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 ...
When I had 2 left brain strokes, each time I experienced right sided numbness and weakness, loss of vision, dizzyness and confusion, inability to speak or walk...
I was told that I had migraine with aura. Which didn't really seem right to me at the time, because there was never a migraine of any type, absolutely no pain....
... looking at the sun then looking away) I had 2 one lasted 10 mins one lasted 1 hour.this was diagnosed as a TIA. but also had loss of speech the second...
Hey folks, I've been having a few strange things go on, and I wanted to hear if any of you shared my experience. I was diagnosed with PVC's after the surgery,...
Hey all. i did get all your responses. I'm just exhausted and too tired to answer every one, but thank you. Here is a brief over run of the second event. The...
Hi, I have had a history of generally feeling bad and extremely fatigued for years now. When I was 14, I found out I had kidney failure, and had to have a...
Those are the symptoms I have had with my migraines. ... numbness and weakness, loss of vision, dizzyness and confusion, inability to speak or walk or...
Sometimes it can be very difficult for a physician to tell the two apart. That's why it's VERY important for the patient to have an MRI and NOT a CAT scan,...
Hi Sheila, You have certainly had to deal with alot of health problems in your young life. I'm very sorry to hear about them. I'm glad that your doctors were...
Yep I know. Although MRIs dont always show them either, I know several people who had small ones and it never showed up on any scan, MRI CT or otherwise. That...
I am actually still veyr confused as to the difference of complex migraine and TIA/stroke. Obviously I know what a migraine is, the mechanism behind it is, and...
My Neuro, who is from the Mayo Clinic, says that people can have brain damage from a prolonged migraine. It is called Migrainous stroke. It isn't really...
Mine hasnt had much chance to say much about it, he saw me after the initial one and ordered the EEG, talked about the follow up with my PCm for the second...