In Jan. 1990(at 51 yrs of age), I had a “Pontine” stroke. Prior to that I hadn’t been considered a “stroke candidate”, as I watched my cholesterol,plus wasn’t overweight, or had high blood pressure, etc. I had been a bicycler, swimmer, & runner, plus ate “healthy” food, so a stroke was very unexpected. [...]
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Brainstem Stroke and Short-Term Memory Loss
Monday, January 8th, 2007Temporary vision loss and severe headache
Thursday, January 4th, 2007New Year’s Eve, I was working at home before going out to dinner. Probably due to the workout of working t home, I started feeling kind of weird. Having already being diagnosed with and being pharmaceutically treated for high blood pressure, I felt that is was high just from a feeling that I get. I [...]
Continue readingPlavix (clopidogrel), stroke and bleeding
Thursday, December 28th, 2006My mom has had a heart attack 20 yrs ago , heart surgery 15 years ago and three strokes 10 years ago,6years ago and 2 years ago. Her doctor told her today that she had had a mini stroke the day before. He said she would have more and needs to go [...]
Continue readingCarotid Artery Blockage - Vascular Surgery?
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006My husband recently had an MRI on his neck. His primary care physician told him he has a 100% blockage on the left side in his carotid artery. The right side is fine. He then made an appointment for him to see a vascular doctor in February of 2007. I’m worried about the appointment being [...]
Continue readingSeizure medication, left side numbness
Tuesday, September 12th, 2006I am a 39 y.o.(131 lb.) female who has had a seizure disorder for 20 yrs. I am presently on Tegretol 200mg/tid. (I have had grand mal seizures and myoclonic jerks, in the past) I have been experiencing quick sharp pains and burning sensation on the top of my head on and off for the [...]
Continue readingNumbness followed by headache
Friday, July 28th, 2006First of all I have no health insurance and that is why I am asking for advice online before I go to the doctor for nothing. Today as I was sitting on the couch my left arm went numb as well as my hand and fingers only on the left side. Later I noticed the [...]
Continue readingMigraines and Fatigue After Aneurysm Surgery
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006I had a ruptured aneurysm clipped in Oct. 2005 and I am still not feeling like myself. I will try to make this as brief as possible:
Since the surgery I now suffer from extremely painful migraines (worse than the headache I had the day my aneurysm was found). My neurologist states that it [...]
Subdural hematoma, stroke, CT scan findings, terminology, cholesteatoma
Saturday, April 1st, 2006I am very desperate for your response, no one else wants to help me. To make a long story short, this question is regarding my father. He had a ct scan and this was the result. The patient has had a left frontoparietal and a right frontal craniotomy. A subdural drain [...]
Continue readingStroke CPR, Voodoo tricks
Wednesday, March 1st, 2006Dear Dr…..Is this Voodoo or is there merit to this ?…When someone suffers a stroke,do not move them,but rather have a syringe or a sterilized needle ready to prick all 10 fingers and draw a drop of blood from each. They should respond quickly, then call 911….If the mouth is crooked ,pull on the ears [...]
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