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Methel. Glad you are doing well. Except for the chronic headaches, my brother seems to have had no lasting damage from his hemorrhagic stroke. But the debilitating headaches are stalling a return to his very active retirement. I should add that he had bad headaches months leading up to the stoke. A MRI was ordered and nothing unordinary showed up. Then, one day in October he had a headache so bad he BEGGED to be brought to the hospital. They put him in MRI, and a blood clot was visible. Neurosurgeon said that because of its location, intervention was impossible. He had a neurologist treating him in the Neuro ICU hospital who had done a stroke fellowship, so he got great care. (He is of normal weight, non-smoker, and has normal BP.)

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@barbaradh

Thank you for your kind thoughts.

I had a hemorrhagic stroke because I had a meningioma which bled. I was incredibly blessed that the neurosurgeon was able to extract the meningioma and the excess blood and stop the bleeding. But although I escaped with very little long term damage, the episode almost 10 years ago left me with epilepsy, which is controllable with Keppra.

Best wishes to your brother for a successful outcome.