Posted on 10/18/2020 5:47:49 PM PDT by magna carta
I have no knowledge on your husband’s condition. But I can offer a prayer for you and your family.
Dear Heavenly Father, We are so blessed to be able to come before you corporately asking for prayer for this Freeper’s husband. You know exactly what is going on in his body. We pray for your healing touch and that any treatments offered will be according to Your Will. Please provide hope, strength, and comfort for this couple and their family. May this be a time of testimony to loved ones and friends. We praise Your Holy Name and thank You for hearing our prayers in the Precious Name of Jesus, Amen
I hope he’s doing better and is in the hand of professionals. I eat better then I did before. I try never to eat and sleep on it. No taters for me at all, lol.
I have had 3 strokes and several collapses from dehydration in the last 4 years.
In all 3 strokes I lost my ability to speak English for a few hours.
You have to hope on your way down you don't damage your head or some other part of your body as some strokes can drop you like turning off a light switch.
After a stay at Brigham and Woman's in Boston it was concluded that my blood pressure of 224 had sheared off the linings in the distribution of veins and arteries above the heart and stopped all the blood flow.
I doubt your husband has that problem.
So far so good, as they have my blood pressure under medication control, and I am doing all right for an 85 year old duffer.
I hope it works out well for you husband and you.
Re-read post #5 , and don't be afraid to go to the Hospital ER if you have vital info like; he smashed his head on the pavement when he collapsed in the parking lot at 4PM, so the ER Dr.s get all the info.
You can even give them a list of the medications he is taking. - Tom
Yup. You know the drill. My wife is a heart monitor tech, her mother was having one in our home two years ago. We got right on the phone. I work in a hospital ER(porter). I’ve worked in three nursing homes. The law in NJ says what ever your job is in a nursing home you have to attend info sessions on all sorts of subjects dealing with elderly people. Recognizing signs of a stroke is topic number 1.
Off the subject, one of the most shocking and saddest things I learned is that elderly people are often the victims of sexual abuse, often by other elderly people.
from a friend:
Subject: How to recognize a stroke
During a BBQ a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured
everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) and
just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her
cleaned up and got her a new plate of food - while she appeared a
bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the
evening. Ingrid’s husband called later telling everyone that his
wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00pm, Ingrid passed
away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ - had they known how to
identify the signs of a stroke perhaps Ingrid would be with us today.
It only takes a minute to read this-
Recognizing a Stroke
-—— A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim
within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a
stroke...totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized,
diagnosed and getting to the patient within 3 hours which is tough.
RECOGNIZING A STROKE
Thank God for the sense to remember the “3” steps. Read and Learn!
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify.
Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke
victim may suffer brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize
the symptoms of a stroke.
Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three
simple questions:
1. *Ask the individual to SMILE.
2. *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.
3. *Ask the person to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently) (i.!
e. . . It is sunny out today) If he or she has trouble with any of
these tasks, call
9-1-1 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.
After discovering that a group of non-medical volunteers could
identify facial weakness, arm weakness and speech problems,
researchers urged the general public to learn the three questions.
They presented their conclusions at the American Stroke
Association’s annual meeting last February. Widespread use of this
test could result in prompt diagnosis and treatment of the stroke
and prevent brain damage.
wow that is sad indeed. He is doing very well but eager to see dr...hope we can find the source of problem soon.
Thank you so much.
Good luck. I’ll be saying prayers.
If one side of the face appears to be drooping or the person has an uneven or crooked smile, is unable to speak or is speaking incoherently or is staring off at something and doesn’t seem to notice or hear anyone standing next to them , that person is expericning a stroke.
I’ve been taking the Garlic bulb for a while now. My cholesterol numbers and blood pressure were way down on my last yearly checkup. My doctor doesn’t know what to do with me.
I pray they are able to find out what the source is and fix the problem so he can recover.
I'll be praying for your husband and you for healing and peace of mind. It's amazing how medical care regarding strokes has advanced and the recovery is much more positive than even a few years ago. The important thing is to not play a wait-and-see game - get to the hospital ASAP if it is suspected. They should test for blockages in his heart and run catheterizations if they need to be opened and possibly stented. I hope he does great.
Prayers for you and your husband.
Like others have said-never, never, NEVER hesitate to call 911 immediately if your husband has symptoms. Don’t even think about it. Just do it. Familiarize yourself with all the possible symptoms, because next time, it might not be just the inability to speak.
Calling 911 IMMEDIATELY can make all the difference in the world, trust me. I know from experience, both personal and professional. I work in healthcare and am involved in the IT end of things that bear directly on this subject in a hospital environment, and my father suffered a stroke some years back. My wife and I who both work in health care happened to be there when it happened. We probably saved his life by recognizing it and getting him into an ambulance, but...he went to a smaller community hospital, and no knock on them, but that isn’t really the place to go under those circumstances. You want to go to a bigger place that deals with a lot of these, if you have any say in the matter. One that has certification as described below, but...that sometimes isn’t possible, as in the case of my father.
Always, especially with his history, err on the side of making an erroneous call. It can make the difference in the quality of life for your husband or...life at all. Sure. It is embarrassing. The neighborhood is looking on, and curious. You may feel sheepish if it is a false alarm. And you may have to pay thousands of dollars out of your pocket for ambulance rides, ED visits, etc.
But do it.
And get a good medical team to manage your husband. Change teams if you don’t like it. There are very, VERY good people out there who know how to best manage these things. Don’t’ take advice on treatment from us here on FR (Except for calling 911 immediately) get people who know, and you can find out which hospitals are best at this. You have choices. Take advantage of those choices, because the fact is, some are better than others.
Find out if a hospital is a “Comprehensive Stroke Center” which is a certification that stroke care is optimized and of high quality there. They have specific procedures designed to recognize quickly, treat quickly, and carry out appropriate follow up care for stroke patients. Processes and procedures are streamlined and prioritized to get treatment to those patients like your husband, to whom minutes can make the difference between retaining vital functionality (walking, eating, talking, seeing, etc.) and NOT having those, or having those functions diminished.
I have prayed for you and your husband. All the best, and good luck.
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Bell's palsy - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic Bell's palsy causes sudden, temporary weakness in your facial muscles. This makes half of your face appear to droop. Your smile is one-sided, and your eye on that side resists closing
many many thanks...since he is doing just fine now i have to figure out if we can make it till his tues appt with a neurologist.
I have no way of knowing if he is a ticking time bomb or not.
thats awesome
That is a tough thing to accept, I believe, once you have a history of stroke, you have to act as if it is going to happen again.
But hang in there-a good team will help you work with that-Godspeed.
These are also signs of a stroke. Plenty of people who have Bells Palsy are able to function. A stroke is an entirely different situation.
My dad was a heavy smoker (unfiltered Pall Malls) and drank ten cups of coffee a day. Classic Navy man.
My mom and dad used to host a once a week dinner for as many of us who wished to show up. It was a lot of fun. We were there one summer evening, sitting around the round kitchen table as my mom prepared supper, and my dad took out a Pall Mall and stuck in his mouth.
He pulled out his Zippo lighter, which was always so fully filled that when he lit it, the big yellow flame would be about three inches high and an inch or two wide, it seemed.
He would, with a practiced tilt of his head to the side to avoid burning his eyebrows or hair (when he had it) thrust the tip of the cigarette into the flame, and, with narrowed eyes, ignite the cigarette.
On this night I was watching him do it, and he lit the zippo, and then...seemed confused. He looked at the zippo in one hand, took the unlit cigarette out of his mouth and held it in the other, Then he put the zippo, still burning that broad, bright yellow flame onto the table. He looked at the cigarette in the other hand, then placed it standing straight up on the table while he gazed at them.
This was completely odd. I had never seen him do anything like this before in my entire life.
I said “Dad-what’s up?”
He nervously laughed, and in a sheepish tone said “I don’t know.” At this, my wife who was a critical care nurse, immediately took control.
It isn’t always obvious. If I had not been looking at him directly watching him do this thing I had seen him do hundreds if not thousands of times before, that opportunity might have been missed.
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