Sam Messina survives an arteriovenous malformation
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- čas přidán 18. 12. 2017
- Sam Messina's life changed with a sneeze. Surgery repaired his arteriovenous malformation.
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I just finished my surgery and now I’m healing. Happy to be alive!
God bless you!!! 💕 i’m happy to hear that!
Thankyou for sharing your story , Sam. I truly can relate I had a AVM rupture at 19. Thank God for neurosurgeons , doctors and therapists❤️
Had 1 removed a week ago at age 34 had a big seizure about 3 months ago was out for two days after 12hr surgery and a week of rest I’m feeling a lot better and my brain seems to be working better than ever good luck to u Sam shit is scary thanks for your story god bless ya✌️😂🇦🇺
I was 16 when my avm rupture. In the same location as yours in the vision area. I would also say that the sickness made me a better person in some way as you… But i got the gamaknife surgery that took for about 2-3 years to heal.. so stay strong and positive people.. cause things will get better…
hey i’m 20 and my avm rupture too. it was around 7 months ago now im getting that done on the 8th of February. did u experience any side effects?
Had a dural AVM which was treated by embolisation. Unfortunately the AVM recruited another blood supply and when I was treated again some of the glue refluxed and caused a spinal stroke and has left me with all sorts of complex neurological problems. Interestingly I reckon I had my AVM for at least 20 years. I kept getting head aches and occasional visual disturbances and finally ended up with a cerebral oedema.
I have it while i drive then i hit a car but nothing happened then i told My supervisor that’s my vision it’s not working good! I am healthy I never drink smoke hi supplies why I am sick. Then I drive back again to my home 35 miles, I lost the direction I am not able to speak then I get home in the end no accident no anything. After I call my girlfriend she don’t believe that I am sick I went to the emergency they check my eyes everything is OK then no one pay attention to me because I’m like a really super healthy after that I had a coma again and yield in the emergency finally the doctor come and she did the scan on my head she’ll find out that my brain bleeding 7 cm on my left side. Then the helicopter take to me to the hospital 2 AM six hours surgery I am survive thanks God I am healthy because of God and the doctor. Love you guys
God bless you, did you get any complications? And how long time for recovery after surgery?
THANKS FOR SHARING SAM, I JUST GOT DIAGNOSED WITH AN AVM. ITS SCARY BUT YOUR STORY HELPED
Did you do surgery ?
My 9 yt old daughter had avm..she underwent craniotomy..she survived..thnk God all is well
How is she?
@@jasontatume1372 back to normal
I'm 16 and I had an avm that was actually in my left leg. Yes my leg, it was in my thigh and it was huge. In March of 2019 I was having a lot of thigh pain, I thought it was nothing at first so i didn't tell anyone about it. But the pain didn't go away. It eventually caused me to limp every day. One day in July of 2019 my dad noticed me limping and asked why so I said I was having leg pain then he and I sat down and he felt both of my legs and felt a huge lump in my left thigh. We didn't quite know what to do at first but I eventually got reffered to an orthopedist and I had an Mri and that's what found the avm. I had an aneurysm inside of mine. So that orthopedist reffered me to an interventional radiologist. I had 2 embolizations done in less than a month at the beginning of the year then blocking off the avm resulted in a blood clot forming in my leg so then I had a thrombectomy. Then a few months later I had a ct scan done and some new veins had attached to the avm so a few weeks ago I had another embolization to block those veins off. So this year I've had 4 surgical procedures all because of the avm
Hey how are you now? My 11 month nephew have an AVM in his left leg too. Sadly doctors couldn’t treat him yet.
I’m currently 12 going through a brain avm recovery I can relate it feels horrible
MemePro same ;-; I had mine when I was 8 and I’m 12 now
Shush
Did yours rupture?
Can you make a video about facial AVMs and their treatments and risks, please?
Good to hear stories here that u all survived, but apparently My son had a ruptured AVM a month ago and he died. I dnt know, maybe my son’s case was really severe that he ddnt make it to surgery.. it supposed to be a chrstmas vacation but it’s the other way around. I just hope i could ask Him why..
I just had mine last week while driving a bus, it's some scary stuff. No one was hurt and I am waiting to see if I still have a career.
I keep you in my prayer and be strong .I wish you sound recovery and you will get started with a fine career.
I’m having surgery the end of February, I just wish I had somebody to talk to. SHIT! I can’t keep talking about this shit to my kids. After this surgery I’m making friends seriously! I’m dealing with this shit alone. I’m a THUG I’ll be fine
Are you okay now? i hope so
hey brah, I also suffered from a stroke caused by a cerebral AVM (left temporal lobe) in April 2018! So I'm still in my regeneration..
Dear Peter I wish you speedy recovery.I am happy you are recovering.
Keep working hard. I had a stroke when I was 13 in 2006. Now I’m taking accounting 2 in college. It be 13 1/2 years ago I when I had a stroke and I’m still recovery.
@@catfevermolly how are you now?
My brother has AVM any one can help us
Dear Health Team,
A recent exam done for my son to ascertain the status of his brain health after bouts of seizures . He had a decompressive craniectomy to allow for brain swelling to resolve then on the 17th of March 2020.
The doctor at the time diagnosed an Arteriovenous malformation which is yet to be addressed.
M
What options do you feel we can follow? We are in Nigeria.
My daughter had an AVM and she had the Craneotemy to remove it it was located in the language area of the beain.She suffers from severe headaches and has has seizures since. Surgery was oct 2017. Can't seem to find support for her as to who she can talk to to relate on this. Are headache common seizures does it ever go away? 😥It kills me to see her suffer and pple just don't get it. She had good day and there are those days where its just bad...💔
I don't know how old your daughter is or of your situation but from personal experience with my mum with avm hemorrhage on the language lobe of the brain (for lack of a better term). You've got a lifelong road ahead of you and will need to develop the patience of a saint if you want to keep yourself sane. And just try to appreciate that you and your daughter are alive. Oh and make sure you do crosswords, Scrabble, make her read books out loud (basically become a full-time English teacher).. I reckon if I did all that more then my mum would still be able to string a sentence together. Don't let her live alone or isolate or I doubt she will recover.
How is she now?
@@stevenhulme4580 yes I know this to be true my daughter had a stroke from an AVM on the right front lobe . They couldn’t operate so coiling .. it didn’t all take so, she has radiation a year ago .. first mri showed a small lesion so now she goes back for another MRI but he will,do in march
My ex bf had the surgery for his AVM at age 58, and his entire personality changed. He became extremely verbally abusive where he never was that way before.
"Most people dont have a life threatening situation" think we all do, otherwise we would never die
I have a avm but know no I am so sad
We are too 😢😔
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