, and then ask more questions.
My best,
Ptr

Comment by Ptr on January 29, 2013 at 5:34pm: Colleen,
Thank you for your response. Yes, I would have to agree the "easy fix is not that easy in this journey"
My best,
Ptr

Comment by Ptr on January 29, 2013 at 5:30pm: Kory,
Thank you so mich for your input.
My best, Ptr

Comment by Kory Lesnick on January 29, 2013 at 5:27pm: I had my annie this last July. They tried to coil it and it failed right away. They went in and clipped it. I am recovering quit well now. I still have headaches now and then but I am here. Thoughts and prayers to you!

Comment by Colleen on January 28, 2013 at 8:36am: I think you received good information below...I think it takes weighing out many issues...I had a leaky annie like Janet...Doctors felt it was ready to rupture because of my symptoms...I was coiled and had many complications, but it always seems to be (for me)...whatever can go wrong...Does...and now the coils have compacted, but even still I am able to wait the 2 years until we decide what needs to be done and/or perhaps it will occlude till this time...I think sometimes we want the easy fix...and unfortunately...there isn't any in this journey...keep the faith and pray on what is best for you ~ Gotcha in my Thoughts ... Colleen

Comment by Janet Ulm-Edelman on January 28, 2013 at 4:20am: Hi Ptr,

I was coiled in 2006 due to a leaky aneursym, and I had no say so in what procedure was done as I was comatose for 6 weeks......I had the coils for 3 years with no incidences or headaches, however when the coils compacted on me I had a lightning bolt of severe, indescribable pain, dead center of my skull, which dropped me and put me back in the hospital--I'm talking completely out of the blue this hit me, and I thought I had another aneurysm...turns out the coils had compacted/went haywire on me, and although another coiling procedure was an option, I chose to have a clipping--hands down. This time I did have a choice, (I had a clipping for an aneurysm in 1998 on the opposite side, when coils were not an option) and in my research and from my 1st aneursym experience, I know that clippings have a much higher rate of success, usually with little maintenance afterwards and no worries of coils that are likely to compact over time...In my case. .When my coils let go on me, I seriously was surprised to find out that 1 in 4 fail...(Its like, 4 people jumping out of an airplane, and one of 'em has a bunk parachute!) So, thats my opinion on getting coils. They tend to be not real permanent fixes,( and that bothered me greatly enough to go the route of clipping. )

Don't mean to sound so 'coil negative', however for me, it was a negative experience and abruptly changed my course of life during the time I wound up back in the hospital for something that could have been corrected the right way in 2006. Get all the information you can, ask and ask questions then ask more questions, and I'm sure you'll be able to arrive at the best solution for your situation. Best of luck, Janet

Comment by Myra on January 27, 2013 at 11:08pm: I had one Annie ruptured and one that didn't. Both were coiled. I had a few headaches while I was in the hospital (38 days) but very few since. I didn't have the choice for what procedure was done as the rupture happened while I was out to eat. I still get tired and have some minor short term memory loss. I am very fortunate to be here and look at every day as a gift. I wish peace to you in the decision you have to make

Comment by Ptr on January 27, 2013 at 7:07pm: Thank you Jo for your response and comforting words. I hope that your headaches will soon disappear. I'll pray for that. Your statement of the likelihood of a stroke was reassuring. I know I have to do something, and your words meant a lot to me. My best, Ptr

Comment by Ptr on January 27, 2013 at 7:00pm: Mis633,
Thank you for your comforting words and may you continue without complications. My best, Ptr