March 13 2024 I celebrated 10 Years Since My ruptured Brain Aneurysm coiling and vp shunt. it took 6 long years to get back to nearly normal life. Finally at 9 years to the day I went back to work doing what I love. I hope others have the same success.
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Excellent! Thanks so much for sharing your success. I always held to the belief that if you’re doing something you love, then it’s not really work, it’s contributing to ourselves thus others.
. I’m definitely doing a happy dance for you​:clap:
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Congratulations 
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Congrats! My ten-year anniversary for the rupture and coiling was in 2022. Feels great, yes! And enjoying your work (and being able to do it, which I, too, was not for a while makes it all the better.
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Congrats to you as well… are you doing good now as well?
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I agree, I am a Registered Nurse and Absolutely Love what I DO
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Yes, thank you. I have a bit of a memory problem with names (perhaps that is just me getting older!), and I had seizures (which I had never had prior to the rupture) and have been on anti-seizure medication ever since.
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I had a seizure the day of my rupture and they put me on anti seizure meds but then a few months later I was able to get off of them, and I forget names as well and many other things I have to write every thing down, and there are parts or times of my life I can’t recall its frustrating
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Just awsome, Well done for ten years, I’m coming up on eight years after a rupture with clipping and vp shunt, but I am unable to go back to work. You show us the way mhagele
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mhagele, I’m late to posting this, but congratulations!
I faced similar challenges back in 2019 (SAH, ruptured aneurysm treated w/ coiling and a VP shunt). It’s inspiring to hear of others coping with similar situations.
Thank you for your important work as a nurse, and live long and prosper!
Katie
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Don’t feel bad. I have the same issues. We just do things differently.
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Congratulations!!! I am proud of your successes and your patience fighting through this challenge. I hope that each day you look in the mirror and remind yourself how wonderful you are and how much you have accomplished! Cheers!
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Your testimony gives me hope. All the best for the future
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Thank you so much for doing your first post! If you have a chance, come tell us more about yourself under General and pose any questions you may have to the group there as well. Welcome aboard Ellen!
So here I am at 11 years and 8 months since my Brain Aneurysm and soooo Many things Have been Great, a few things have been rough. The this last year has been a challenge. My Husband who is a SAINT on earth and I’m not joking. He was on call 24/7/365 the last 30 years for the Railroad as a Conductor. He was finally able to Retire Oct 5th. I planned an amazing 2 week cruise for us to celebrate his Retirement and our 24th Wedding Anniversary. However I have been having Migraines the last 3 months. Trying to get into my Nuerologist 20-30 calls and multiple Follow my health messages with no answers so I walked into the office and scheduled an appointment for his next available expecting it to be a few weeks it was actually the next day. I saw him. And let him have it. He increased my prn migraine meds and ordered an MRI, which means I have to see My Nuerosurgeon before and after and he only works 1 and 1/2 days a week, anyway I was able to get that scheduled. When I saw him before he has the bed side manor of a rock however he is Brilliant. He said WE ARE NOT waiting till October 22nd for an MRI, HE DID a Shunt test like xray it was fine, he tried to get a CT insurance was jacking around with that. I made it to the MRI usually results show up in follow my health instantly they didn’t. So I saw him the next day he adjusted my Shunt. I asked if he could look at my results and he said yes and came back to let me know that they found a 2-3 mm leak. That was OCTOBER 22ND TODAY IS NOVEMBER 20 I STILL HAVE NOT HEARD FROM MY NEUROLOGIST OR ANYONE ON HIS OFFICE THAT ORDERED THAT TEST. Thank God my Nuerosurgeon is taking this very Serious I have Eye Dr appointment next week because neurosurgeon asked me to. And Neurosurgeon is doing a shuntogram (also known as Tapping the shunt) So I’m other words I’m very sorry for the long post However I will take all YOUR PRAYERS I APPRECIATE THE ALMOST 13 YEARS I HAVE BEEN GIVEN, HOWEVER I’M NOT READY TO CHECK OUT…
PEACE AND LOVE 
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@mhagele, you are my hero!!
I loved your post, because like you, I also have a VP shunt; it is still new enough, I had not learned about shuntograms, so I am grateful to learn about that!
I am so sorry that you have had such a crazy experience just to even find out about the leak. But how fantastic that your neurosurgeon is on top of this!! Has neurosurg made any plans as to what to do about it? Do they have plans to replace the shunt, or fix it somehow??
And WAY more importantly, were you still able to go on your cruise? Where did you go to celebrate?!?!
Wishing you all the peace, love and healing energy right back to you!! Please let us know how you are doing, or if you just need a sounding board - we are here for you!
Fin Whale Fan 
Thank you sooo much for your response. Yes we went on the Cruise they were not stopping me I was going. We actually flew into Barcelona Spain and spent a day there, then boarded the cruise and did 3 ports in spains Cartenga, Alicante, and Palma de Mallorca then 9 days across the Atlantic it was AN AMAZING TRIP… Now home I still have not heard from my Nuerologist??? A whole month after having my MRI. THANKFULLY my NEUROSURGEON Is concerned and paying Attention. He has done a Shunt CT, I have a visual Field test next Friday, they are trying to get me in with Eye Dr. And then December 10th they are doing A Shuntogram which is were they will tap the shunt and inject dye to verify that the shunt is correctly working. And we will be referring out of state to a Neurologist because I also have MOYAMOYA.
I wish you the very best!!! Thanks again for reaching out
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That sounds like an AMAZING trip, and I am so happy to hear you went anyway!! It is also funny as I am trying to figure out the when and wheres of my first vacation post-rupture, and I had been toying with the idea of Spain. I will nevertell if the idea behind it was to whale watching, especially for fin whales. 
Glad to hear that the shuntogram is coming up in just a couple of weeks, as well as that your neurosurg team is all on top of this. [Why does the word "shuntogram’ constantly remind me of the word “veg-o-matic”?!?! 
] Please keep us posted on how all your appointments are going, and what we can do to support you!!
Fin Whale Fan
P.S. From your other post, will it surprise you to learn I had meningitis too? I am clearly following in your footsteps, so I guess Spain is the answer! 