Re: Strokes-Lyndi

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Bennie wrote:

> You know there is a medication that reverses stroke symptoms and effects but

you must get to the ER and get it administrated within the first hour.

Thanks for caring Bennie. I really appreciate it.

Unfortunately, my head pain from the violent migraines has many symptoms

that are identical to strokes in women. As my neurologist said: " You'd

be in the ER three times a week and they wouldn't even know what is

actually happening to you. " So, I'm basically in ' " roll your dices and

take your chances " mode.

> Thankfully for me, I did not get any lesions or plaque on my brain from the

stroke/strokes I experiences, I think they were more TIA (Trans Ishemic Attacks)

that happen before a stroke.

My lesions are a direct result of the violence of the migraines. They

are constricting brain flow in some pretty bizarre ways. I thought that

I was having TIA's, but it turned out the migraines themselves are doing

most of the damage. (except for the actual full strokes)

The infarcts (strokes) show up very clearly on the MRI's. Ditto for all

the lesions. It's amazing to me that my migraines have reached the

point where they're virtually indistinguishable from a stroke in

progress. I've been extremely lucky that nothing has destroyed any key

areas in my brain. My left side is a little weaker than my right. I

sometimes can't find the word I need, and some of my reflexes are a bit

too sharp. Those and a bit of extra tiredness and anxiety, seem to be

about it.

As for stroke prevention itself - I've been a good girl for years when

it comes to not doing things that might trigger one. (Genetics keep

getting in my way though :-) I had a bad experience with Plavix, so I am

taking two coated adult aspirins each day. The darn things give me lots

of high pitched tinnitus. So far my gut is handling them okay. But, I

expect I'll spend half the summer nights, trying to find non existent

mosquitoes in our bedroom in the dark <g>

Lyndi

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, Lyndi wrote:

> My left side is a little weaker than my right. I

> sometimes can't find the word I need, and some of my reflexes are a bit

> too sharp. Those and a bit of extra tiredness and anxiety, seem to be

> about it.

>

Lyndi,

What is so sad is while you are experiencing a TIA or stroke, it is common

that the person having the stroke/tia cannot see what the people around them are

seeing what is happening to the person having the stroke.

I thought I was writing a correct e-mail to my boss but it was unreadable

mess. I also thought I was speaking correctly but I had a slur and I also could

not find the right words I was wanting to say.

You are so right that you have to to be on top of what is happening and I

hope you get your migranes under control and the most annoying thing, tinnitus,

I cannot stand and hope you can find something to take for it.

I am thinking of you hoping those migranes get less and less and TIA's

go away. Bennie