car accident triggers cavernoma bleed

[thewetcats]

my wife got rear ended by a texter 3 months ago and was originally diagnosed with a brain bleed but after the headaches persisted more tests uncovered a cavernoma malformation that had been ruptured due to the force of the accident in the right hemisphere frontal lobe.is this a common way to discover them and could she have gone her whole life not knowing if not for the accident.she never had symptoms and always had the sweetest disposition.she was one of those people who when you tell them to stop saying sorry they say sorry.anyhow, since the accident shes had a non-stop headache that tylenol won't touch and she won't take narcotics for fear of starting another problem(addiction) on top of everything else.we were all laughing and joking and i put my hand on her mouth to stop her from spoiling the ending to a movie and the next thing i know she punches me three times in the face as hard as she could and then ran off crying that she didn't know why she did that,is this new behavior attributable to the injury?and what if the headache just doesn't stop,ever? is surgery safe enough to make it worth it?or when should we expect the pain to sttop cause watching her suffer is driving me crazy and i can't even imagine what its like for her.and what would a reasonable settlement to cover everything need to entail?we had been waiting to get pregnant until we were financially stable and shes 34 now and hearing the clock and waiting any longer seems like gambling with our chances to have a baby at all,but do we have to consider this cavernoma a serious threat for a pregnant woman?if anyone reading this ever considers texting in traffic just remember what i am going to do financially to this lady who almost hit my wife twice before actually hitting her while texting,apparently that text was more important than my wife's life and happiness, and our whole families' as well.

[Viva001]

TBI even w/o pain can cause personality change too.  I hope that she's monitored closely after this accident.

Texting close calls too numerous to mention.  Some idiot behind me flossing her teeth! almost hit me once.  Do we really need laws for common sense?  Apparently yes.

[selmaS]

  Hi and welcome to the Chiari forum.

May I ask if ur DW also has Chiari in addition to the cavernoma?

I know we have had other members have surgery on the cavernomas with success...

As for the anger, temper issues that goes along with chronic pain and compression of the brain stem so that is not uncommon ,

Has she spoke with a NS that is well experienced with this condition?