Comments on: Bad Stuff

By: cindy

cindy — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:07:29 +0000

Having talked to my dad yesterday, it seems his physician got the mild stroke thing from a note written on his emergency room charts. So I don’t know whether it was something the emergency room had ruled out, or whether it was one of the possibilities in the diagnosis (even tho the ER doctor’s diagnosis, as I was there to hear, was viral infection in the middle ear). I think my parents are unreliable for this kind of hearsay cuz they don’t understand a lot of what’s going on.

By: jordan

jordan — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:47:06 +0000

If he did have a TIA (transient ischemic attack) which is basically a ‘mild’ or ‘mini’ stroke.. it is possible NOT to show up on those scans… sometimes those mini strokes are precursors for the big one… so be careful. He should definitely be taking an asprin a day… 81 mg is good. (baby aspirin).

And as far as ER’s go…. unfortunately they miss a lot of things. Not like on ER or Grey’s anatomy where they figure everything out. In real life… a lot slips past them.

Remember when I went out 911 in May? They told me I had a mini stroke.. (uh, I’m in my 30s, but OK)… and felt comfortable leaving that diagnosis on me, which didn’t correlate with the tests they were doing… when I released myself.. yes I told them I was going home, since they had no idea what they were doing… I went somewhere else and THEY gave me the true diagnosis.. which was complicated migraines. (can resemble a stroke.. but does not correlate with testing). Also remember they did a carotid doppler study on my carotid arteries and told me they were 75% blocked!!!! A neck/brain MRI said they were not blocked/occluded at ALL… so there you have it. I’d believe his family physician over an ER doctor… after the stuff I’ve seen.

By: James

James — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:39:43 +0000

My Aunt recently had one of those mild strokes. The symptoms were very similar. She had to be careful for a few weeks following but is just fine now.

Hope your dad is OK. If it IS a mild stroke there are things he needs to do to make sure it doesn’t come back.

By: Flat Coke and Flies

Flat Coke and Flies — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:13:52 +0000

I never click on those silly emails. Apparently they think we are as stupid as they are.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:04:08 +0000

There is something in the ceiling (it might be asbestos(sp?)) that when broken up can cause some respiratory problems.

By: cindy

cindy — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:58:50 +0000

They DID have popcorn ceilings, but that was scraped off during the remodeling! I didn’t know those things had an ill effect! Maybe that’s it. My mom wore a face mask every time she was at home, but my macho dad refused to. NOW they both do. Haha, my parents probably look like 2 surgeons walking around at home, talking to each other all muffled.

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:54:27 +0000

Do they have popcorm ceiling (not sure of the technical term)? If so, breathing that stuff is not good! Maybe they shoudl have someone come out and clear the air ducts and buy some air filters. On line ionic breeze has good deals.

By: cindy

cindy — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:55:22 +0000

thanks, mel. me, too.

By: mel

mel — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 19:40:31 +0000

i hope your dad is ok…