Hello my name is Heather. 10 and a half years ago I found out I had a temporal AVM because I had the worst migraine ever and I had a ct in the ER. I was sent to a specialist and because it was so large they had to do 2 separate embolizations. The first one went great but the second one a couple weeks later went bad. The catheter got stuck by the glue (onyx) that they use and I now have a catheter entrapped from my groin to my brain for the rest of my life. A day or so later they had to then remove the AVM, which was not in the plan. That night after my 3rd surgery I had a stroke because my vein closed in on the catheter and I was losing oxygen to my brain. I spent 10 days in the ICU and had to learn after that how to read write and speak again. I now suffer for the past 10 years with horrible migraines and numbness constantly and I am on lots of meds. I also had to have a 4th brain surgery because they missed a spot of my AVM. I am still trying to find an answer. I have even been a patient at Mayo Clinic.