So David went back into brain surgery for the first third time, within that period of time. But for someone who just had a subarachnoid hemorrhage, they wanted it removed. So my husband was born with it.Īnd many of us live with it all our lives and never have a problem with it. And the neurosurgeon called that a time bomb, it can go off at any time. So I signed on the dotted lines to have that removed, thinking, Okay, now we’re okay, we’re going to be able to go home finally, only to find out that when they came back from that surgery, they said he had an AVM, which is a arteriovenous malformation.įor the audience, it’s a it’s a tangle of blood vessels. And then when they took care of that, they said, he had an aneurysm, which was like a time bomb. So he went in for a subarachnoid hemorrhage, the bleed. So he had three brain bleeds within two weeks, every time the doctor would go in and take care of one, they’d come back out and tell me, he has something else we have to take care of. And 13 is what caused his subarachnoid hemorrhage, and his brain bleeds. He had done 13 chin ups, well he always did 12. It was about 17, well, it was 17 years ago, it was more than 17 years ago on January 13 on 2005 when David came into our bedroom around seven o’clock in the morning, with his hand over his right eye.Īnd he was having horrendous pain to go running through his head. So, yeah, so I get that and that’s my role, and I’m sure that was your wife’s role. I always say that the victim or the survivor, as we usually call a brain injury survivor is the star of the show, you know, and everyone else is a supporting character.Īnd the caregiver is probably the the lead supporting character. Okay, I just have to reiterate what you said though, it’s so true. Tell me a little bit about how you ended up becoming a caregiver. So while I was going through all the dramas of the strokes for me to know that my wife was also being cared about, in the same way that people were caring about my situation.
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Arteriovenous MalformationĪnd I think that would have been better for me to know that people would. And she had to take care of the kids go to work, be a caregiver to her dad.Īnd it’s like, the forgotten person in the whole picture because everyone asked me how I’m going and how I’m doing and how’s Bill and how’s this and how’s that. And I think one of the biggest and most important things in stroke recovery is to get a feel for the people behind the scenes that are also doing their own version of recovery when they’re dealing with somebody that they know or they love or they care for who has had a stroke.Īnd my thoughts were often with my wife about what she might be going through when I was becoming unwell. I very rarely get to hear from caregivers. Thank you for being here, I really appreciate it. Thank you, Bill, I’m so happy to be here. Donna O’Donnell Figurski, welcome to the podcast. Which meant that Donna became David’s main caregiver many years later, and just a couple of years ago, Donna completed and published a book that she wrote about their journey together called Prisoners Without Bars: A Caregivers Tale. Now this is episode 182 And my guest today is Donna Figursky whose life was completely changed after her husband David experienced a bleed in the brain and multiple brain surgeries 17 years ago. So go to your favorite podcast app and share what the podcast means to you it really will make a huge difference. And it could make a massive difference in their recovery and also help other caregivers find the show and feel like they’re not alone. This will help the show rank better on search engines and help newly diagnosed stroke survivors find the show.
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Hello, and welcome to another episode of the recovery after stroke podcast. This is the recovery after stroke podcast, with Bill Gasiamis helping you navigate recovery after stroke. He’s in good shape, his body is in good shape. How do you grow from that to that? That quickly? It’s so bizarre. The first new neurologist came up to me shook my hand and said, I saw your husband’s brain on my home computer. Donna Figurski became a stroke caregiver and wrote a book about her experience called Prisoners Without Bars after her husband experienced multiple brain surgeries that saved his life after a brain hemorrhage.ĥ5:00 Prisoners Without Bars By Donna Figurski