Unruptured multiple ICA aneurysms

@watermelonsugar25 I just had a flow diverter placed for my unruptured post communicating cerebral aneurysm which is 6 mm bilobed, with daughter sac.

I am so glad I did it now, because I witnessed my uncle go through a ruptured aneurysm and he barely survived.

I am a former professor and all the research I have done about my specific aneurysm lead me to choose intervention instead of monitoring.

The prospect of brain surgery is scary, but the angiogram stent placement is a quick surgery and has relatively quick recovery compared to clipping.
And it’s such a huge relief following surgery because I was more afraid of my unruptured aneurysm than I was of surgery.

I saw Dr. Lanzino at Mayo Rochester and he is amazing!

@mkoch my husband’s ruptured. It was catastrophic but the quick actions by our neurosurgeon to coil it saved his life. He had his first angiogram post rupture this past Aug. It showed minor leakage which they will monitor auth a repeat angio in April. MRA would not have shown that. He had no issues and I had him home later the same day.

@lisalucier We went ahead with the stent for the two aneurysms on the right side, while the 1mm aneurysm on the left will just be monitored for now. She had the stent placed in August, and her body is still adjusting—she’s been experiencing some brain fog and occasional confusion. In six months, she’ll have another angiogram to check that everything looks good.

@houston13 just curious as to how you realized that the first stent wasn’t working? My sister is having headaches, brain confusion and she had the stent installed in August for the two anneurisms on the right. We are still close monitoring the small aneurysm on the left. I am so glad you are doing well now!

@jenatsky thank you. My sister got the stent on the aneurysms that were close together on the right but docs did not want to touch the one on the left as it is 1mm.

@watermelonsugar25 Hi, in my case it was proper monitoring, my surgeon followed up the first stent surgery with a combination of angiograms and MRI/As. I had no symptoms, without the follow up angiograms I wouldn't' have known. I believe he turns to MRAs only once angiograms show positive outcome. Right now I still have MRA/Is every 2 years, my last surgery was in 2020

@houston13
Got it! My sister had her stent in August so technically she should have an angiogram again in Feb? Or did your doc recommend them earlier? I am concerned that she has a lot of brain fog, some headaches, confusion and also numbing on a specific side of her body. Did you experience that as well after stent was installed?

@watermelonsugar25 I’m not sure every surgeon follows the same schedule but I’m almost certain mine was done 6 months after the embolization and probably had another one 6 months after that one. I had so many angiograms with the two procedures, I lost track, I joked with the surgeon he should just instal a zipper in my groin.

Jokes aside, I had no symptoms whatsoever before or after the surgery, maybe slight headaches after but that’s it Your sister should consult with the surgeon, everyone is different and aneurysms are in different locations, have different shapes and sizes and we all react differently to procedures. The good news is that she is being taken care of, a lot of people find out the have it when it becomes an emergency, and that the aneurysm could be treated with embolization. She should be seen as often as it is necessary and if she feels any symptoms like she is right now.

Hope she feels better soon!!