Happy New Year to you all! I wanted to touch base on here and express my deepest gratitude to all of you who share your stories, give advice, our dedicated moderators – it has certainly helped me through times when I was down and needed support and/or just looking for reassurance that it wasn’t “just me” – that I was not alone in my experiences. THANK YOU!
I had my rupture exactly one year ago on Jan. 5th, and I guess my real anniversary is on the 8th when I got back to the US and made it to the ER… which started a 3-month coil and/or stent schedule. I had my (hopefully) last stent this past October on Halloween (it did not even phase me on a superstitious level ) and my body is on the recovery path still. I am grateful that I have my faculties, but the fatigue is very much something I need to manage. I faithfully need to take an afternoon nap, but again thankful that it’s my main issue. On that note, going down for my nap so that I can go to a small “tea party” with friends later.
Cheers to all welcoming in 2025! (with our non-alcoholic beverages!)
@Karla
Congratulations to your first year of survival.
It’s nice to hear from you again. Don’t worry about your need for an afternoon nap. I think that when more time passes you don’t have the same need for taking naps. We are all different, and I had my rupture four years ago and I seldom need a nap. On the other hand, I still need my 9 hours sleep.
My neurosurgeon told me that I shouldn’t fight the urge to sleep because that’s how the brain recharge.
All the best to you
Congratulations, and welcome to making it through your first year - with MANY more to go!
Although I ruptured about 6 months before you, I always feel a solidarity with you (including our recent stent installation). I hope this is the last one for both of us, but (I presume) we’ll see what the CAT scan shows in just a couple of weeks!
I agree with @oct20 that the fatigue does get easier over time, I think both because I learn to manage it better, as well as pace myself better. Which I have done poorly since Friday, so better go down for the count but definitely wanted to chime in to toast you first!
I know you have been of great help and comfort to me, and I am so grateful to have you here with us. So thanks to YOU for being you!!
Enjoy your “tea party” and celebrate a well-deserved you!!
Fin Whale Fan
P.S. Separately, - and I am happy to make this a new topic if there is enough interest! - does anyone have any favorite mocktail recipes? The Surgeon General’s announcement last week makes it even easier to abstain (!), but I am still searching for a new go-to. Putting sparkling juice in a champagne glass definitely helps though!
@FinWhaleFan
Such a great idea! Yes please start a new topic for non alcoholic drinks.
I tasted some sparkling wine this Christmas, I haven’t had any alcoholic beverages since I started my anti platelet treatment 3 1/2 years ago. I have to admit that it didn’t taste as good as I remember, so I think that I will continue with the mock tail drinks.
Back from my tea party – actually it was a “Galette de Roi”/King Cake thing with hot chocolate and macarons… fancy stuff So after my last stent, my neurodoc said he didn’t want to see me for a year, which I was surprised since I got a sense that most everyone on here do the follow up angiogram 6 months after, but he added that I had so many angios this past year, that I needed a break and based on the CT scan (I think) the day after, sounded like he was confident to wait longer to give my body a break from radiation. Hope your scan looks good @FinWhaleFan !
That makes perfect sense! Glad you get to be radiation-free for a bit!!!
Guessing that because mine is so small (<3 mm), he wanrs to see if we have killed Elmer off already. If not now, we’ll just give him some more time to suffocate.
And the Galette de Roi sounds just lovely! You know how to do a tea party just right!!
) and my body is on the recovery path still. I am grateful that I have my faculties, but the fatigue is very much something I need to manage. I faithfully need to take an afternoon nap, but again thankful that it’s my main issue. On that note, going down for my nap so that I can go to a small “tea party” with friends later.
So after my last stent, my neurodoc said he didn’t want to see me for a year, which I was surprised since I got a sense that most everyone on here do the follow up angiogram 6 months after, but he added that I had so many angios this past year, that I needed a break and based on the CT scan (I think) the day after, sounded like he was confident to wait longer to give my body a break from radiation. Hope your scan looks good 
If not now, we’ll just give him some more time to suffocate. 