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Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: England, GB
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Location: England, GB
Posts: 194
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Lost use of left side now head pain.
Randomly I awoke 4 weeks ago to no use of my left side. I was taken to hospital and the stroke team set to work. I had a fit on the table in resus.
All scans came back normal, incl. eeg and sleep eeg, MRI, CT.
Since then I seem to have seconds where I faze out. eg. I was in the supermarket looking at a shelf when someone hit my trolley. I jumped out of my skin and realised I was looking at cat food. I don't have a cat.
I have had severe pain in my head for 11 days. Diclofenac and paracetamol stop the pain for an hour here and there.
I know I have these migraines which cause stroke like symptoms. I suppose it's just that. But it's scarey when you cant walk or see for 2 days.
I think the pain maybe stress. What do you think?
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I am a 36 yr old female who has played football, as a hobby, for 13 yrs. In July 2012, during a game I was slammed to the floor by two angry guys who hit into me so hard that one of them broke their ribs.
This knocked me back onto hard ground leaving me unconscious. I awoke to chronic head and neck pain, sickness and the inability to see or balance.
The paramedics made me walk to the ambulance, instead of placing me on a spinal board, where I was taken to the ER. I was hospitalised with suspected brain hemorrhage for 1 week, then on complete bed rest for 1 month, in a wheelchair for 2 months.
I have been left with PCS, moderate constant head pain, little short term memory, no memory of the accident, balance and sight problems, depression and exhaustion.
The worst problem is collapsing regularly. This has finally been diagnosed as Hemiplegic Migraines , these cause my brain to regularly shut down when I am tired and I then feel the full effects of a stroke (without the bleed on the brain!!) of which the symptoms last 2-4 days.
I have had 6 CT's, 2 MRI's and am under 3 specialists.
I believe everyday is one more towards improvement. Mainly I believe in the power of acceptance not the weakness of complacency or resignation.
Last edited by peacheysncream; 09-10-2013 at 02:58 PM.
Reason: none sense
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