TheBanyanTree: Death by a Thousand Strokes

[Teague, Julie Anna]

I'm just catching up, so I'm glad there is some better news following up the first part. Sorry you have to go through all this crap.  Yay for pets.  They just know.  Well, Tansy doesn't SO much yet--she's still a bit of a self-centered baby/teen.  But Skittles always knew and went into maximum comforting mode when I felt physically, or even mentally, down. 

Julie

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From: TheBanyanTree <thebanyantree-bounces at lists.remsset.com> On Behalf Of Monique Colver
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2019 1:13 AM
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Subject: Re: TheBanyanTree: Death by a Thousand Strokes

I suppose it depends on if and what they find! I'm feeling better today, my right side is more back to normal. I'm coping well. When I was in severe pain, Ash put half of himself on legs and stayed there until I  feel better. He's pretty amazing - I started to fall the other day and he was in front of me. I put one hand on his back to break my fall. Talk about a support dog! And Andrew takes excellent care of me. 

Last night Ash and I went on a rescue mission, which was a huge adventure that could have gone so wrong! Maybe I'll write about it tomorrow #

Monique
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> On Jan 20, 2019, at 1:43 AM, Laura Hicks <wolfljsh at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> That’s a bit scary. When you get the vascular scan, if they find 
> something, is there anything they can do about it, or is it just for “I told you so“?
> 
> I’m sorry this keeps happening to you. You seem to collect more than 
> your share of odd medical issues.
> 
> You sound like you are coping as well as a person could, and allowing 
> yourself to rest occasionally.
> 
> Unfortunately, I have no advice. Or maybe that’s a good thing, since 
> you didn’t ask for advice.
> 
> Hang in there.
> 
> Laura
> 
> On Sun, Jan 20, 2019 at 12:58 AM Monique Colver 
> <monique.colver at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> 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
> 
> --
> Laura
> wolfljsh at gmail.com