Subarachnoid haemorrhage

In this section you can read patient perspectives on subarachnoid haemorrhage.

You might also be interested in reading our patient perspective stories on brain aneurysms.

Subarachnoid haemorrhage: my journey, by Kevin Toach


Kevin Toach experienced one subarachnoid haemorrhage without realising what it was, before having a second bleed ten days later. Here he tells his story and describes his recovery.

Subarachnoid haemorrhage: a recent survivor

Jen had a subarachnoid haemorrhage in February 2010. Telling her story a few months later, she describes what she remembers of the SAH itself, her time in hospital, and what it's like to be back at home again.

Life after subarachnoid haemorrhage

Yvonne McQueen had a subarachnoid haemorrhage in 1992. Following a coiling operation and two craniotomies she got through it, and says "There is life after your brain has been fiddled with!"

An anonymous story

"Thanks to the wonderful staff and surgeons at the neuro unit, I have over the years made a full recovery and for the last five years have been back at work full time and living a normal life."