-=> ALAN HESS wrote to MIMI GALLANDT <=-

 AH> Whilst masticating on , Mimi Gallandt (1:123/789)
 AH> wrote to Stan Hardegree:

 MG> He claims he doesn't know for sure, from personal experience I
 MG> can guarantee that you *KNOW* it and can never forget it. It
 MG> hurts like you wouldn't believe. I would rather give birth every
 MG> hour of every day of the rest of my life without drugs than to
 MG> have *ONE* more stroke. It burned like fire in my head, I don't
 MG> mean it was just hot, it was as if there were actual flames
 MG> inside my head. I freely admit that much of the early part of my
 MG> hospitalization is blank (ie: I don't remember my left side being
 MG> paralyzed for the first 2 days, but I have it on good and
 MG> credible authority that I was ), but I'll never forget the
 MG> dates in which the experience took place.

 AH> I've never had burning like that in my head, but I've got burning and
 AH> other wonderful sensations just about everywhere below my neck (central
 AH> pain syndrome, which can also result from stroke - you're fortunate if
 AH> you didn't get it.  Even if it only affects a small area of your body,
 AH> like a foot or leg, it can be excruciating.)

 AH> How fully did your left side recover?  *adh*

Radically different here.
No pain at all.
Massive disorientation.
Memory difficulties.
Difficulty with expression.
Feeling of being continuously drunk or high.

Mostly recovered except when tired except for the feeling of being
high and some problem expressing myself.

The former is fading, the later I'm taking a wait and see approach.

Per this unsolicited reply, I just thought as curious
you might like another view from someone with differnent
experience.
Don't think I'd have much liked the feeling of having my brain afire. 
 
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