I haven’t heard if she has ever experienced this in the past...????...if she hasn’t she should seek medical advice before it’s too late. For some to call this a migrane without knowing her medical past so quickly...is not helping her and might even be harming others who may think they have experienced the same thing...
I’m wondering if the paramedics offered and she refused. Paramedics can’t forcibly transport someone against their wishes unless they cannot make a sound judgement (intoxication, insanity etc). Of course, they certainly could have tried to talk her into it by explaining that they really feared for her life.
Ping.
I think we’ll be reading about her massive stroke in the near future. These things don’t just fade away.
Aphasia (speech distortion) is common in stroke. As are all the other symptoms she described.
I only hope she didn’t set a bad example for everyone. She definitely should have gone to the ER. Even if it was just for formality or for show.
If she had died later that night for any reason, even from a fall, all hell would have broken loose over it.
In a case like this, especially something effecting the head or brain, the patient normally does not determine whether or not they go to get checked out.
I say this as a military medic and a repeated viewer of House reruns.
My dear friend was taking birth control pills for the first time (married, had had some kids). She was in public with her kids at a public pool when suddenly she lost the ability to speak and started feeling numb on one side. She could not watch her kids or even tell anyone around that she needed help! Than goodness she wasn’t in the water. It took a couple minutes then passed. She went to the doctor, also fearing a stroke. It was determined to be that same kind of freakish migraine. She didn’t even have head pain. It was caused by the fake hormones in the birth controlmpill, which she stopped taking immediately.
IMHO this is a classic example of a Transient Ischemic Attack, a TIA. It is all too often the precursor to a full blown stroke. Having been the chief of a large pre-hospital advanced life support service I know full well not to put much stock in the reports of a medical incident in the mainstream press.
It is simply not acceptable that a patient would present with the classic symptoms of a TIA and the pre-hospital responders would not recognize it as such and INSIST that she be taken immediately to an ER. Faced with that situation it’s usually possible to explain the situation to the LEO at the scene and get an order to transport.
I really, really hate to criticize or second guess the response of the personnel at the scene of a medical emergency, but the consequences of this handling, if reported correctly, are big, much bigger than the risk of unwarranted criticism.
My guess would be the first responders handled it correctly and subsequent reporting failed to document the care.
She´s a television reporter. Going to the hospital is for the little people. Freepers don´t know this?
If you watch her mouth in the video, you can see it droop and twist a few times. It was her right (viewer’s left) cheek and mouth.
Wouldn’t it be great if all news people had that ability?
My daughter gets migraines all the time and has never had symptoms like those. That sounds like stroke symptoms to me as well. I have an apparently healthy friend that had at stroke at 24, so this reporter should have had it checked out at the time.
‘Scuse my cynicism, but the lady, whatever her health condition, and we all wish her well, has got her 15 minutes of fame, and will or ought to anyway, take advantage, getting talk show invites, book contracts and movies “based on true story” like the ever admired King’s S-s-s-s-speech, with former Mrs Lyle Lovett in the leading role. Ted Williams’ 15 minutes is over, we need new teary eyed melodramas, please!
I have what are called “silent” migraines. (migraines without the pain) Often I get spots/flashing lights in my eyes. Sometimes it gets bad enough that I have to sit down because of the disorientation. I had my eyes checked because I thought I was getting glaucoma and that was causing it, but the tests showed no sign of glaucoma. The doc said the silent migraines (spots/flashing lights are being caused by changes in the tiny blood vessels behind my eyes. Dilating/constricting. I take afternoon naps, and the episodes occur in the the hour after I get up.