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Jenny Garcia

Hello Everyone, my name is Jenny Garcia and and on December 23, 2017 I was diagnosed with a Brain Anuerysm of 3mm by my cardiologist. I was 47 years old. “Small” she said, “nothing to really worry about”. The only people i know that have had an anuerysm had died before they even made it […]

#WeAreTheScarecrowAndTheTinMan

In September of 2017, I traveled to Spain with my 21-year old son, to attend a family member’s wedding. The night before the wedding, we were in an elevator on our way to dinner when I noticed there was an area of my peripheral vision which was missing from my left eye. I became aware […]

Live Intentionally – Emily Matheny

Much like most ailments, aneurysms can include co-morbid symptoms. Therefore, when signs appear you must be vigilant and note things that seem different than usual. In 2018 I was a 28-year-old full time working mother to a seventeen-month-old beautiful soul and in love with my best friend. We were starting a life together with our […]

Smoking Raises Aneurysm Risk for Women

BY ROBERT PREIDT, HealthDay Reporter (HEALTHDAY) TUESDAY, July 28, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Smoking significantly increases a woman’s risk of potentially deadly brain aneurysms, a new study warns. An aneurysm is a weakened, bulging section of an artery. If an aneurysm ruptures, it can cause fatal bleeding. The study included 545 women, aged 30 to […]

Wendy Tietz Brain Aneurysm Story

Brain aneurysms are an alarming medical trauma. It’s spontaneous, fatal and for those who do survive it can be cataclysmic on the brain. Some of us escape this monstrosity unscathed, others are left with motor and cognitive deficits. How many people can attest that they had knowledge of what a brain aneurysm was before they […]

I Had a Feeling I Had a Brain Aneurysm…and I Was Correct

In January 2018, I hit my head pretty hard and went to the doctor. It was not serious but I decided to bring up something I had thought about for years. I figured I had already paid the co=pay and should get a few more things in. I asked if I could get tested for […]

Derby woman’s eye test picked up potentially fatal brain aneurysm

‘I do believe she saved my life’ A woman has thanked her Derby optometrist for saving her life after an irregularity on an eye test turned out to be a brain aneurysm. Julie Green, 77, said quick-thinking Asda optometrist Avnee Chouren spotted the concerning irregularity and six days later Julie was undergoing an emergency brain […]

Michelle

Hello I’m Michelle, married to Mark, have 2 awesome adult (yikes) children, one grand baby and come from the Deep South of NZ – Gore. This time 2 years ago I found out I had a rather surprising cerebral aneurysm situated on the right side of my brain. My neurologist had sent for a MRI […]

Grant Imahara, host of ‘MythBusters’ and ‘White Rabbit Project,’ has died

Photo Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images Grant Imahara Source https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/14/celebrities/grant-imahara-dead/index.html By Joe Sutton and Hollie Silverman, CNN Updated 8:26 AM ET, Tue July 14, 2020 (CNN) Grant Imahara, host of Discovery Channel’s “MythBusters” and Netflix’s “White Rabbit Project,” has died, according to a statement from the Discovery Channel. He was 49 years old. The host was known […]

Emilia Clarke Thanks Healthcare Workers Who Saved Her Life After Her Brain Aneurysm

By Dory Jackson July 6, 2020 Source: https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/emilia-clarke-pens-open-letter-to-doctors-who-saved-her-life/ Forever grateful. Emilia Clarke shared her gratitude for the healthcare professionals that worked to save her life after her brain aneurysm scare. In a new book edited by Adam Kay called Dear NHS: 100 Stories to Say Thank You, the 33-year-old Game of Thrones alum penned a letter […]

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