Hello Mimi!

22 Sep 08 18:34, you wrote to me:

 RC>> When he arose from his nap, he tried to get out of bed and
 RC>> collapsed onto the floor, thinking that his legs cramped up.

 MG> There was no doubt in my mind that I was having a stroke. Suffice it
 MG> to say that I would rather give birth every hour of every day without
 MG> drugs than to have another stroke. It hurts *THAT* badly.

They say headaches are usually a precursor symptom of a impending stroke.

 RC>> I suspect that the damage had already been done during his nap,
 RC>> nothing my brother could have done would have changed the end
 RC>> result, the

 MG> I'm sure you're correct.

Pretty sure I am, since my brother whom found him first, found him on the
floor. The family does not hold any regrets regarding what shouda, coulda,
wouda, especially with a predisposition for these things on my fathers side
of the family. Only thing I questionned my brother about was how come he
didnt notice the sagging facial muscles, it all came down to position,
father was on the floor and we really didnt get a good look until I helped
him heave Dad onto the bed.

 RC>> hospital administered the blood thinners and released him,
 RC>> arranging the customary visits to the specialist doctors. We all
 RC>> have awoken with headaches before, pillow headaches etc, I
 RC>> suspect that him taking the aspirin might have made his stroke a
 RC>> little less severe than it could have been?

 MG> I know that's true for heart attacks, I don't know, but I suspect
 MG> you're correct about that.

For strokes that are more or less, aneurysms, aspirin or any agent that
thins the blood would hurt.. For blockages, the thinner the blood the
better.

 RC>> started doing when he graduated from PT in late 1991. He has one
 RC>> Carotid artery totally occluded and the other is 25% occluded, he
 RC>> has that monitored 3 times a year and its been unchanged.

 MG> Take the advice I gave to everyone the other day; tell him how much he
 MG> means to you and how much you love him now. Don't put it off.

Always do..

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