my story at the begining with a TIA
First off let me say that I am very very glad to be here...I hope to gain some support and also perhaps give some support and encouragement where I can. About 3 weeks ago I sustained a TIA which I guess is a mild stroke and not a fully debilitating, though it certainly made some major changes and created one hell of a jolt in my life....I don't mind telling all that it scared the hell out of me and I am still dealing with the impact. I think that such a thing would scare anyone especially as you then have to come face to face with the great monster they call the American medical system..I wasn't prepared to this at all...The people that I work WITH were most understand, the people that I work FOR, well that was a very different story which I will go into at another time. I guess on balance I am very fortunate that if I was going to get hit with something, it was just this TIA. Having talked with my doctor, it is a matter of diet change, some exercise, constancy with my medication as prescribed all of which I am doing, and lose a bit of weight about 10-20 lbs would be a good target for me.
From what I have been reading and from what some people tell me is that this was a warning of what could easily be down the road, and that I need to do the necessary actions to prevent that as best as I can.
I should like to connect with others and how they come to terms with their own TIA or mild stroke, stroke, whatever...thanks
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