It was one month ago I had my brain aneurysm coiled. This month has gone by fast in some ways and slow in others. The first couple of weeks instead of being so happy that I was alive and could see, I felt... emotional, happy, sad, thankful, confused, grateful... it was actually a roller coaster of emotions. Up one minute, down the next. I felt like I should be on top of the world but I just couldn't. Things do seem to be more even now with me so I'm hoping the roller coaster ride is over.
One day I saw a seagull on the side of the road, alive but think he may have been unable to fly because he was on the shoulder and this was a bridge. Anyone could have run him over. It was like he looked me right in the eyes. All I kept thinking is someone is going to run him over and he will be gone in a instant. Thank God that my husband was driving because I sobbed for miles over that seagull. I like to think that he flew away. But I'm also glad that is a divided bridge so I couldn't see the section of road where he was sitting when we came home.
Yesterday I saw my neurosurgeon, Dr. Sauvageau, for my 4 week check up. He is such a special doctor and I'm so thankful for him. He's not just an excellent neurosurgeon but also a wonderful person. Yes, you can have an excellent surgeon with no personality but this man has it all!
Everything is going well and I won't need to see him again for 6 months when I will have another angiogram. I picked up a CD of the coiling from radiology. It is truly amazing looking through those pictures seeing the aneurysm before and after the coiling. Will try to post some over the weekend.
