Brain heamorrhage

[Hostick]

Has anyone recovered from grade 3 brain heamorrhage and. How long did it take please

[Prettythings1]

What is a grade 3 all I know is I had a very bad brain haemorrhage paralysed all the left side of my body amongst other things was never given a grade x

[Kirk5w7]

If you read the posts on here you will get to understand that we don’t recover, by that I mean very few of us return to the person we were.

Bleeding on the brain causes brain cells to die and brain cells don’t regenerate.

What has to happen is the brain, because of its neuroplastcity, will, hopefully, given time and lots of practice reroute the pathways lost and relearn to do those things that were done by the dead area.

I say hopefully because sometimes the damage is too great or not enough effort is put in to the relearning. Think of how long it takes a baby or child to learn things. And they don’t mind the repetition.

It also depends on where in the brai the damage has been done.

So, no one can give you a definitive time and say you will be better then. Sorry, I am 6 years into recovery and still seeing small improvements, the major ones seemed to happen in the first 3 years.

It also depends on age also, the younger you are then your brain is more able to adapt.

Janet x

[lcd8 in reply to Kirk5w7]

Thanks Janet. This is my understanding too. If we're talking about recovering meaning 'can you survive' then the answer is surely yes as some here can testify. But BI has the ability to alter everything you are and whether that happens is as individual as a person's fingerprints. It depends on many things which of course is why BI is so difficult to treat/recover from.

Lulu

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[cat3]

Hi Lulu. I had a grade 3 in Dec 2011 with complications of hydrocephalus and aphasia.

The after-effects are poor short term memory and word recall, headaches, mobility and balance difficulties, plus severe highs and lows emotionally. I felt my progress plateaued at the three year (post coiling) point although, looking back, I can see some subtle improvements even since then.

I'm sure our progress is heavily dependent on how far we can push ourselves but, just as importantly, how we learn to gauge our personal capabilities. Too much and we burn out ; too little and we invite depression.

Now, after 6 years, I can see how it's easy to still get frustrated....................... 'til you look back & see just how far you've come. xx