I am her primary caregiver so when she gets home I do wonder if she has declined even further, as the Internet info suggests.
No experience to share, but best wishes for your mom.
I knew someone who showed stroke symptom but went away some minutes later. Doc guessed it was TIA (transient ischemic attack?)
I’m not a doc and can’t guess what similarity there might be to what you saw. So scary but they were fine
So sorry to hear, God bless you both.
I hope she recovers well. I know it’s not easy being the caregiver.
As the government is now confessing to chem trail spraying (they are trying to say that they HAVE to spray because of “global warming” or climate change) we must be drinking and eating with even more caution.
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Prayers up for your mom and you, Yaelle. God bless you both, and her medical team, with all that is needed.
Really sorry about that and I certainly understand.
You and your mom have my prayers, Yaelle.
Prayers for you, your Mom and your family.
so her doctor may want her on some regulatory medicine.
sounds like your mom had a TIA, a small temporary stroke where almost all symptoms go away...
but its still a stroke, and it still has effects, and the chance of more strokes are very possible...
If it’s a 24 hour monitor, it’s basically a little recording box with a belt clip or neck cord, (about cell phone size) and I think it’s 6 leads that self-adhesive on. Use a perm marker or waterproof eyeliner and put a little dot on the skin by where the stickies are, so when one comes off (and they will) you can just stick it back on. Don’t panic if a lead comes off, they’ll still be able to get a reading. Go to the doc to get the device; go back the next day to turn in the device. Doc will call in a day or two with results. No news is good news. Hugs to your mom!
One way to help prevent strokes or to make them less harmful is to take an aspirin a day. My doctor has me on the 81 mg to 325 mg aspirin, one a day before bedtime.
The dosage varies with age, heart history, blood clot history, etc.
Check with your doctor is your mother was not on an aspirin schedule.
I survived a heart attack (clogged artery) and cardiac arrest with very minor injuries except my artery needed several stents. I use blood thinners, salt regulators, watch what I see (some of it looks back at me if it is not well done), and try to get some exercise.
Lots of new medicines out there for heart/stroke patients. best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Prayers for you both dear Yaelle.
My friend had a stroke sitting across from me at lunch. He didn’t
believe he had one, had his wife take him to hospital. He did not recover and died three days later.
Half of strokes are caused by carotid artery disease. Ask her doctor if he has done an ultrasound of her cartoid artery (it’s in the neck).
My husband had a stroke that threw him to the floor. He couldn’t speak and was paralyzed. The paralysis went away real soon, his speech came back in a few hours while he was still in the er, and an uneasiness was there until the next day. They said a blood clot passed right through his brain and left no damage, They put him on Plavix to thin his blood but he had another stroke two years later. It was terrible and he should have died. He lost his speech and is paralyzed on his right side, but he stays in a good mood and has accomplished some pretty amazing things. His mind is as good as ever and that was 7 years ago. We have been told that is they had given him cumadin instead of Plavix he may never had this last one. She may end up being just fine. I hope and pray that she will. Good luck, Ed and Karen
Prayers up for you my FRiend.
We went through all these things with my dear grandmother.
I still miss her so :-(
No one deserves to end their days suffering from this hideous malady.
God bless and keep you both.
I’ve seen this before, many times. I’m an RN
So glad she does not have any residual results. Good thing there. Now they can prevent any more, and it doesn’t mean there will be more but look at it as a good thing. Now there can be no ‘ambush’.
Here’s some further information.
http://guidedoc.com/stroke-recovery-guide-ishemic-hemorrhagic-tia-strokes
Prayers up for your Mom, Yaelle.
Comfort and recovery.
Well THAT sounds good. Maybe your mother is one of the lucky ones who have few long term consequences. I know an elderly man like that. He had his stroke about a year ago, but he has resumed being his familiar cantankerous self.