One Parent's Busy Day: Undergo Brain Surgery, Coach Little League

I dont know about right after but my aunt just had major brain surgery to remove 2 anurisms that they had clamped off. A couple of years ago she had an anurism that burst and when they went in they found 2 more and just clamped them off for now. They had to cut half of her scull and no kidding they sent her home the begining of the 3rd day.
She had the surgery on monday and was out wed. morn. I think this is crazy and very dangerous but that is all her insurance would cover since she seemed to be doing ok. This isnt any little surgery and to be letting people go that quick is crazy. Someone is going to get hurt or die from this.

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In health care theses days you get them in and get them out, you think that would bring ins prices down? Aneurysm surgery is more invasive therefore you do not want to be jumping around going home that day if your head was opened, some aneurysm can be coiled etc..more noninvasive.
Gamma knife is noninvasive and people go home and get back into life. Gamma is usually used to treat a tumor(lesion) and there is no cutting, with gamma knife they irradiate the area. Example when you see a glass cube with a whale etched in the middle, that is how accurate gamma knife is, which is great because no you save the patient from treatment that would damage tissue/organs around the treated area. So hopefully those who have a tumor the in the shape of a penguin or turtle etc,, can have just that area treated giving them a better quality of life--We all like to keep our Melon intact:)

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I am a doctor and don't believe a word of this nonsense. Doctors are pathologic liars and notorious low life crooks. I've seen them open and close people surgically and do nothing more than claim a surgical procedure. It's really pathetic how the naive and uneducated press laps up the fraud and prints it.+

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Sorry but I work in research and this is it, this is the future of treating lesions benign and/or malignant that were otherwise considered inoperable due to location or health of the individual. I remember Gallbladder (chole) surgery use to require a large incision,n ow two to three puncture wholes and your done. The less trauma you cause the body the faster the body can recover. Heart surgery will soon be unable to detect(most surgeries) it will be done through three holes. Alert!! Some MD's still do not realize that a stroke may be unseen on a CT for 24-48 hours but will be WELL defined 45min after the stroke occurred on MRI-CT is needed to rule out a bleed many times but if MD still questions stroke then MRI should be ordered unless patient has a pacemaker, pacemakers are still not MRI compatible but they sre working on it

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I had brain surgery in 2005, I had what's called Menageoma (sp), the whole year before I had the surgery I was having seizures and memory loss and the right side of my body would give out. I woke up on the operating table after the surgery, I had my memory back and I was ready to go home, but they kept me a couple more days. They thought I would have to go to a rehab place but I was fortunate enough not to need it.

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I have to say BS, having family members who have had brain surgery I'm convinced this article it BS.

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I had brain surgery done on me eight years ago to remove an AVM. There is no way someone would be out of the hospital in a few hours. I was in the hospital for four days. I came out of the surgery at night. It took about twelve hours for the pounding head to go away. After that I felt ok but a little weak and was released two mornings later even though I probably could have been one morning. There is no need to stay in the hospital any longer than that. I was told to take it easy when I got home for a couple of weeks until I got the stitches taken out. I felt fine when I went home but listened to the doctor even though I wanted to go back to work.. I was back to work( I'm a Landscaper) in exactly three weeks from the day of the surgery. You have to love modern technology.

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Beware, a patient went into a hospital in Martin County, FL with stroke symptoms the MD ordered a CT to r/o stroke, bleed, TIA, etc.. the CT was negative. The MD ordered at STAT MRI but the MRI tech delayed it stating "The CT was normal, the patient did not have a stroke, the patient can wait" even though the technologist was told STAT(do immediately) the technologist further delayed the scan and by time the technologist did the scan the patient returned to their room and had another stroke. The patient went from being able to recover and have a excellent quality of life to now having a hemorrhagic stroke where swelling occurred and the brain was seriously damaged... No patient nor their family should have to go through what this individual went through, fortunately for the woman passed away approximately one week after her ordeal. This hospital called itself a stroke facility when its MRI Technologist did not have any common sense. Some facilities are not up to date and in this case the facility is further behind then most.

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I had a brain biospy done on a Thursday evening, and by 11 AM Friday
morning I was back home. I was weak and out of it for a few days before , thank God I started to regain strength again.

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