My father can not speak at all. I can not see a speech therapist coming by for 15 minutes and trying to get him to sing Happy Birthday being really helpful. Has anyone ever come back from this to be...
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Hello, My father is 74 years old, very active, writer, owns his own business. During a yearly checkup, the Dr. listened to his neck and said his carotid arteries were 90% blocked and he should have s...
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My daughter had a loss of balance for a few days and the doctor said it was labrinthis. She has got a lot better. Now on waking for myself the room spins round particulary on one side if I have been s...
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Here is a device for straitening out the toes while you sleep. This was from the last StrokeConnection magazine. I asked about it after going to the catalog, and not seeing this device. [url]http://ww...
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i have been getting this pressure in my eyes the last week and a friend told me it could be a symptom for a stroke. i started toprol last month for high bp(140/90) but could eye pressure be anythign e...
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I have these episodes that are hard to explain, although I have not had them in quite a while...until last night. My neurologist thought they might be TIA's and she has me on Aggrenox 2 x day as a pr...
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Ok, I have posted this on the pregnancy board because I am 8 months pregnant. I have been having some slight numbness or tingling in my jaw and my left arm. Pin and needles all over my body, and I wou...
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A year ago I had a cardiac calcium scan done at a very noteworthy Los Angeles hospital test site. My EBCT scan calcium score showed "zero," a great result, and the doctor said "you are...
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My mom (71, type2 diabetic for 12 years) has been experiencing memory loss, enough so that she went to the doctor. They did a pet scan of her brain, found nothing remarkable. She went to a psycholog...
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Just thought I'd introduce myself... my name is Angel, and I'm 33 now... I had a stroke in March of 2005 at the age of 32. No indications... I don't smoke, drink, take hormones, etc. That day in ...
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My mother has been taking coumadin for over 6 years for atrial fibrillation. Not too long after she started taking it, she began to have speech problems. The dr.'s have said it has nothing to do with ...
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My husband, age 34, suffered a TIA on Dec 1, 2005. After a three day hospital stay and every test under the sun, he was released but the cause of the TIA is unknown. The TEE did not show a PFO. Cu...
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Thank you for reading this. Just a few minutes ago, I was talking on the phone and got the strangest sensation in my head. It was almost like silver tingles, but to the point where I was ultimately ...
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My name is Danielle and I first came to know the power of a stroke after standing by my grandmother as she battled the many obstacles a stroke put in her way. I am currently a speech therapy graduate...
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I am currently taking coumadin, proper dosage still being worked on. INR is up and down so weekly sometimes bi-weekly blood draws are still necessary.
I want to go out and have a few drinks wit...
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I work for Memorial Hermann, a large hospital system in Houston, Texas. We are hosting a live, surgical webcast on March 8 of a carotid stenting procedure. I thought some members of this site might be...
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My mother had a stroke (2 of them) six months ago. She is also about 60 lbs over weight and has diabetes. We brought her home about a week ago and all seems to be going pretty well but.......
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I fell backwards out of a door onto tile floor at work last October. Since then I have been in and out of the hospital, tested, retested, etc.... dx of fibro, myofascial pain, cervical sprain, syncope...
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My aunt is 85 and suffered a recent stroke. She is paralyzed on her right side. She cannot speak. It's been 10 days. She's in a good rehab facility. I've heard success stories in younger patient...
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My dad had a stroke almost two years ago. He's made amazing progress- he has relearned how to walk, talk, care for himself, write, read...the works. He had some aggression issues last year, but that...
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Does anyone know if a mild stroke victim will recover from hemianopsia? Will the vision return to normal or at least close to normal after a few months or longer? I am asking because I had a mild st...
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I had such a horrible visit with my dad today.He was determined to get out of the SNF facility he is in.All he wanted was to go home,he was so mad at me because I wont take him out of the...
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Hi, I'm a 16 year old male. I am obese, and have been overweight for most of my life. I don't drink, smoke or do drugs.
Since July 2005, I've been having strange feelings in my head and upper bac...
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I had a VAD stroke about 1 year and half ago. I was 26. Is there anyone trying to deal with this type of stroke or maybe young stroke victims out there?? I’m dealing with Neuropathy, vision, balanc...
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I would really like to talk to you more about your stroke. I cannot find anyone else who has had this type of stroke caused by artery dissection. I had a stroke almost 3 weeks ago. I am ok except I...
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