Yikes!

[arjay]

Woke up Saturday morning and found myself staggering like a drunk.Showered and my arm was weak too. I have pinched nerves in my lower back and neck so I figured sleeping on the couch had been a bad idea.Cooking dinner Saturday was tough, so I thought if it didn't improve Sunday morning I'd get it checked out.Drove over to the er on Sunday and son of a gun,I've stroked!
I'm back home tonight,walking a little better than Saturday and my arms improving.
So if you find yourself suddenly clumsy,call 911! That golden hour is important!
Also,the nurses were all cute and total sweethearts [emoji1]
And! My only risk factor is smoking,so if you smoke,think about that a bit.

 

[Recusant]

Glad to hear that you're on the mend. Take care of yourself.

 

[bigwheelzip]

Wow, yikes is right. Hope your on the way to a full recovery.

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[Onomea]

Good grief! That must be a shocker! Scary stuff. Best wishes for rapid and total recovery.

 

[walkinghorse]

Stroke symptoms can be other things than the common ones, weakness on one side, facial droop, speech issues, etc. It depends upon where the blockage or bleed occurs. An example could be sudden vision changes, double, or triple vision, or even worse, if it occurs in the brain stem, where a lot of autonomic functions like breathing are controlled. BTDT!!!
Golden hour for clot busting drugs as stated is paramount, but get to the ER, and state possible stroke, if not traveling by ambulance! Don't wait or guess, call 911, get help moving!

 

[arjay]

Good grief! That must be a shocker! Scary stuff. Best wishes for rapid and total recovery.

That's just it, I'm more shocked than spooked lol.Scrawny,athletic,low BP. It's the smoking that did it though

 

[steelslaver]

Take care of yourself

I know it is hard and sucks, but please try to quit smaking. I have a year under my belt now. You can do it to. Join me.

 

[arjay]

Stroke symptoms can be other things than the common ones, weakness on one side, facial droop, speech issues, etc. It depends upon where the blockage or bleed occurs. An example could be sudden vision changes, double, or triple vision, or even worse, if it occurs in the brain stem, where a lot of autonomic functions like breathing are controlled. BTDT!!! [emoji43]

Golden hour for clot busting drugs as stated is paramount, but get to the ER, and state possible stroke, if not traveling by ambulance! Don't wait or guess, call 911, get help moving!

Three little dead spots in the lower back central bit. My balance is a bit wonky for now,but it's improved since Sunday.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I am so glad that yours was no worse than it was and that you are rebounding so rapidly.

Praying that you can back away from tobacco.

 

[Onomea]

RJ,I smoked, too, for over 40 years. Pack a day Marlboro reds. I quit in 2011 cold turkey. I had tried to quit several times before unsuccessfully.

I think the biggest factor in successfully quitting is really — really — wanting to quit. For me it was an operation I needed requiring general anesthesia and the surgeon would not operate unless I quit a month prior. No gettin' around that.

Many of us have quit. You can, too. It is something only you can do for yourself, but you have a good reason to do so now. Just do it.

 

[arjay]

I am so glad that yours was no worse than it was and that you are rebounding so rapidly.

Praying that you can back away from tobacco.

Thanks Rusty,I think I got lucky

 

[GaryS]

Depending on the location and type of Stroke, symptoms can vary widely. The only real way to diagnose that is by CT scan or in some cases MRI.

Two friends of mine, one in his mid 50s the other in his mid 70s had atypical Stroke presentations. The younger one drove himself to the hospital and they figured it out. The older one went to a hospital in his car and the hospital told him that he didn't have a Stroke. He went home (fortunately his wife drove) and when they got there, he couldn't get out of the car. This time he went by ambulance back to the same hospital and they figured out that he had in fact had a Stroke.

He ended up in a Boston teaching hospital for a couple of days and then back home. The only real lasting effect is his short term memory is a little flaky.

I spend a lot of time teaching EMS providers to look beyond the obvious.

 

[bigride]

Glad you are successfully recuperating. Take care of yourself. I might toss a little prayer your way too.

Just pretend this is witty.

 

[JohnRippert]

First thing I thought when your mentioned staggering and arm weakness was a stroke. Glad you are getting better.


I quit smoking cold turkey the week of Christmas when I was 30. Been 27 years now. Was a present for Mom and she still tells me it was the best present I ever gave her. I would hate to think how much I would have spent with a pack a day habit these last 27 years.

 

[Huski92]

Glad you are doing better. Hope you recover fully.

And friends, don't wait when things are "right" with your body. Strokes are time sensitive to get you the drugs that may help. Chest pain too. The longer you ignore the signs, the more damage you do to your body.


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[jbtrucker]

Glad you made it to the ER and doing ok , my bro in law had a bad stroke when he was 56 and my dad had one also ,both suffered temporary paralysis in their jaw and arm. My dad found out when tried to say his morning prayers and couldn't talk.

 

[GaryS]

If anyone wants to see what's coming down the Pike for stroke treatment just search "Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke."

 

[Golddollar]

My paternal grandfather had a number of strokes during his life, and passed away from one in 1974. So one morning when I was half asleep and it felt like one side of my mouth wouldn't work, my first scary thought was I was having a stroke. I fought to get myself fully awake. I was able to sit up on the bed and then I realized that one side of my mouth had dried out during the night, which is why it wouldn't move. I was lucky.

Take care of yourself and have a full and speedy recovery.

 

[Wdbutcher97]

My wife had a stroke 10 years ago. We learned a lot quick.
#1- Call the Rescue Squad. Don't drive yourself. If you have an accident or just fall and cut yourself they can't use a clot buster. You'll bleed out.
#2- You only have 3 hrs from when you first notice the first symptoms for the clot busters to work.
At the worst of it, her left side was paralysed. I believe that the paralysis would have been permanent without the clot buster. It took an hour or more, but the paralysis went away like someone had flipped a switch. She still has short term memory loss, but we can live with that.
I had a friend that had a bleeding ulcer when he had a stroke. The clot buster couldn't be used. He wasn't as lucky. Be careful out there.

 

[GaryS]

There are three types of Strokes. Thrombolytic, Embolytic, and Hemorrhagic.

The CT scan is done in order to determine which type. If it's Hemorrhagic, tPA can't be used because there is no clot to break up and it will cause fatal bleeding.

That three hour window is slowly expanding, but not by that much. Waiting is the worst thing you can do.

Oh, even if the symptoms resolve on their own, go to the hospital. Mother Nature just fired a shot across your bow.