Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 5:15 PM
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Different strokes
Original post made on Sep 5, 2013
Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 5:15 PM
Comments (4)
a resident of another community
on Sep 5, 2013 at 5:11 pm
I'm so glad to hear you're doing so well!! My husband had a 'spontaneous' renal artery dissection in one of his kidneys, and we also didn't realize what a close call he had. He's fine today; just needs to take blood pressure medicine the rest of his life!
a resident of North Whisman
on Sep 5, 2013 at 6:33 pm
Don't wear your bullet in Washington DC you can be arrested....
Congratulations on your "dodging" yours.
BD
a resident of Shoreline West
on Sep 6, 2013 at 4:10 pm
In my 20s, I had the worst headache of my life - the pain was much, much worse than childbirth. Our doctor told me to go straight to the ER. Upon arrival at Stanford ER, I could barely speak or walk, but the Stanford ER doctor gave me a hard time about being at the ER for "just" a headache. I was left in the exam room for hours and then sent home, even though I was no better and required a wheelchair to get to the car. It took several days to be able to even get out of bed. Today, I am under the wonderful care of physicians at PAMF who recognized that I had a carotid dissection and they monitor me carefully. Moral of the story - doctors shouldn't make assumptions and put a patient down before they even examine them. Every day, we are glad that we switched from Stanford to PAMF!
a resident of Monta Loma
on Sep 10, 2013 at 4:34 pm
I also had severe headaches and the doc just gave me pain pills. Then one day at work I had a Grand Mal Seizure, which I thought was a fainting spell. I didn't know what to do. I called the advice nurse who said come to the ER IMMEDIATELY. So I did and after a couple of hours they did a CT scan to find out I had a BT the size of a baseball. They rushed me into surgery as soon as possible otherwise I might of went into a coma.
Folks, if you have headaches that are serious, then there is a reason for that and get it checked out immediately, don't wait. Have a CT or MRI done.
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