Who knows what’s to be expected with these things?! It sounds good that you’re getting a new scan.
I had a very healthy sounding new pulse post embolization in almost exactly the same place but that was immediately post op rather than any time afterwards. I also got what I described initially as ‘visual effects’ but which were blurring.
So, my question about the blurring: does it occur in both eyes simultaneously and does it last for maybe 20 minutes? It might be a scintillating scotoma: that’s what mine was. Mine went away after a few weeks post op but scotomas are part of migraine aura, so anything irritating the right bit of brain could lead on to these effects. It might indicate something to investigate but equally it might not resolve: nobody would operate to resolve them, I’d say, but if you’ve still got a little something going on, resolving that might resolve the auras.
I had a blast of dizziness at about 6 months post op – in Nov 2017 after the op in April 2017 – and I spent at least 1½ years being perturbed by weirdnesses. I had some repeat scans at 1 year post op and the conclusion was basically “nothing visible”: just allow yourself to get on with normal life.
Are your current symptoms worse than immediately post op? Recovery is definitely not a straight line but if they’re noticeably worse over a long time than post op, it does sound like you might need a checkup and a bit more glue.
How do you feel about the embolization? I was very perturbed by the idea pre-op but I’m ridiculously chill about the idea of doing it a second time if I need to. My doc indicated that he might take two approaches to it in the first case. Doing more than one is not unusual per se.
Welcome! It’s great that you found us and I hope we can help you a little along the way.
Very best wishes,
Richard