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Hi my name is Laura, I'm new at doing this and not good typing either :) I have had 2 brain surgerys in March 23 1994. For 2 years before surgerys I had contant headaches 7 days a week 24 hours a day took all kinds of medicine for them never went away, my doctor said the headaches must be from stress since I have 4 kids ha ha!! Well it seemed they would never go away, tried everything nothing worked I never got any sleep at night because of the pain in my head at times I wish I could of blew my head off I never wish anyone have what I did. The headaches were getting to the point that light was borthering me alot and any noise made it worst, then it got to were I was getting sick , well on march 23 I decided to start spring cleaning my head was still hurting but it must get done. So I started to fold some cloths fell on the floor got up didn't think much of it, then my phone rang I answered it while on the phone I passed out just for a few seconds I decided to go sit down in a chair and rest the pain was even getting worst, my oldest daughter came home from work about 11:45 she asked if I was ok I just said same old thing my headache well she wanted to call the doctor but I said I be fine well she left at 12 and after that I don't remember a thing from what everyone has told me my husband came home at 12:15 and I was in our bed unconious I was laying there full of vomitthe bed was full he called 911 they ask him if I took a drug overdose he told them no they got me to the hospital my left side of my head was a big as a house all black and blue it look like someone beat me up they found out that a aneursym exploded and they didnt think I would live, they did surgery the next day for 3 weeks I was in a coma the last week I came around they put me in a private room I was talking but still didnt know what happen till I seen myself in a mirror my left side of my head was all shaved off and full of staples but that didnt stop me I wanted to walk out of my room just to move around the nurses smiled at me and said I can't believe your doing that after what you went through even my doctor would smile when he came in to see me and said its a miricale your here that I was one in a million to survive what I had happen to me. I to this day have lots of problems 2 months later the doctor wanted me back in for some more test I wasnt sure why well they put this scope into my leg that ran up to my head I watched them and when they got to my head I saw a dark spot I asked them what that was right away they called my surgern he told me it was another aneursym I yelled and cryed it to was ready to pop . Well all I can say Im here and the man upstairs I thank alot I saw him when I was in a coma he told me he wanted me to come with him but I said no that I wanted to stay around and be a grandma one day I'm 47 now and still waiting but all I can say I 'm glad Im here cause I would like to take care of people like myself and talk with them it means alot . With all that has happen to me I still go on with life, I tend to get very dizzy fall, my arms and legs go nump or at times I just forget !! but like the docotrs have told me YOU HAVE A EXCUSE :) for the things you do I have blown up at alot of people for no reason at all but I cant help it now they understand why I do it . Im sure glad I got on to this site Im way over due I know but having people like you make a difference in my life, knowing i'm not the only one out there. Please feel free to e-mail just to talk I'm always on here. Thanks for letting me share my story with you. :) LauraEmail Laura