Good friend of mine died a few weeks ago at 56 from the same thing. He had headaches for about 2 weeks and then collapsed in his bedroom getting ready for work. I’m not sure if a trip to the Doctor would’ve helped but he didn’t see one for the headaches.
RIP to Mrs. Colagrossi. This happened to the 58 YO wife of a friend of mine. It just goes to show we are all subject to being recalled without warning.
Happened to my Dad a month after his 35th bday.
Family friend had this happen while she was visiting her daughter at the hospital. If there hadn’t been a doctor right there, right then, she’d have died within minutes.
She lost of lot of cognitive ability for a while, but has come back nicely - the brain is a plastic instrument. That was 20 or so years ago and she’s still kicking around nicely.
When I was quite young, (possibly 5 or 6), my cousin Shirley, had passed due to a brain aneurism.
(Shirley had two twin daughters that her mother raised after she passed).
She complained of a headache, and laid down on the couch.
My mother was devastated, and took it quite hard.