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What you find here are the musings and ramblings detailing the trials, tribulations, and issues faced by me

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TIA #2

When we last left our superhero (Yeah, right!!!!!), he had been released from the Emergency Room with a prescription for Aggrenox to keep these things from occurring again.   Fast Forward to 12/31/04. My wife and I are on vacation. We had visited my parents (and survived) and had gone to spend time with my father-in-law. We also took advantage of the opportunity to go visit with my cousin who is also a silent partner in our new business.   We had been in Asheville, NC where my wife w
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TIA #1

Fast forward to December 6th, 2004. I went to work as usual.   About 8:30am, I had called my wife and asked her to call my neurologist and make me an appointment. I told my wife that I was feeling strange. The left side of my face felt like I had been to the dentist and had novacain and it was starting to wear off. In other words, my face felt kind of tingly, kind of numb.   The good news is I knew something was wrong. There were some things I did not do correctly. The reason I am l
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The Calm between the Storms

There was one thing I forgot to mention about this past weekend as described in the previous post. I was prescribed Plavix as an anti-platelet medication. That will come into play later.   I have gotten you through that harrowing weekend. I picked up a copy of the MRI and two CT Scans from the hospital and went off to see my Neurologist. In the previous post, the neuro on call looked over the CT Scans and MRI and didn't see anything.   I get to my neurologist and he looks over the SAME
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A journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step

Hi there. This is the first in a long series of entries detialing my journey.   To begin with, I will fill you all in on my history to this point.   At approximately 5:00pm on Friday, Novemver 19, 2004, I suffered a stroke while driving back from Toledo, OH to our home in Monroe, Mi. My wife and I were in separate cars as we had just picked up her car from the Buick Dealership in Toldeo from being serviced. We had gone to Sam's Club to fill up both cars and pick up a few items and to pu
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