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Diana: Wow-20 years ago you had an aneurysm clipped. I had one "coiled" before Christmas 2024, 6 months ago. I wonder if you were having an aneurysm dealt with today if they would coil instead. I understand it is less invasive (not a craniotomy) so it's the preferred first line of defense. This Mayo Forum has a lot of post regarding meningiomas but not a lot regarding aneurysms. I am now supposed to, at 6 months post-procedure, have the procedure where they thread a catheter through the artery in my wrist all the way up into my brain to LOOK at the coiled aneurysm and make sure the coils are in place. I am resisting this a little bit as I would think they could see it well enough with an MRA scan. My reticence is that there is always a chance of a stroke during this procedure. And then there's the on-going surveillance of my 2 remaining meningiomas...

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@mkoch, when I had my brain surgery in 2004 I believe that they only choice at the time was to be clipped, I know they gave me a answer why it can not be coiled, but no matter what I am thankful that they were able to do something. This is my second time where I have had a constant headache for a while and no medication has helped with the pain and happen to find out I have something major on my head, 2004 Brain Aneurysm and 2025 a Subdural Hemorrhage, so I have to be more aware of my headaches, as well I have to share and remind my doctor that unfortunately, if I am in any pain strong or not my BP will be as normal as it can be, and that cause some disbelief with the nurses and doctors, but that is something that I have to deal with it for the rest of my life. I still have a headache and does not want to go away, going to see my doctor this coming Thursday and hoping and praying that I get some answers.
Agree on the Aneurysm forum, and we need more information and support on that. I have never had a procedure where the put the catheter through the wrist, mine had always been through the groin area and so far everything looks good and normal, I usually have a Cerebral Angiogram every 3 or 5 years give or take, but now having a meningioma do not know what are the next steps, the good news so far is that my hemorrhage is shrinking which is good, but still is pretty scary knowing that I have a brain aneurism clipped, a meningioma and a hemorrhage, so I guess the best thing I can do is take it one say at the time and pray that I can get rid of this headache.
Thank you for all support