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Glenda Thomas is a relationship and marriage coach who had brain aneurysm surgery May 2015. In her memoir, The Next Chapter: Glenda's Brain Aneurysm Journey, she shares that journey.

This is a subject that most of us know little about but we need to be made aware. Here are some facts:

It is estimated that six million people in the USA have an unruptured brain aneurysm - that's one in 50 people.

The annual rate of rupture is approximately 8 - 10 per 100,000 - that is one every 18 minutes. They are fatal in about 40% of cases.

Of those who survive, about 66% suffer permanent neurological deficit. Approximately 15% of patients die before reaching the hospital.

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