Born with the bomb... Part II

Hi everyone....

My blog is slowly turning on family issues... Well, this is a nice forum to open ur mind and let others kno wat you think and how you feel...

I m still getting settled with the situation... New Year seems to be very hard on me and my family...

M very confused, how should I handle all this... Past few days we are talking only doctors and tests and appointments and hospitals and 'embolisation'.....

We have met or rather consulted 3-4 senior and the bestest doctors regarding this BOMB... and everyone has confirmed Emoblisation of this AVM...

Though all the doctors have said its not a emergency, but cant be ignored or delayed... as AVM can bleed and cause hemorrhage any time....

We met the top and Senior most doctor, who is a neuro surgeon and also a interventional radiologist... No. 1 in whole India... He went through the reports thoroughly and explained us very well what exactly this case is... we all were so impressed by the open hearted discussion of the doc regarding this AVM and the embolisation procedure... No wonder, he is refered to as the ultimate as far as AVMs and embolisations are concerned.... Though he too gave a 2% error possibilities during the procedure... as AVM may even bleed during an Embolisation or he may get a seizure during the process... which is life threatening.... But after a successful operation he will be as normal as any other human being...

Well, for now, he is put up on anti-epileptic medicines and Drs have told him not to swim and drive and keep away from fire... and also he has to stop bending forward or lift heavy things, no heavy sneezing and coughing, must eat and sleep on time...

With two tablets a day, all my hubby does is,  sleep, sleep and sleep.... I can understand, as epileptic medicine makes us drowsy and it takes a while to come to regular schedule...

I am happy that almost after a year and a half, I am home and we both are together, a month now... Charvis' also getting best of our time these days... but, still something is bothering us both mentally... the 'AVM', 'Emboisation', 90-10 life chances... hope everything goes fine... soon....

Oh God, please help me and my family by showing us the right path, right track... and giving us courage to handle this situation properly...

Will keep u all informed...

take care all... wish us best luck...

Chao...

Born with a BOMB....

Hi all...

M back...

Past few days I am in a very different mental state.... reason being my husband's health... 

Since October last year he has been experiencing seizures... His third; ie, last seizure got him hospitalised in ICU, in an emergency... 

To check reasons for the same our family physician suggested for an EEG (Electro-encephalo-graphy) and a CT Scan... Though EEG was normal, the CT Scan showed a Malformation in his brain... 'Vascular Malformation'... 

After seeing all the reports, doctor suggested for a 4 Vessel DSA... (Digital Subtraction Angiography), to visualise the arterial and venous supply to the brain...

After he was back in station, we got the DSA done... it was an hour procedure, though we had to hospitalise him for 24 hrs... The DSA test confirmed the vascular malformation was an AVM (Arterio Venous Malformation), an abnormal connection of the veins and arteries in the brain... AVM is also known as BOMB... which can explode any time resulting in Brain Hemorrhage or Paralysis.... It could be a reason for the seizures he had or in other words, seizures could be one of the symptoms of AVM...

These AVMs can be either operated; ie, open skull surgery by a Neuro Surgeon, Gamma Knife; ie, laser treatment by a Neuro Surgeon or by Embolization; ie, gluing technique by Interventional Neuro Radiologist...

In my husband's case, doctor suggested the third option, Embolization... The purpose of embolization is to prevent blood flow to an area of the body, which effectively can shrink a tumour or block an aneurysm.

Since doctor have told us about this, it is very difficult for us to concentrate on our normal activities... Though it is curable but its related to brain, hence bothering us more... Doctor has suggested Embolization procedure to be conducted sooner And with his profession, the mental stress is very high than physical stress...

Currently, we are searching for the bestest doctor available in town so as to consult him regarding this Bomb... in short... we are after a Bomb Squad...

Please wish me luck... and pray for my hubby's successful recovery from this unheard malformation.....
Will keep you all updated...
C u Soon...
Till then take good care of urself
Chao...

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અમદાવાદ, મજા ની લાઈફ...

Hi everyone...

Happpyyy Nnneeeew Yeaaarrrr....
Its never too late to wish any one... Well, was very busy since I ve returned from Chicago... Was in Ahmedabad with my hubby and daughter for the new year...

It was a good stay, made new friends, saw new places, new restaurants, new markets, new malls.... Oh, had a very good time with my daughter, hubby and all my amdavadi friends...

New year's night we celebrated inhouse... though the major meal taken was dinner @ Currys the next day... chicken shorba, tangdi kabab, roghanjosh, rotis, dal khichdi... all these were amazing... excellent taste and ample quantity made our appetite and soul happy... valet too...
Hubby's birthday on 2nd... was only a feast day for us... eating out day... A very good blogger friend, Uma (Mau) tai, of ours made walnut cake.... had a good time with her family at her place that day... Similarly my birthday was planned by her... 
Charvi too enjoyed her time with me and her dad together after a very long time...
Aadalaj ni Baav, Iskon temple, Iskon Mall, National Handloom house, Law Garden, Akshardham temple were some of the places we visited during the stay...
Barbeque Nation, Dominos, Currys, Vishala, Uma Satish (Mau tai)'s residence... are the best places to eat the delicacies... though we will get all the tastes in Mumbai too except for Mau tai's Cakes and Satish Dada's hospitality... Such a wonderful family I met... we felt very homely with them...
Coudnt wait there for uttarayan, which is celebrated as a festival in amdavad... feeling so bad about it... had to come back home, ie, Mumbai due to some limitation... I missed major event of kite flying there.... never
mind... as I always say, there is always next time... may be next year we all may be there again...

Well, ending my thesis here... will be back soon... Amdavad, majja ni life....
Happy Uttarayan, Happy Sankrant...
Njoy Undiyu n Jalebi....
C u all soon...
Till then take care...
Chao...