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Sep 30, 2022
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Mr. Rumsfield
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There’s hope. Friend (age 40) had a stroke this summer. He has made an incredibl
Recovery and is doing great. Back to work and feels back to old self. Prayers for your family.
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OK Dr CB... My wife apparently had a stroke this afternoon.
trueblue04
9/30/22 8:39pm
No advice, just so sorry. Hope and pray her treatment goes well and you can get answers quickly.
durandal
9/30/22 8:40pm
Watch out for a second one. Not kidding. I'm sorry you have to go through this.
byuluvr
9/30/22 8:40pm
Wow. Sorry, bro. Is she alert now?what was the surgery that u think caused it
Iman23
9/30/22 8:41pm
Sad thing about strokes is if you are not a candidate for immediate TPA therapy there isn’t anything else you can really
Slim
9/30/22 8:44pm
Unless she’s a candidate for intravascular thrombectomy.
Bradleyd16
9/30/22 8:52pm
Doesn’t fix the stroke. Just hopefully prevents more damage.
Slim
9/30/22 8:54pm
Yes, you are right.
Bradleyd16
9/30/22 9:25pm
Good point. The interventional radiologists where I work rarely if ever consider someone a candidate for thrombectomy
Slim
9/30/22 9:42pm
I did them in residency and fellowship. Not currently.
Bradleyd16
9/30/22 9:55pm
No doc should be paid more than an interventional radiologist in my opinion. You guys work miracles at times when the
Slim
9/30/22 10:14pm
They said no TPA because of the surgery (disc replacement)
trueblue04
9/30/22 8:58pm
They gave her aspirin and heparin.
trueblue04
9/30/22 9:00pm
She can't swallow. I guess we'll be in hospital at least until that works out.
trueblue04
9/30/22 9:03pm
Was TPA given? When?
Snipe
9/30/22 8:45pm
Maybe thrombectomy, but that’s usually a pretty quick decision.
ninja coug
9/30/22 8:49pm
There’s hope. Friend (age 40) had a stroke this summer. He has made an incredibl
Mr. Rumsfield
9/30/22 9:03pm
Thanks. We'll be hoping.
trueblue04
9/30/22 9:13pm
I know a few people who’ve had strokes at a young age,
cougarstrong
9/30/22 9:35pm
Brains are pretty cool. They have a way of compensating when other parts of the brain get killed off or removed
Slim
9/30/22 9:44pm
I’ve got two close friends who had strokes and live very full lives after.
j-woot
9/30/22 10:53pm
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