out of hibernation since my anuesum burst april 2015 coiled and coming back to reality

[lucky1971]

coming to my first headway class in pitsea tonight wish me luck guys and girls.

[moo196]

Hope it goes well for you

[SAMBS]

Good luck with your 1st class Lucky I wish you well in your recovery!

[cat3]

Hope all went well Lucky. I'm 4 yrs on from a bleed and remember the feelings of apprehension when returning back into the world !

Onwards & upwards................................... x

[steve55]

come on then lucky how did it go......don't leave us dangling

steve

[angelite]

Welcome back, Lucky : )

Hope all went well !

Angela x

[lucky1971]

whoops sorry peeps its been a while forgot i had this site to chat to .lol yes i went to headway but i couldn't cope and lasted about an hour then begged dave to take me home.it wasn't what i expected but then i dont know what to expect if you know what i mean,Everyday i think i am back in the real world but wake up next day and look back and think whoops i wasn't .its a strange feeling.

Okay i have a cup of tea and my paperwork im now gonna introduce myself to my friends.and as time goes on i will get to know you all too.

Lucky1971 is me i am Karen .i am 44,benfleet essex i have a wonderful husband and a very clever 19 year old daughter on her 2nd year at sheffield uni . On 9th april last year 2015 i collapsed in the garden whilst i was weeding grieving the loss of my best friend my mum in feb 2 months earlier i had a brain anyesum that has burst causing brain heamorrage in a coma for four days .i had my ani coiled.It has affected my vetting of words before i say them (im living the world of out of the mouth of babes,,,bless em),i havent been told and forgot to ask but now know its my left hand side.my eye heamorraged so for a 6 months i was blind in my left eye. Thanks to laser eye surgery i now have my vision but as a whole i know it has changed.i had seisures so will be on meds for life but take anti depress for life so now 9 tabs a day

I am flipping lucky dont know what the future holds My heads a bit messed up but i think its only now near 11 months later i can talk to other people and have a better chance of remembering our conversations we will have.

I realise now how important at the time for me was knowledge is power,i have had many jobs and all of them have been invaluable to me the last months.

maybe i can be of use to you all.

Fitness and weight training instructor.

Care assistant and Home help.

Ambulance service

Massage therapist

Civil servant prossessing claims for job seekers allowance(idea of benefits)Contributary and non contribuatary benefits or where to start.

Aspergers experience in child and adult.

Painter and decorator

Cafe owner

im sure i have some hidden treasures but until something triggers a memory i wont know the rest ive lost. i know you all understand that one

..this has taken around all day to write this and me head dosent know how to edit yet so if i hurt someone let me know.

nice to meet you all

[SAMBS]

Hi Karen, wow what a brainstormer - yes it takes me hours and hours also when I get stuck into writing things! ... and in Benfleet not too far from my old part of the world, Frinton on Sea! We bought our first little sailing yacht from Benfleet sailing across to the Medway - a few years before moving to Essex from Kent!

I took a trip across the English Channel 8 yrs ago and I'm still here. with BI et al happening here also. We really do have a lot in common - but don't despair you won't need to be on antipressants all your life! We can p m in future if you want to - I'm 2 years ahead of you re BI and 24 years older. Ive been doing a lot of research into why I had my aneurysm and it's not necessarily all down to stress of which I'd had a lot also. Lots of

But well done you, I'm so happy for you there is lots of support for you and your family - they are the carers - all on here - sorry I to have to say it - but you are in good Company here with us all! :- we understand the up and the down days. Yes the triggers for memory will come - my memory has been triggered by so many discussions on the expat forums here! V short term memory not so good these days!

To Edit your Post or replies - click on the little down arrow to right hand side under your rely - there will be a drop down menu - you can edit, delete or cancel I think! Certainly you can edit!

Where were you born or go to school - I bet and hope someone on here will know the area and be able to jog your memory! I did massage, then aromatherapy course 2 separate weekends with the WI at their HQ in Oxfordshire - I've forgotten the name of the village the House and grounds are in!!! ...see it happens to all of us I used to be with Gunfleet W I. So, if you have a local W I, you'd find yourself very welcome there - that's ones good thing about making new friends, they accept you for who you are now - not who you were before! A fresh start in life post B I.

I was so sorry to hear of the loss of your mum - with me it was my dad - so yes I do understand and wishing you all well for your future! Time to let someone else get a look in and reply to you now.....he he......love and virtual hug, from Shirley

Oh yes to p m someone just click on their photo and it will take you to their page and you will see "message" - then put your title of the message and write in the box below that after - just like writing an email! Simples xx

[lucky1971 in reply to SAMBS]

nice to meet you shirley.You commented on how similar our lives have been need to add some more in the mix i was born in leytonstone east london when i was around 5 my dad came home and said he had brought a boat, up river boat club in hullbridge. pools lane. you ..what was your boats name...wow testing my head now but in such a fab way.

11 years we had different boats seawitch, tosca 3, made lots of friends of my dads age.and i used to be a pretty good sailor .we won the up river yaught race,still cant spell that word.so where are you settled now.would could start massage yourself clubs .

[SAMBS]

Hi Karen, I live in France now - long since left all clubs and WI behind me. Lots of water under lots of bridges sadly, in Kent, Essex and Holland. It's good you've rekindled a lot of my memories in better detail now also! Names of people And places are still hard to recall, especially quickly.i have to think long and hard these days.

Hullbridge is way up the Crouch or Blackwater isn't it? Or in that area. We sailed in the Crouch and Blackwater Estuary a lot

We only sailed up the Thames once from The Medway but had 3 boats over the years Orion, Gaelic Kin and Palmera. Sea Witch rings bells, a smaller older wooden boat is the one I knew. So many boat names Re seen on different days. Our favourite times were sailing to Holland for summer holidays with either Hoo Ness YC or W&F YC fellow members. Hoo Ness used to hav what they called a Freezer Race, for dinghies sometimes on New Years Day or Thereabouts.

I was last back in UK at Walton on Naze,in Aug 2013, a few months after my BI, W&F rebuilt their club house and last I heard Palmera moors up in one the 'ponds' there! I'd be no good getting on/off a yacht now or balancing if underway - never going up and down the gangway! titchmarsh Marsh Marina also has a good Restaurant there, open to outsiders - not a bad day out to go and visit both those places if you are up to it.

W&F welcome visiting yachtsmen/women even if a long time ago. Seeing boats in their settings again might also help jog your memory. Must go now as on mobile phone rates - Internet up creek!

Hope you continue to improve. Shirley x