Comments on: My Girlfriend Had an Aneurysm and Survived!

By: Sandra

Sandra — Tue, 10 May 2011 16:37:10 +0000

Wow that is so scary. I’m glad she was ok.

By: Sheriff

Sheriff — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 02:35:54 +0000

Iam pleased kate fully recovered from her ordeal and is back to normal.
I to suffered a cerebral aneuysm in 1970 i was 29 at the time and i was in port moresby in the Territory of Papua New Guinea.
This happened on the Port Moresby golf course but i was fortunate there was a neurosurgeon visiting at the time who eventually picked it up.
This occured on a Sunday and the surgeon told my wife i would not see Monday and to get my parents up to PNG.
My mother and brother arrived on Tuesday and i was was still kicking on but heavily sedated.
They took 3 seats out of a Boeing 727 put in a stretcher and flew me down to Sydney and to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
After a crushed ice bath to get my temperature down to 27 degrees
a Professor Richard Gye operated and clipped the aneurysm, they also cut my sternum to get to the heart valve as they could only operate for so many minutes otherwise you could be brain dead.
I would like to thank Professor Gye and all staff at RPA for their skill and effort they put in.

By: wendy daniel

wendy daniel — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:38:11 +0000

hi daniel
just to let you know im from melbourne , and i have two aneurysms and i was looking for answers. to hear how brave kate was during her ordeal gave me and my family strenght to get threw my first clipping that was done 2 weeks ago the aneurysm was the size of a pin pon ball. i was lucky they found it when they did recovery has been slow for the first week, but gets better as the days go on.i have a smaller one to be coiled in april. i hope that goes okay i know it will . tell kate the staple style hair cut is still in and im whereing it now. al my best to you both thanks once again for your imsprireing story that help me get through this challange in my life. wendy daniel

By: Hunter

Hunter — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 13:15:51 +0000

I have been having headaches the last 2 days and its 12 pm and they are ver very bad .. i havnt been vomiting. i have sore eyes and runny nose what should i do? can anyone explain how bad these headaches are when u have a anueryism?? thanks alot!

By: Anne A...

Anne A... — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:43:53 +0000

Thanks for sharing that story! I had two cerebral aneurysms clipped 5 years ago now, and like your girlfriend, am a little disappointed about the small scar that’s left behind. I was treated at Westmead Hospital in Sydney and cannot say enough about the professionalism and the skill of the staff there. The recovery was the hardest, but all is well now (unless it’s about to storm, and then I still get migraines!) It’s amazing how many people have lived through this, but without the support of family and friends it just would not be possible. Best wishes to you and your girlfriend!

By: Donna

Donna — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:19:54 +0000

My prayers to Kate & family, my sister passed ouy at work August 29,2008 and has been home recovering since 09/09/08. She was found by one of her employees and taken to the ER, they gave her very little chance of living. I was in Texas for my mother – in – laws funerual, I got the call that day and was on a plane the next moring. When I arrived they still didn’t think she was going to survive. She had the Coiling Procedure. SHE IS ALIVE! She still has extremly painful headaches. I’ve been caring for her and praying God will take care of her. She worked 14 hrs a day 6 days a week (owns her own car dealership) now she can’t take care of herself yet, but the doctors say her recovery is amazing, so the are useing her for case study. Thank you UCSF staff.

By: joanna

joanna — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 01:26:54 +0000

i too just survived an aneurysm. reading these commentes, will it come back?

By: chrissie

chrissie — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:29:21 +0000

a former student of mine just died yesterday from an aneurysm that led to an auto accident. her name was Kate. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=201804

By: HOLLY

HOLLY — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:19:23 +0000

THIS IS MY 5TH WEEK AFTER ANEURYSM SURGUREY(I HAVE A SCAR JUST LIKE YOUR GIRLFRIENDS…ONLY THEY DIDNT SHAVE MY HEAD) I HAVE AN INCIDENTAL FINDING…(WERENT LOOKING FOR IT)….IT WAS REFFERED TO AS A MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY BIFURCATION APPROX 8-MM..I HAD THE CRATIOTOMY CLIPPING AND AM RELEASED NOW FOR RETURN TO WORK..WAS A WHIRLWIND OCASSION…NOW NORMAL LIFE? NOT SURE! ANY ONE OUT THERE HAVE A SIMILAR EXPERIENCE ,NOW AT 1 OR 2 YEARS LATER POST CLIPPING?

By: Aaron

Aaron — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 13:21:47 +0000

My mother has a scar in exactly the same place, She has her operation at the austin hospital in melbourne. If the royal prince alfred ur refering to is the RPA in sydney then you have to praise the quality of neurosurgury in australia then dont you.