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On Monday June 10th, 2019, I had surgery to repair a hiatal hernia. On Tuesday, June 11th, I had an endoscopy, which showed that my stomach had reherniated. On Wednesday, June 12th, I had surgery to repair the hernia again. On Friday, June 14th, I had a stroke. It was a cerebral stroke, and affected my left side ( I'm left-handed, so it has been an interesting year). The docs said they do not know what caused the stroke, but since it didn't originate in my heart or lungs, chances are good that I won't have another. Thanks be to God, I'm not strapped to a wheelchair, drooling everywhere. I have some residual weakness on my left side but I'm now walking without the cane.

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There aren't too many good sides to this thing, so grab the ones you can. Sounds like a side effect of your surgery caused your stroke (one of those things they warn you about in the pre-surgery discussions.) Overall you had a pretty good outcome. even though strokes suck.  Nice to hear from you, welcome to the club no one chooses to join.

-Heather

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Hello Lynne!

Welcome! I call us the night shift, as we are down under.

I'm so sorry to read about your health issues, then the stroke.

I too, lost the use of my dominant side. It does get easier.

Looking forward to sharing with you. Also, no question is silly. And venting is definitely allowed. 

💚👑

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Hello and welcome to the Stroke Network.

 

I'm terribly sorry that all had happened to you .  I can't wait to meet you and talk more :)

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Well howdy fellow lefty with a damaged left side. I stroked on Feb. 14th 2015. I was 64 and 8 months and just 4 months short of being on Medicare.  So oh boy we get to deal with learning to be right handed. At 75 you knew long ago that it's a right handers world. That you will find slightly helpful for a change. You of course will work it out as we are forced to do but I do comment to my wife from time to time how I miss the use of that left paw. I was told brain bleeds like these kill 1 in 4. So that and the fact that we are unlikely to have a another stroke is something good. I do also walk/hobble and a cane is optional but I do like it handy for those middle of the night trips. Best of luck with your recovery and visit often. Our like kind is here full of great information and suggestions. 

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On 9/8/2020 at 10:18 AM, Gran2zach said:

Oh, I'm 75 years old. One good side effect of the stroke is that I was in the hospital for 22 days on a mostly liquid diet, lost 37 lbs, and haven't put any of it back on.😊

may I say that your post truly was the highlight of my day!! Always look on the bright side of life

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