On May 3, 2021 I went into the hospital for a routine shoulder surgery and went home alone that day. 36 hours later I developed pulmonary embolisms but I didn’t know that’s what was happening as I had an intravenous numbing medication, so I didn’t actually feel the pain. Fast forward 16 hours my nurse …
Leading up to the day, I felt “off”. My blood pressure had been higher than normal. I never had issues with my blood pressure, so I started to get nervous. I had been in rehab from a car accident I was in a month or so prior and every time they took my blood pressure …
The Bee Foundation (TBF) is excited to announce our 2022 TBF Preventative Research Grants. This year each of our grants will honor a family who has been impacted by brain aneurysms and made significant efforts to fundraise for brain aneurysm research
Reposted from NPR Music Written By: Vanessa Romo Photo by: Carlin Stiehl for Boston Globe via Getty Images Joni Mitchell’s surprise performance at the Newport Folk Festival on Sunday is already becoming the stuff of legend. The unsuspecting crowd roared as the singer-songwriter stepped onto the stage in her first public performance since suffering a …
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“At age 35, Minda found out she had an arteriovenous malformation (AVM) on the left side of her brain that ruptured on February 17th, 2020. She suffered frontoparietal intraparenchymal hemorrhaging (a stroke) due to the ruptured AVM and aneurysm. Her neurosurgeon successfully removed the AVM following a pre-op endovascular embolization in a left parietal resection …
“Game of Thrones” actress Emilia Clarke opens up about her recovery journey since suffering two life-threatening brain aneurysms.
My older sister, Alicia Smart, is my best friend. I have followed her nearly my entire life – she is incredibly patient with me – yet her brain aneurysm journey is one that I have had to view from the sideline. While watching and trying to support a two-time brain aneurysm survivor is incredibly awe-inspiring, …
My story starts on April 25,2013. We were living in London,UK. at the time. I was at a school board meeting at ASL my daughter’s school. I normally had a spot I always sat for the meetings but on this particular morning I went and sat by a friend that I had worked on different …
Support The Bee Foundation and Speech Recovery Pathways with every T-Shirt Purchase! Bryn was 26 with a lifetime ahead of her. A few days before, we were talking about plans of graduate school and date night outfits. Without warning or risk factors, an undiagnosed brain aneurysm ruptured in her middle cerebral artery while she was jogging. Just like …
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