Hi everyone As part of a research study I'm involved in, on PFO and migraine,the doctor has said I'll need to have a trans-oesophageal echocardiogram. I know...
Hi Sarah, I was "lightly sedated" enough that I don't remember anything after getting the IV. I woke after it in my hospital room and my wife was talking to...
Hi Sarah, Yeah I had that test done, a TEE. I was the same way, I told the Dr's if I could not have it done and they pretty much told me that if I didnt have...
I had the test done that you are talking about, and they told me that I was going to be lightly sedated as well, but I remember nothing at all! It was the...
It happens very quickly, and if you are sedated, you probably won't feel much at all. I have had 2, and they aren't that big a deal. They will spray some...
Just wanted to say thanks very much indeed for all your honest and reassuring emails -- it's great to know you all found this test not as bad as it sounds, and...
Hi Denise, How are you doing? How did everything go? Carolina Denise <goldilocks35@...> wrote: Hi Carolina, I had to wait too---but it was more because...
Thats great! Congrats!! So everything went ok? Did they have to do anything different for you? Carolina Denise <goldilocks35@...> wrote: I had Aiden on...
This is the very first time in my life that I have ever joined an online group and asked a question... but I'm getting desperate and I'm thrilled to have found...
Hi Gina, I'm sorry to hear that you were diagnosed with a PFO. If you haven't had a stroke, I would suggest that you really consider having the PFO closure,...
Hi everyone I've just been looking through some old messages and found this from Dirk: There are some new procedures that are being investigated, one of them...
Hello everyone, I had my 6 month echocardiogram w/ bubble test done last week, and I met with my cardiologist yesterday for the results of my PFO closure. And...
Hi Carolina, I had the same result at my six month follow up (about 1 year ago). I was told it was not uncommon and that in all likelihood it would close with...
Hi Mark, Did you have to take Plavix? Are you still on it? 3 years..oh my thats a long time. Carolina Mark Zell <zellm_98@...> wrote: Hi Carolina, I had...
Hi Carolina,  I was on coumadin immediately after the stroke, but I didn't tolerate that well, and was switched over to aspirin.  I took 325 mg of aspirin...
Hi Carolina, I'm sorry to hear that your PFO hasn't closed all the way. I hope that you will continue to heal. love, Vi Mark Zell <zellm_98@...> wrote: ...
can anyone who has had a left-brain Stroke or TIA please describe it? I had a .. very unsettling experience a little while ago and its worrying me. Thankyou. ...
I am not sure what a left-brain stroke is. I have had a stroke. If you have concerns, no offense but you should be calling a doctor and getting looked at....
Was it an aura? At first when I got them I was sure I was having a stroke... Denise <goldilocks35@...> wrote: I am not sure what a left-brain stroke is....
Hello, I had a right brain TIA about a year ago. But it all started out with horrible headache that I thought it was a migraine. And then it was just pain on...
Hi. Was trying to send this off my email program and its locked up i dont exactly know why. Copy and pasting it into yahoo directly.. :P yesterday , i was...
Hi, no it definitely was not I get migraine with aura exclusively and have since childhood. all too familiar with them. Sorry for the late reply, for some...
Its just a difference between where the clot is, on the left side and the right side of the brain, and it affects the symptoms quite a bit if i remember...
apologies for the funny nickname, i was sending out of yahoo and forgot id tagged it off a funny nickname a friend of mine had given me during the peak of my...
Nina- I was 26 when I had my stroke due to a PFO. Are you on birth control pills? They think that is how I got the clot. I want you to know something...I...
Good morning all. Before i get side tracked, no I am not on BC, I got my tubes tied a few years ago after the birth of my third child (who had pregnancy ...
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