Sunday, 23 November 2008

Pain in Jo’s left leg

The pain in Jo’s left leg seems abated by the Gabapentin but not obliterated, making the leg draw up in a similar manner to the fingers of her left hand. I had assumed it was merely the return of pain previously masked by the Gabapentin but must admit I have not observed this behaviour before

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Different strokes...

It has been nearly seven years since Jo suffered a "controlled" stroke whilst undergoing brain surgery to clip the blood vessel that had caused a subarachnoid haemorrhage in 2000. Sadly two successive coilings did not occlude the bleed and so Jo had a craniotomy in August 2008. During surgery the surgeon discovered the coiling had penetrated the rear of the aneurysm, occasioning emergency repair procedures. Consequentially they spent one and a half hours longer in surgery than expected, leading to the right half of Jo's brain forgetting it has to look after the left side of her world.