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Headed to the Dr. with my wife for her 6 week checkup today

Headed to the Dr. with my wife for her 6 week checkup today

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by: Chrisinkingwood Active Indicator LED Icon 8 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Jul 31, '15 7:49am  
Well it's been about 6 weeks since my wife had a stroke and we have a followup with our family Dr. this morning. She was super lucky! It was Father's Day weekend and she went into the bathroom and was looking in the lower cabinet for a clean hand towel and came back to bed saying her left arm felt numb. We figured it was a pulled back muscle or vertebrae as that was all that was wrong so we went to bed. Next morning her whole left side was numb like when  you have Novocaine and it's wearing off.  We went straight to KW Hospital and they admitted her after running a few tests in the ER. The MRI confirmed she had a Lacunar stroke or infarc as they call it. It was just sensory, no change in speech or motor skills luckily. It took a day or 2 for the numbness to wear off or for her brain to rewire it's self to connect with nerves on her left side which is what the neurologist said the brain actually does. The human body is pretty darn cool at times.She only spent a day and a half in the hospital and has been improving daily to the point that her only remaining symptom is the feeling that her left foot is wet and cold and a slight headache. She had just had a physical back in May and had good numbers as far as blood work but now they want everything lower so she is on Lipitor, a small BP pill and a full strength aspirin. Hopefully he will let her drive again as I have been the designated driver since it happened. She would also like to travel for work as her strength and stamina gets back to normal.Oh well, I'm keeping my fingers crossed! 4951
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Annie Active Indicator LED Icon 18
~ 8 years ago   Jul 31, '15 7:57am  
I hope it is an appointment filled with good news. 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 31, '15 8:02am  
Well it's been about 6 weeks since my wife had a stroke and we have a followup with our family Dr. this morning. She was super lucky! It was Father's Day weekend and she went into the bathroom and was looking in the lower cabinet for a clean hand towel and came back to bed saying her left arm felt numb. We figured it was a pulled back muscle or vertebrae as that was all that was wrong so we went to bed. Next morning her whole left side was numb like when  you have Novocaine and it's wearing off.  We went straight to KW Hospital and they admitted her after running a few tests in the ER. The MRI confirmed she had a Lacunar stroke or infarc as they call it. It was just sensory, no change in speech or motor skills luckily. It took a day or 2 for the numbness to wear off or for her brain to rewire it's self to connect with nerves on her left side which is what the neurologist said the brain actually does. The human body is pretty darn cool at times.She only spent a day and a half in the hospital and has been improving daily to the point that her only remaining symptom is the feeling that her left foot is wet and cold and a slight headache. She had just had a physical back in May and had good numbers as far as blood work but now they want everything lower so she is on Lipitor, a small BP pill and a full strength aspirin. Hopefully he will let her drive again as I have been the designated driver since it happened. She would also like to travel for work as her strength and stamina gets back to normal.Oh well, I'm keeping my fingers crossed!
 
@Chrisinkingwood:
I am so sorry to hear of your wife's stoke. I'm happy to hear she's doing well.
I just read this to my dh and he looked at me and said take heed. I have nerve damage from a few bad accidents and always contribute my traveling numbness and pain as the after effects. I have a slow reactive nerves in the right calf and left arm. Along with some very bad habits.
It's a good reminder for all of us as we age not to dismiss everything.
My doc has been pushing me for a year to get my mri. You may have pushed me to do it.
 
Being the designated driver can be very hard. If you get jammed up, I work from my home studio and for myself, let me know if you need assistance.
We are a community that cares for each other.
 
4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 31, '15 8:59am  
Prayers for a speedy recovery. Luckily she got to the hospital in time. Hope all goes well today and she gets great news. I'm sure she does want to go back to driving. 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 31, '15 9:17am  
Oh wow - she's very lucky! I hope your wife has a great checkup this morning. Best of blessings to you both! 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 31, '15 9:29am  
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 31, '15 9:37am  
Hope all checks out GREAT for your DW!! She's definitely lucky!! 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 31, '15 9:43am  
Will be thinking of you and your wife today.  Hope all goes well!  After her appt., treat yourselves to something special, not expensive, just special.  Maybe something you two did in your dating stage.  Have a great day! 4951
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Chrisinkingwood Active Indicator LED Icon 8 OP 
~ 8 years ago   Jul 31, '15 10:19am  
Thanks to all for the kind words. Everything went well. We really like our Dr. as he listens and takes the extra time to really get thing checked out. He felt all her new blood numbers look great. Once you have had a stroke or episode like this they set a much lower base line for things like cholesterol, BP and other things. With statin drugs they need to monitor liver function and that all looked good. He said the fatigue is a byproduct and will decrease with time but he was a bit concerned about the ongoing dull headache, she says it's really just more of an annoyance than painful. He wants her to give it another month and then he might prescribe something for it but hopes it will subside on it's own. She decided to go on into work but plans to come home early around 3 and we are going to go swim at our son's backyard pool to cool off. Going to cook a nice dinner and open a nice bottle of wine! 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 31, '15 1:40pm  
Love good news!  Enjoy your afternoon. 4951
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~ 8 years ago   Jul 31, '15 2:29pm  
Great news 4951
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