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How to gain weight lost from stroke

My spouse had a stroke about 3 years ago and has lost 60 lbs. He does not have much of an appetite and eats...

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How to gain weight lost from stroke

My spouse had a stroke about 3 years ago and has lost 60 lbs. He does not have much of an appetite and eats...

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Should we be concerned about TIAs?

My dad is 52 and in great health. Last year he had "spells" where he would go from being 'normal' to...

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Best course of action- financially and medically.

My mother recently had an ischemic stroke and was left without the ability to walk, use her left arm, and see...

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Effects of a stroke

Apparently i had a stroke several months ago, this was confirmed with a CT scan and a couple of MRI's. Just...

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TIA/Stroke Symptom or the "New Normal"

My dad suffered a stroke August. Fortunately, he's had no appreciable deficits. He has, however, had a lot of...

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Confused and scared

Hi, I am new to this area but my husband recently had a bad headache for a couple of weeks and a scan...

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Questions about stroke

My grandma (87) had a stroke 2 weeks ago. Originally she would open her eyes every so often and would answer...

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Stroke (TIA)

I have had my second TIA in the past 3 yrs now . The latest 1 came on with out warming , I quit breathing ....

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Do strokes always show up on a brain scan?

I guess I should share more information about why I'm asking and about myself. I'm a 25 year old white...

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Stroke with Double vision

I just found out today that I have had a stroke. The nurse told me over the phone the results of my MRI which I...

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TIA Changed My Father

My dad (age 61) had a TIA Sept 09' and recently had another one this past May. After the first stroke, there were...

Posted by kaars

My dad (age 61) had a TIA Sept 09' and recently had another one this past May. After the first stroke, there were obvious changes in his behavior and personality. Thankfully he wasn't paralyzed and he was fully able to go about his daily activities, but he just seemed different.

Over the years, it has just gotten harder and harder trying to cope with the reality that I'll probably never see or talk to my old dad again. Most of the time he's spacey, confused, antisocial, distant, irritable, apathetic, etc.

Overall, it's extremely difficult to be around him for a few reasons. The most obvious reason being that I feel like he's not the dad I once had. The second being (which I can only assume has direct relation to the stroke) is that he won't accept my boyfriend of 5 years. When he had the stroke my boyfriend and I were split up. So my dad saw me in a depressed state over him. I believe that my dad's negative attitude towards my boyfriend is due to his last recollection of him being an unfavorable one.The final reason is that he continues to neglect a proper diet and exercise. He has no concern about his high blood pressure/cholesterol or diabetes.

My family and I try to encourage better eating habits, but it doesn't work. He was laid off and is now at home all the time. Therefore, all he does is eat and watch tv. Not to mention that to this day he's still in denial that anything was wrong with him in the first place. He brushes off the TIAs as if they were nothing. I'm not sure if he even realizes how different he his.

My dad used to be outgoing, charismatic, social, funny and he has completely lost all of those qualities along with any interest in doing the things he used to do. I can't remember the last time he laughed genuinely without a tv being in the room. The only time a catch a glimpse of his old self is when he's upset with me. And as sick as it sounds, I soak up those moments.

It feels so hopeless and I just need to know if there's a possibility for recovery. Can a stroke victim regain their old personality? It seems permanent, but I need some hope.View Thread

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Is natural Birth possible after Carotid Artery str...

Hi, I am 34 years old and had a blockage in my carotid artery stroke at the age of 7. At the age of 28...

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worried about survival rate after a stroke

Hi! my name is sharon and I had a stroke just a few days ago!..no residual problems! I am on lisinopril,...

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TIA or not?

Hello, A little about me, I am a 63 year old male, in very good shape and an avid cyclist who does many...

Posted by JimGeorge49

Hello,
A little about me, I am a 63 year old male, in very good shape and an avid cyclist who does many centuries or longer rides over all kinds of steep hills and flats. Been doing this kind of intensity for the past six years. Since my mid 20s, My diet has excluded dairy except the occasional egg and regular smaller fish consumption, with years of eating vegetables, nuts, and fruits, and soy products. I have a family history of atherosclerosis, my father died of an MI in his mid fifties and his two brothers have had three by passes between them. I had a stent in my late 40s, after experiencing chest pain, only such event before and since.

A couple of days ago on a routine 26 mile bike ride over a regular route that included two steep pitches (14% +), and some that were below that. I stopped twice on the 26 mile ride and at the first stop (mile 15) I felt a little dizzy and imbalanced.... after resting about 10 minutes I headed home and about mile 25 I stopped at an intersection and discovered I could not keep my right leg lifted without having the sensation of leaning to my right side. I also seemed to have a hard time from listing to the right while I had been riding, and there had been an ache in my right jaw. These were all new sensations to me. My riding buddy, a nurse, wanted me to go to the ER, though I convinced her that I would call my cardiologist the next day and would wait while she retrieved the car and drove me home. Everything since then as been fine though I have a persistent 'stuffiness' or low intensity headache in the front part of my head. I do have an appt tomorrow morning, Oct. 25, and expect to have an EKG. My research thus far makes me think I had a TIA. I would be interested in any suggestions about what to consider or ask for from my doc. I really would like to believe I can resume my cycling and at similar levels as in the past, though I am not interested in deliberately hurting myself. Would like to be around and enjoy my kids and possible grandkids for a long time.View Thread

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botox

has anyone used botox to relax finger tone to help regain use of fingers? if so please let me know details...

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numbness cheek and gum left side of face

this numbness is better in morning and gets worse as day goes on seems related to how much i interact with...

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Tiredness after a stroke

My mom had a mild stroke on 9/11/12 affecting her left side (she is left handed) she is recovering very...

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bleeding of the brain

My dad is 81 and has congestive heart failure. He did have type 2 diabetes. The VA took him off his diabetic...

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Possible stroke? [Lengthy]

I recently had an odd thing happen then I wonder may have been a small stroke. As a chronic migraine...

Posted by Watarimono

I recently had an odd thing happen then I wonder may have been a small stroke. As a chronic migraine sufferer I know the neuropeptides released in such high levels contribute to vascular inflammation and weaken several main arteries. This is what happened, I'll try to keep it short.

I was relaxing. My vision began to drastically change, as happens periodically. It was as though the right visual fields wasn't properly mixing with the left. I began to look at objects and noticing an inability to see the objects themselves, only the spaces between them, which built themselves in gradually more divergent trees and patterns. text began to shimmer in between the lines. I thought it was a migraine, but it was not like any of the others. Then I felt the entire right side of my brain go cold and numb. Felt dizzy and nauseous, like I was on a ship moving side to side, my vision wouldn't line up. I felt paranoid, as though something was right near me. I could see it in my mind, so close. Tall, standing right next to me, then leaning over, with its neck protruded outwards, the sensation that its face was right next to mine, but when I turned, something was occluding my senses of it. I've had this before, but it was different this time. I heard footsteps, tick, tick, tick. Saw movement in the darkness of the other room. Looked out. It was as though I had night vision of a much greater acuity than I could ever recall having before, objects shrouded in darkness pulsed in and out of focus, then faded to black. Looking out, I saw things morphing into faces, staring back. I continued staring, the longer I stared, the less I felt I should avert my eyes of it. I finally looked away, and felt that such a thing would spell death. But it did not. The sensation of the being in the room with me had changed, it felt behind me, arms close to me. Maternal, and attempting to entice, yet under the surface malicious with waves of aversion. My own transportation was out of commission. I attempted to get up, but my limbs felt weak, yet coordinated. Made my way to a phone, had to look up a number of someone I knew. My mind kept dumping the number before I could dial it. Finally dialed it, told them I believed I might be having a stroke of some form. They had the nerve to tell me "Maybe you should just go lie down." they finally agree to give me a ride to a hospital, I call them back 20 minutes later, they haven't even left yet, give me some bullshiot excuses. I sit down on the floor, remain somewhat conscious, they finally roll in 3 hours later, despite living 20 minutes away. (relying on others, a mistake I never thought I would make again). I said screw it, I don't care anymore. Get out, I feel sick, and I'm going to sleep. Checked pupils, they were responsive. No obvious motor deficits, thinking was, and still is very cluttered though. I went to sleep.

Next day, and the day after, and the day after (today), the right side of my head feels numb and strange inside. Thinking and conveying thoughts is difficult and feels foreign. Emotions (anger and irritation) are harder to control, I feel quite depressed, and as though once again, my body has let me down. I have let me down. Maybe its time to stop fighting, and simply die, because there isn't much left. Too bad for me my self respect would never let me come to that brink again, you fight until you're dead.

I'm not the sort that normally reaches out for external help. And I'm used to not being "balanced". But I'm feeling quite strange, and certainly cannot afford an MRI, nor do I feel like waiting months months for a neurologist appointment, which again, I cannot afford. Does anyone perhaps know what this might have been? Thank you in advance.View Thread

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Thank you

Churchill's 'black dog' was creeping up to me (I am/was getting depressed), and I felt very sorry for myself...

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Hemorragic Stroke

I am 52 yr. old female who suffered a hemorragic stroke approximately 16 months ago. I feel like I take one...

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Stroke answers/fear

I had a stroke 6 years ago. (age 46). I had extremely high blood pressure that had been overlooked and written...

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head trama

A friend was hit with 1 punch and fell back and hit his head on the street. He was unconcious and within an hour...

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what is a cva with right pontine stroke

I just recently had a mini stroke last week. it has been very hard for me to cope with this since i am only...

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MRA

I had a MRA yesterday because the Dr told me i had a 50% blockage in a vein in my neck. when they did...

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stroke after attack.

Dear doctor My father aged 69, suffered a major attack 16 days ago.he was around the hospital when it happened....

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Dear doctor

My father aged 69, suffered a major attack 16 days ago.he was around the hospital when it happened. an emergency angioplasty was done and we were told that he will be fine and discharged after around 3 days.
After a day however he was not keeping to well and they told us that both his kidneys have failed and we must expect the worst as dialysis cannot be done at the present blood pressure.
they were able to start dialysis in the following morning and started him on medication for the same too.
After 24 hours of dialysis he was looking good and we felt his situation is improving. doctors were now saying that his heart and kidney functions are returning to normal. He was looking good and was talking to us as well.

However that night he seemed to have got a stroke. Doctors checked him in the morning and told us that a blood clot has travelled to the brain and has caused this.
they confirmed the same with two CT scans one day after another. They also told us that his right side is affected and he cannot move his hand and leg.

They were now treating him for heart, kidney and stroke and told us that it will take around 3-6 months to improve from stroke.

Two days after stroke my father went into deep sleep. the neurologist says that due to the blood clot there has been a swelling to the brain and thats why he is sleepy. Today its 16 days since my father got the attack and he is still drowsy.

On day 4 & 14 after heart attack my father has serious trouble breathing. i wasnt there on day 4 but on day 14 i saw that he was struggling to breathe.it happened twice within a span of 30 minutes after which his blood pressure shot up to 175/??

Im worried about the way his recovery is moving. He is sick a day gets well then falls sick again due to some complication. especially the breathlessness attacks are worrisome as they are a kind of sign that something is wrong.

what would be the next step that we probably need to take as doctors are juat saying we have to wait.View Thread

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