I ended up in the Emergency Room this afternoon. My neuro's nurse called us to tell me he was increasing my dosage of coumadin. I was out running errands and my wife told her about the symptoms I had experienced Wednesday and Thursday.

She seemed a bit purturbed that I had not contacted them with my symptoms when they happened.

About 12:30pm, I started experiencing that familiar symptoms: numbness in the left side of my face, not being able to think clearly. So what did I do, I called my neuro's office. "This is the answering service for Dr. (fill in the blank)." When I heard that, I did . Their office is out to lunch from Noon until 1:00pm. This is the same office that raked my wife over the coals for us not calling them.

We ended up at the ER. I asked for my Frequent Patient Discount. They did a CT Scan , EKG, and bloodwork. CT Scan did not show anything. Somehow I knew that would happen.

I was looking back over time and it appears that these TIAs are occurring on a seemingly repeatable 2 week (plus/minus) timeframe.

Go figure. It is a good thing I am going to the Cleveland Clinic to be checked out. It just happens to be two weeks away.

Charles Ramsey