Have any of your doctors recommended to not fly or move to a lower altitude after a coiling procedure for an unruptured aneurysm? My docs said there is no problem at all. I currently live in Colorado at 8500 ft and am planning to fly to NY next month. I haven’t flown since my embolization in April 2023 and I’m a little nervous. No plans to move to a lower altitude but I still think about it once in awhile. My 6 month follow-up angiogram showed everything is fine. And I feel great. Thanks for your insight.
@SharonD
I had a ruptured aneurysm and after my second surgery when I got a stent and more coils, my neurosurgeon told me that I could fly, he knew that we had an important family event overseas. Nothing would happen in my brain he said. I just had to be careful with bumping into things as I was ( and still are) on blood thinners.
I have flown back and forth overseas several times after this, I was a little bit nervous about it but everything went fine.
Sometimes we are sensitive to bright light and too noisy environment. Maybe you should bring your earplugs and an eye mask if you need to relax on the plane.
I hope this helps.
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Thanks for your reply. And glad you’ve been able to enjoy life. I just have to relax and not worry.
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Flying is a common concern amongst us here. I’ve not had any problems and my Neurosurgeon was fine with it. If you do a search with the magnifying glass you’ll see what I mean. We even have a member who was looking forward to regaining his commercial license after having a large aneurysm coiled!
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I had my initial surgery in January of 2023, I was told by my neurologist that I can fly. But I haven’t yet as I personally haven’t felt ready to but at some point I probably will. I do have motion sickness so I was told that there is something I can take to relieve the aneurysm when I do plan to fly, they said I would take it the day before the day of and the day after to be on the safe side but I’m not sure what it is since I haven’t flown yet
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Thank you for confirming what your doctor said. I don’t get motion sickness when I fly - I’m just a nervous flyer.
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Well if a pilot has no concerns, I shouldn’t have any as a passenger. Thanks for your response. Love this community.
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Hiya, not at all. I have a shunt, a coil, an unruptured annie in my corotid…both sugeons say to live my life. So i have. Flown to so-cal (45 min flight), went on every high speed roller coaster that was open, just got back from a 10.5 hour flight. Not even a headache.
Live your life. Theres millions of what ifs, and maybes.
You only have this 1 life. Make it count 
xoxo
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Great advice. Trust me - I wouldn’t ride rollercoasters with or without aneurysm!
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Oh…but maybe check with metal detectors. I’m not allowed to go through them. Just alert the crew, and they’ll pull you out of a usually longer line, and pay you down.
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Yes, I think I read I should tell them ahead of time in the line. Thanks for reminding me.
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This is a big concern for me as well. I’m so glad I found this community. The anxiety of possibly ruining the recovery with a flight has really grounded me. Hope your travels go well 
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Thank you. Anxiety is a big part of living with an unruptured aneurysm whether it’s been repaired or they are watching. But honestly most days I completely forget about it. Because I’ve been a nervous flyer from day one, the aneurysm just compounded it. We’ll be ok.
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I had an WEB embolization in February of this year and flew home 2 days later after the procedure and have flown many times since. My doctor told me there is no concern about flying. As long as you asked your doctor and he said it’s fine - trust your doctor .
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I live in Colorado at 6700 ft. I’ve been advised against flying but only because I have another blood condition, not due to the aneurysm. My neurosurgeon says no parachuting out of airplanes, but everything else is okay.
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