Reply To: Driving with a head injury

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    Yip. Subarachnoid bleed in right communicating posterior artery. 2 vasospasm strokes and 5 Tia’s. As bad as it gets, last rights and waiting on the machine being turned off. Mine was coiled and they went up through the groin into the brain. I am cured just like yourself it over. I was told that I can start driving as soon as I felt able to, and this was confirmed by DVLA, apart from a weak left lower side I made a full recovery. Basically as long as your bleed has not led to any type of seizure then your good to go.

    I done the form recently due to a heart problem and I’ve now to do a driving reassessment. But the brain injury does not concern them as it’s fixed and 11 years later I’m still under the care of the brain injury team.

    So in your case it’s over, bleed repaired itself without surgery and I presume a full or almost full recovery was made. Just tell them that. They may go to your neurologist to confirm this and that takes a while, but that’s it.