# Ruptured Aneurysm/SAH Before 30— Would Love Advice/Stories **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Created:** [January 9, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://www.bafsupport.org/t/ruptured-aneurysm-sah-before-30-would-love-advice-stories/16629 "2023-01-09T02:02:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Moltroub](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/www.bafsupport.org/moltroub/32/8285_2.png) [@Moltroub](https://www.bafsupport.org/u/Moltroub)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2023, 12:52pm UTC](https://www.bafsupport.org/t/ruptured-aneurysm-sah-before-30-would-love-advice-stories/16629/2 "2023-01-09T12:52:31Z")
You did perfectly Karly, good job! I was privileged with the Doctors and Nurses and all the others that worked diligently to keep me alive for a 26 day stay in what I call “spa therapy - I didn’t even have to wipe my own…”. I guess I liked being poked with the needles and making the ultrasound and radiology folks work harder as I had vasospasms for 21 of those days. When I was released and sent home, I looked like someone took a baseball bat and had at it from the neck to my knees. Fortunately, they couldn’t go past the top of the knees because I had those doohickeys that fill up with air and release so I wouldn’t get blood clots. I forget what they’re called, someone here will know, I’m sure. I loved them, some folks despise them…The back of my body was good, probably because they had me laying on it 😂. But weird pains and migraines were a norm for me until I finally learned to hydrate, eat protein and rest when needed. That was after a bunch of different meds the Neurologist tried, none of which my body liked. For pains in the neck, sinus areas, try either a warm wash cloth or cool wash cloth. I had a lot of rules when I was released that to this date I have to follow, don’t blow your nose hard, my favorite - don’t sneeze too hard​:crazy\_face:🤣, don’t strain when having a bowel movement. The ones I had to post on the refrigerator because we kept forgetting - migraine, stiff neck, nausea/vomiting go straight to Emergency Department. Hydrate, protein, rest, hydrate some more and repeat for headaches and odd feelings haven’t changed since I ruptured in November 2013. So know your rules… My little bugger is apparently as tenacious and persistent, maybe obstinate as I am. It took four attempts to coral it, the last with a stent. When I had the NeuroForm Atlas Stent installed by Dr. Quintero-Wolfe, it was as different as night and day for me. I think you’re way ahead of where I was back then, that’s really fantastic! Welcome! --- _[View the full topic](https://www.bafsupport.org/t/ruptured-aneurysm-sah-before-30-would-love-advice-stories/16629)._