Health Changes: How are you adapting?

MercyL

MercyL

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We have all had days that should have never been included on a calendar.

Mine was just a few days ago. I couldn't sleep, due to a headache, but It felt like any other headache I've had over the last decade. I was considering my lunch options, the next day, when I had a minor stroke.

If you know anything about these little gifts, you know that the affects of ischemic accidents vary. I was lucky. My thought processes were scrambled but have returned with only a few permanent hitches Unfortunately, I was in the middle of a task when I lost the feeling in my right hand and arm, just before it went totally limp, about 40 minutes after I felt the first tingle. Since my faculties were out of whack, I didn't realize anything was truly amiss for about 30 minutes! Sentences and words, on my screen, seemed to make sense but made no sense to the hubby so I stepped away from the computer! Who knows what I had typed and if it made any sense, but I am glad the problem was temporary. I have known people who never regained their comprehension skills.

I'll have to take it easy for two more days, but I need to find a voice to text program while I wait for my motor functions, on my right side, to return to their former level, assuming physical therapy actually helps. Right now my arm feels like a lead weight, but I can type, slowly, and will probably need to take a lot of breaks. Once I find a good voice to text program, things will move faster.

The doctors seem fairly laid back, but I do not see my primary until Friday. Has anyone here ever had a TIA, Transient Ischemic Attack? If so, were you treated with medications or did your doctors use a "team" approach where doctors from other disciplines, like psychology?
 

Wow Mercy, so sad to hear you had one of these, and your functioning was affected. Wishing you the best for full recovery. :love_heart: :girl_hug:

My mother-in-law, when she was alive, had suffered from several of these. There were times where her jaw would tighten as she was talking to us. It affected her speech, and when we questioned her about it and showed concern, she became very angry and defensive. She also just threw herself backwards one day and fell on the floor, it's amazing she didn't get seriously injured, as she was in her 80s. She was helped up, and acted like nothing bad happened.

Luckily she had no aftereffects (that we're aware of), and she did get checked out by her doctor, who said she was having small strokes or TIAs. I don't recall them giving her anything for them.

Since seeing my mother in law with the TIAs, and my father in law who had a major paralyzing stroke...we decided not to have any excess calcium in our diets. They were both taking oyster shell calcium, which is as bad as Tums (calcium carbonate) as far as being absorbed in the body.

My father in law's main artery in his neck was 99% blocked with plaque/calcium deposits. We don't take any calcium supplements at all anymore. Years back I had a scan and the doctor told me I had Osteopenia, the beginning threat of Osteoporosis. They recommended huge daily quantities of calcium to be added to my vitamin regime...well, wasn't going to go there, I knew better.

I started taking vitamin D3, magnesium citrate and vitamin k2. All three of these supplements are very good for bone health, and the vitamin k2, helps assure that any calcium that I ingest, through foods or otherwise, will go to my bones and not my arteries.

Please take care of yourself, and hope you feel better soon.
 
Geez Mercy......How scary.....
My late mum had a TIA and didn't even know it until I pointed out to her that she was "throwing"
one foot when walking.......she didn't even notice it, but I certainly did.....
She went to her doctor and told him she'd been feeling a little light headed the previous day.....
She was very lucky and really had no after effects .......
I really hope everything goes well for you too.... :girl_hug::girl_hug:
 
If you have an iPad, there are several apps for talk to type , and most of them are either free or cheap. I think my son was talking about one called Dragon, Mercy.
My doctor prescribed Cerefolin , which is supposed to prevent the little strokes, however, my insurance won't allow me to get the prescription, so your doctor would have to be able to get it put through for you. All it is, is a form of folic acid, but my doctor said that some people do not process regular folic acid supplements, and he thought this would help me.
I haven't had a stroke, and my arteries are not clogged at all, but I have arrhythmia and they said that my heart could throw out a clot, so I take Pradaxa as a blood thinner just in case.
I am sorry to hear about your misfortune, and hope that you will be back to your regular self again soon.
I also take the coconut oil every day. It is actually not bad in coffee once you get used to the idea, and I really like it in oatmeal as well.
 
My wife had a TIA nearly ten years ago. She called me at work and said she couldn't straighten her mouth. I told her to hang up and call 911. I left work and met her at the hospital. By the time the doctor saw her she was back to normal. They did tests similar to what she has scheduled now.

The nurse said "you'll be back, people who have a TIA usually have several more". Luckily she's never had another one.
 

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