# 18 days til son’s craniotomy

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**Created:** [April 4, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/18-days-til-son-s-craniotomy/19920 "2018-04-04T16:51:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![DickD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de0a6/32.png) [@DickD](https://avmsurvivors.org/u/DickD)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/18-days-til-son-s-craniotomy/19920/32 "2018-04-27T16:20:46Z")

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Lisa,

Im sure this is pretty normal, especially of he’s got some swelling going on (and I dont see how your head doesn’t take great exception to a craniotomy: it _has_ to be seen as a major assault). I “only” had an embolization but had headaches from my vessels smarting at the glue for at least a week:

> [@My Update - Dural AVF Embolization](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/my-update-dural-avf-embolization/16916/22):
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> Guys Thought it high time I gave an update on how I’m getting on. Had my embolisation on 3 April. Came out of hospital on 5 April but I have headaches, dizziness, pain on the outside of my head and some occasional visual “effects”. See also [Explaining Catheter Embolisation](https://avmsurvivors.org/t/explaining-catheter-embolisation/17072/19) The procedure was to embolise the DAVF in my right occipital and the doc also embolised the draining veins that are extracranial, plus unblocked my right transverse sinus. When I came round, apart from sore balls (I’m su…

I’m sure he will get better. He’s done a big op. He needs to be patient.

Lots of love,

Richard

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