I had quite a scare this past week. I woke up in the middle of the night with extreme calf pain in both of my legs. It wasn't like a charley horse or anything because the sharp pain was the entire calf and different from a muscle cramp. It's very difficult to explain and something I have never experienced before. It let up enough for me to go back... Read more
Going off my Coumadin scares the heck out of me. The blood thinner was prescribed to me back in 2001 following my stroke. I always knew there was a risk of bleeding while taking Coumadin, but the fear of having another stroke outweighed that risk for me. My doctor told me I had thick blood and would have to be on Coumadin the rest of my life.... Read more
I've mentioned my misdiagnosed stroke back in 2001 before. But I believe hospitals have come a long way since then. Many facilities have stroke teams in place to quickly diagnose stroke. This is great, because time matters. Every second you're having a stroke, vital brain cells are dying. Your chances of being disabled or worse, dying,... Read more
Blood clots are scary. Sometimes you don't even know there are there, until it's too late. That was the case for me. I was going along, living life, feeling fine, and then suddenly I couldn't move my arm or talk. It happened that quickly. One second I was fine, the next, I was not.
When I got to the emergency room back in August 2001,... Read more
I hate eating sweets. The reason I hate eating sweets is because I love eating them. They are my downfall. One of my co-workers isn't making it any easier with his "Ice Cream Tuesdays" which have also turned into "Ice Cream Thursdays." Let's go ahead and throw in a "Donut Wednesday" and "Cake Friday" while we're at it. I have no... Read more
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