[TheForge] Denial won't work -- call 911 if you have symptoms...

[Dave Mudge]

Bruce, thanks for sharing your experience.
Hopefully we will remember to take care of ourselves
and not hesitate to call for help if we have trouble.
Hope that your girlfriend has a full recovery.
dave m
listmom for TheForge

On Sun, Oct 14, 2018 at 9:56 PM Kim George <klgeorge at kent.edu> wrote:

> Sorry to hear that,but best wishes for a speedy recovery with minimal down
> side.
>
> On 10/14/18, Bruce . <freemab222 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > ...of stroke, heart attack, deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism,
> etc.
> >
> > I won't recount those symptoms.  There are better sources on the web than
> > me.  E.g.:
> >
> > https://www.webmd.com/stroke/guide/signs-of-stroke
> >
> >
> https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-attack/in-depth/heart-attack-symptoms/art-20047744
> >
> >
> https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/deep-vein-thrombosis/symptoms-causes/syc-20352557
> > *****
> > If you're not sure you agree, read on.
> > *****
> >
> > My story:  Thursday, my girlfriend (whom I'd seen the previous Sunday)
> > called me to say there was something wrong with her.  I raced over and
> saw
> > the problem -- slightly slurred speech and a weak left hand.  I had her
> > chew an aspirin tablet, and I called 911.  After examining her, the EMTs
> > took her to the hospital.  She'd had a stroke.
> >
> > The problem was, the stroke occurred WEDNESDAY, and she'd waited 24 hours
> > to call me.  She hadn't even taken aspirin because she couldn't find any.
> > She said she thought the symptoms would pass.
> >
> > Such symptoms NEVER just pass.  They get worse.  And 3 hours after the
> > stroke, the door closes on some of the more effective treatments.
> >
> > She has since had blood taken a few times, two CT's, an echocardigram (?)
> > or two, an MRI, and is due for another test on Monday that will require
> her
> > to be anesthetized.
> >
> > She's doing as well as can be expected.  Her mind is fine and her speech
> > only slightly slurred, but her left hand doesn't work well, though she's
> > working it as best she can.  I helped her shower and wash her hair today,
> > which she can't yet do alone (for risk of falling).
> >
> > And by the time I'd finished today's 5-hour (or so) visit I was very
> tired
> > (as was she) -- but I still had to go back to her house (second time
> today)
> > to feed and tend to the cat.
> >
> > She wants to go home, but she lives alone so that's not likely to happen
> > soon.  She'll be at least another day in the hospital, followed likely by
> > some sort of nursing home with PT, etc.  I'm not even thinking yet about
> > what this all will cost.
> >
> > Sorry for the tale of woe, but NEVER NEVER ignore symptoms of stroke,
> heart
> > attack, or deep vein thrombosis.  Chew an aspirin and call 911 right
> away.
> >
> > Thanks for any and all good wishes.  I'm agnostic but even I accept well
> > meaning "thoughts and prayers".  Anyway, she's at least nominally
> religious
> > -- Methodist, I think  -- so I'll pass along any good wishes.
> >
> > Bruce
> > NJ
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