Hi sorry for the latest reply ever!
Been a stressful time on this end.
I still have heard nothing about what the plan could be. I have a feeling they are doing the national meetings they did to decide what to do the first time round though.
I have however gone to the vision rehabilitation centre! they found my visual processing is good. They gave me the visual field test used to decide whether I could drive - failed that one but not really a suprise tbh. I asked about prism glasses but I was told that they would not be useful for my case.
Finally been convinced to get a signalling stick which has been useful and was giving a website with excersizes for making my eye movements more efficient.
I told the neurologist about the neuro-radiologist I talked to about my angiogram results. He understood what he was saying about the SRS or embolisation options being unlikely to fully remove my AVM since he had looked at my angiogram scans himself. He said in his opinion, if it turns out that a craniotomy is the only option that will fully remove my AVM - he would personally choose it over not taking treatment. A bleed would risk my life. A craniotomy would cause further vision loss but alot less risk of death in his opinion and the AVM is only located in the occipital lobe and no other part of the brain (so considerably little risk of any other deficit than vision loss).
I asked him what my vision would be like if I lost the brain covered by my AVM. He said it would be the same as it was right after my embolisation. This has really eased my mind - okay it wasn’t great but I could read, see full faces, and my walk around with the occupational therapist was doable.
Ofcourse this is only his take on things but we will see when I finally get a date for a MDT meeting!
Ontop of this, university took alot of time to sort out my degree so I missed out on this years intake for the grad scheme I was offered. Paperwork has been sorted out for me to start next Septembers graduate intake. I have been looking for a job for the mean time so I can finally move out since family life at home has been difficult.
How are you getting on? I’m glad you being back at work has been going well and your feeling good in yourself 
Definently more than 12 hours would be a push for most people let alone with a recovering brain, your doing awesome 
!!
Have you had that follow up MRI and get the results?
Corrine
