My son lives "back home" in Wisconsin, so there's really not much that he could do to help out.Originally Posted by KittiesHasMe
Take care of yourself. Does your son live close enough to help out?
I sure hope you found another doctor!Originally Posted by kara_leigh
Omg that's terrible! I hope he recovers quickly and has no lasting damage, and he is able to get some rest. Pesky nurses.Sending you vibes!
I'm glad you were there and you thought so quickly to take him in. I get Sporadic Hemiplegic Migraines, which simulate a stroke, and the first time it happened was when I was about 7 months pregnant and the person that answered the late night call to my OB told me that it was a stroke and to go to the ER immediately, and I ignored her. Luckily it was NOT a stroke, but I didn't know what it was and I still ignored her. My doctor actually chastised me for calling him about it in the middle of the night. Can you believe that?? He didn't even ask to see me or anything, just told me to suck on a piece of candy. HUH??
Originally Posted by AddieBee
Wow! Typical guy - ... glad you overrode his protests!
Sometimes dudes just don't have any common sense!
There's several causes:Originally Posted by KittKatt
]I'm no doctor either, but I think that's usually what causes them. I think they can be stress related also.
You sure are knowledgeable about a lot of things, StrangeWings!Originally Posted by strange_wings
There's several causes:
Small arteries in the brain becoming narrowed.
Hardening of arteries to the brain.
Embolism - which is what a clot traveling to the brain causes.
Hemorrhage and aneurysms which happen when there's a fragile vessel in the brain or trauma.
Other factors play into all of these: High blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking, and other diseases. History of migraines and TIA's greatly increase one's risk. (lovely news to all us migraine suffers.)
I'm not entirely sure whether very low blood pressure causing hypoperfusion (not enough blood in the brain) can put one at greater risks for strokes, too. That's probably something I should look up.
that he gets to come home tomorrow!
That's okay, Laurie.Originally Posted by LDG
Aw Tiff, I don't visit the CL enough!!!!!!!!!! I've missed all of this and I am SO sorry to hear!Thank goodness it happened at home is right. What is wrong with these men that for just about everything they "just need to lie down for a few" and everything will be all right?
that he'll recover completely, that the new course of meds will do its work, that he gets to come home tomorrow - and that he stops ignoring "serious illness" symptoms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Laurie
My brain is good at adsorbing non-useful information. But heck, if anyone ever needs a player for a trivia game I'm your person!Originally Posted by KittKatt
You sure are knowledgeable about a lot of things, StrangeWings!I'm impressed!You are definitely an asset to TCS!
Most of the parts that I highlighted in bold relate to Randall: it's no wonder he had a stroke.I'll probably be next, b/c most of those problems relate to me also.
I personally don't consider all your advice "non-useful". You've helped me out a lot on more than one occasion.Originally Posted by strange_wings
My brain is good at adsorbing non-useful information. But heck, if anyone ever needs a player for a trivia game I'm your person!
We're both gonna make some major changes in our lifestyle. I'm okay as far as nutrition is concerned for the most part (with the exception of loving pickles and getting too much salt intake from them - but I've cut way back on them), but Randall definitely lacks control in that area. He eats more junk food than anyone I've ever seen, and will consume an entire pack of saltine crackers in one sitting.And gosh, lots of bad factors.If you try, you can improve your health, at least some. But as you've seen the person has to want to try. I hope that you and Randall can work at this together - it might be easier that way for the two of you!
