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

Mon Oct 15 20:26:05 EDT 2018

Thanks for all the kind wishes.  I've passed them along to her.

She's doing fairly well today.  We're still awaiting what happens next --
certain to be a transfer to a care facility with PT, but we don't know
quite when.

I was inches from wringing necks today.  I was waiting in a waiting room 3
hours for her to emerge from a procedure -- and they took her back to her
room without telling me for 1/2 hour!  I was getting worried she might have
died!  But she was fine.  I'm worn out after 8 hours there.

Bruce
NJ

On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 12:04 AM Dave Mudge <davemudge1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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