It’s been a few months since I met with my new neurosurgeon and heard her plan for further treatment. The plan is to get another embolization (only 1/3 was glued during the last embo), and then look into surgery if it doesn’t fully glue the AVM. Unfortunately the hospital I am going to only books two weeks in advanced, and surgery time is determined by urgency. I guess it’s a good thing that they haven’t had me in yet, because that means they must not think I’m in any huge risk. However I can’t help but to be frustrated - waiting is frustrating! Only two more months until I go off to University, and I’m really hoping to get this embolization soon before school starts. Or else I may have an even longer wait.
Since my dizziness/nauseous spell, I've been symptom free. Which, I never ended up going to the doctor for. A few headaches, but since I've been going to bed earlier they are gone.
Sometimes I do freak myself out though. Especially involving my vision. If I see a few spots, or anything abnormal, I go into panic mode. I hate thinking that anything could happen completely out of the blue, especially after my seizure. I guess the waiting is starting to get to my head, and I'm just assuming something is going to happen, since they are waiting so long.
Hope everyone is doing well! I'll be sure to update if anything else comes up, or when my embo is finally booked.
Oh, and as it turns out my parents said they would have gone to the AVM awareness walk in San Francisco... I wish I had asked them about it! Living so far away, I assumed it wouldn't be an option. But now I know, and hopefully I'll be able to come out next year!