TheBanyanTree: Death by a Thousand Strokes

[Gloria]

I remember when you had that vision incident. It was shortly after I had
mine on Oct 4th. My second one, I might add. A week or two before the
blinding one, I had a 10-15 second vision event.  Two weeks before that I
banged the side of my head into a very sharp cupboard door corner. I still
believe that’s where the clot started. But I digress....

I’m happy you’re having your vascular test. The folks in my arteritis group
are also having them. Inflamed arteries can happen anywhere in the body for
us, like the aorta for example. That’s the one that makes everybody
nervous, including me. Hope my inflammation stays in my temporal arteries.
Hope your arteries are just fine!



On Mon, Jan 21, 2019 at 6:56 AM LaLinda <twigllet at gmail.com> wrote:

> Woof is right! I am on Xarelto. Just make sure you have bkood-clotting
> bandages and agents in your first aid kit and handbag and car, etc.
>
> We love you, with all of our hearts. Just for solidarity's sake, my right
> side is limp, today and I'm having pain, but mine is much more
> temorary-ish, since I had my neck rebuilt. Still, I will think of you, all
> day, working and eating pretzels.
>
> Me, I managed to persuade K to bake gluten-free Toll House cookies, even
> though he is currently officially on a cookie-free food plan, himself.
>
> I love you. I know I said it, but, it bears repeating.
>
> L
>
> On Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 6:20 AM Woofie <woofess at iinet.net.au wrote:
>
> > Am just surprised your doc/s  have not placed you on blood thinners
> > (anti-clotting agents) when you are experiencing TIAs etc - as most are
> > caused by blood clots ☹
> >
> >
> > Woofie 😊
> >
> > “I was so much older then…. I am younger than that now” Bob Dylan
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: TheBanyanTree <thebanyantree-bounces at lists.remsset.com> On Behalf
> > Of Monique Colver
> > Sent: Monday, 21 January 2019 2:14 PM
> > To: A comfortable place to meet other people and exchange your own
> > *original* writings. <thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com>
> > Subject: Re: TheBanyanTree: Death by a Thousand Strokes
> >
> > Thank you woofers! I'm not at the moment. Now I'm sort of curious about
> > the vascular test!
> >
> > Monique
> > Sent from my iPad
> >
> > > On Jan 20, 2019, at 3:02 AM, Woofie <woofess at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> > >
> > > Excellent writing as usual 😊
> > > Are you on blood thinners?
> > >
> > >
> > > Woofie 😊
> > >
> > > “I was so much older then…. I am younger than that now” Bob Dylan
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: TheBanyanTree <thebanyantree-bounces at lists.remsset.com> On
> Behalf
> > Of Monique Colver
> > > Sent: Sunday, 20 January 2019 1:58 PM
> > > To: Banyan Tree <thebanyantree at lists.remsset.com>
> > > Subject: TheBanyanTree: Death by a Thousand Strokes
> > >
> > > Or not. Who the hell knows? I didn't know I was having strokes when I
> > had them before, though looking back I can pinpoint one when my vision
> went
> > and I couldn't walk straight and etc., but I had no insurance and slept
> it
> > off. I've been delaying my vascular test because there's a whole new
> > deductible to meet, though we lowered it for this year, and I've been
> > working as much as I can. In my business, January is when everyone who
> can
> > works long hours and weekends. That isn't me anymore, but I'm still
> working
> > as much as I can.
> > >
> > > I'm going to have to pay that deductible and I've still got a big copay
> > from my last MRI to deal with (which was totally unsatisfactory, as my
> > white space has increased).
> > >
> > > Then again, I am a hypochondriac, so maybe I'm fine. Yesterday I was
> > feeling like I had cold. Feverish, then cold, sniffly, stuff like that.
> > Tired, but I'm usually tired. I worked some, then did a few minor chores
> > around the house because I'm trying to be a Person Who Does Things still.
> > And then I had such massive pain I felt like I couldn't and shouldn't
> move.
> > A couple of pain pills and a few hours later I started to feel more
> human.
> > I avoid the pain pills, so it's gotta be bad for two. Figured it was just
> > fibro. Or Parkinson's.
> > >
> > > This morning I noticed my right leg was sore and not working as well as
> > the other. No big. That's pretty common. My neck hurts on the right side,
> > but it has for awhile. Then later today Andrew went shopping. He eats
> very
> > healthy, and I try to keep up, but when I'm sick and nauseous there's
> > nothing like Pringles in the green can. He bought two. I picked up one in
> > each hand and said, "Hey, someone's already opened this one," by which I
> > meant the one in my right hand.
> > >
> > > "I didn't open it," he said. I handed him the cans and said, "Isn't one
> > a lot lighter?"
> > >
> > > He switched the cans from hand to hand and said they were the same. I
> > took them back and switched them from hand to hand and he was right. They
> > were the same. That's when I realized my entire right side was off today.
> > >
> > > Oops. Well, I didn't realize I'd had an embolism a couple of months ago
> > when my eyesight went out temporarily either. I slept it off. I do love
> me
> > some sleep. But now I suspect I've had another of those little strokes
> that
> > pop up to fry my brain matter so it turns from gray to white, dead space
> > inside in ever expanding circles.
> > >
> > > We have vascular issues in my family. My mom and her only son. Years
> ago
> > my brother had brain surgery to fix something, and he once had an
> embolism
> > at work  that had him sent to the ER. Hard to say, because he doesn't
> want
> > anyone to know and won't tell anyone - his wife told me and and swore me
> to
> > secrecy. His daughters don't know. Me, I tell everyone. We're opposites,
> > but I'm not sure which one of us is the evil twin. Probably me.
> > >
> > > Last week I did a 2015 1040 with a schedule c and an Idaho return. Then
> > I did a 2016 corporate return with an Idaho corporate return and a 1040
> > with an Idaho return. That was the easy part. First I had to reconstruct
> > 2015 and 2016 from paper statements. That took weeks because I have other
> > things to do. I can still think, most days. Some days I'm either lazy or
> > one of my maladies isn't cooperating.
> > >
> > > Death by a thousand strokes. That's funny. I'm going to schedule my
> > vascular test Monday though. And I can never remember if it's nauseous or
> > nauseated so that's not a sign of anything except laziness. I mean, I
> could
> > look it up.
> > >
> > >
> > > Monique
> > > Sent from my iPad
> > >
> >
> >
>