Karen:

so sorry to hear about Rob's stroke, lucky that it was in same area and not somewhere else. what does occulded artery means? and how do they fix it,

Asha

Asha,

That means the artery that goes to his brain, on the left side is totally blocked. Today I hope to get the news from the vascular surgeon on what if anything that they will do about this. Yes, we are fortunate that this didn't knock him down as bad as the last time, and it took the same side out as last, which is good. The new deficit that he is showing is inappropriate emotional response - as he is laughing at things that one normally wouldn't laugh at. Rob said he could get medicine for that, and my response was, why? This is kind of fun. We'll know more today about his test results.

Bring your warm clothes (polar fleece) and good quality rain gear on your cruise - sorry to say but we've had a cold spring. It's still in the 40's and 50's. But, it will likely be a beautiful trip.

Karen

Karen,

Sorry to hear about Rob having another stroke. On the upside thank goodness no horrible deficits from this one.

He will be in my thoughts and prayers that the occlusion issue is quickly resolved.

(((hugs)))

Ray's five strokes have all fired along the same line. The neurologist says this is because he has a narrowed artery in one spot and the clots are trapped by that. He says as the area of dead cells increases this causes other deficits to occur.

Sorry this is happening to Rob. There is always one more thing to cope with post-stroke, it never really seems to be "over". And having a stroke doesn't stop you from having other things go wrong. As the saying goes :"life is a lottery".

I am sure Rob will recover from this one as he did from the last, the cognitive after affects do seem to linger though.

(((Hugs))) from Sue.

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Karen,

I, too, am sorry to hear about Rob's set back. The way he works at his recovery I'm sure he'll be his old self in no time at all. Hope all the tests help figure all this out and offer some solutions to keep it from happening again. You two will be in my thoughts.

Jean

Karen:

I hope you get your answers from vascular surgeon, it saddens me sometime about why sh*t happens, but I think if it doesn't then we all b so constipated. I am sure since Rob is so hard working he will be back to his old self in no time. thanks or your tip about Alaska trip. hope to see you both in our next Alaska trip

Asha