tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239665991629834606.post4117914662755751458..comments2024-02-24T21:08:24.026-06:00Comments on Positives About Negative: A New Medical Adventure: No Stroke, No Cancer in the Brain, No Idea What Was WrongPatricia Prijatelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08346233311451068354noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239665991629834606.post-65765576864739002782010-08-21T11:14:52.818-05:002010-08-21T11:14:52.818-05:00Renee: Thanks for the link. One reason I posted ...Renee: Thanks for the link. One reason I posted this was in the hopes that others might help me solve the mystery. Interestingly, the docs did not give me anything for migraine. Only told me to take an aspirin a day. We are still in Colorado, but when I get back to my doctor, I will try to get some clearer answers. I do not want to go through it again. And congrats on two years!!!!!!!!!!!!Patricia Prijatelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08346233311451068354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239665991629834606.post-77441425477594359012010-08-21T01:01:22.490-05:002010-08-21T01:01:22.490-05:00I came across your blog from Holly (OJO from NOHO)...I came across your blog from Holly (OJO from NOHO) and thought I'd share with you a similar situation that I experienced. <br /><br />In 2006, at the age of 52, I endured 6 months of having spells of lightheadedness, feeling "weird", weakness and numbness on the right side of my face, trouble breathing, difficulty in speaking let alone finding the right word. I could see the word in my mind, but couldn't say it. Or when I did say "a" word, it wasn't the correct word (I called my kids "pigs" a few times much to their dismay). <br /><br />Over the 6 months, I had numerous medical tests and worked with an ENT doctor and two neurologists. None could come up with a conclusive diagnosis. <br /><br />I experienced a "white out" at work one day and paramedics rushed me to the ER. . . .they just knew I was having a stroke. Again, no conclusive diagnosis by the ER doctors. Luckily, tho, they scheduled me with a third neurologist who said it was a "silent migraine" also known as a acephalgic migraine. <br /><br />Here's a hyperlink to an article that really helped me to understand the diganosis: http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/types-of-headaches-38003-5.html<br /><br />Within an hour of each spell, I would start to smell coffee grounds (the aura phase). Seldom had a headache during the spell and never a headache at a migraine level.<br /> <br />Two days ago, I had my first silent migraine since 2006. I took the migraine medication and knocked the migraine out within 2 hours.<br /><br />By the way, I, too, am a TNBC survivor - 2 years today! <br /><br />~ReneeReneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06827641133321770183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239665991629834606.post-12370421136815840072010-08-19T10:49:52.351-05:002010-08-19T10:49:52.351-05:00No one knows how the scar tissue got there, either...No one knows how the scar tissue got there, either. (What do doctors know anyway?) Some think I looked at the sun too long, but I don't usually make a habit of that. Some think I'm so near-sighted that it stretched my eye and tore. Still others think maybe it was histoplasmosis.<br /><br />All I know and care about is that it's there and never gets any bigger!rachel.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09173229105466126070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239665991629834606.post-83869763605926509132010-08-18T23:35:55.395-05:002010-08-18T23:35:55.395-05:00Yikes. Very strange. Your symptoms sound like wh...Yikes. Very strange. Your symptoms sound like what people experience when they have high blood pressure. I wonder if the spike in blood pressure was the real issue?? <br /><br />What a mystery. Glad you are ok.<br /><br />Jojojojohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276153902297775595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239665991629834606.post-80960803452024212912010-08-18T16:58:59.709-05:002010-08-18T16:58:59.709-05:00Rachel: How did you get scar tissue in your eye i...Rachel: How did you get scar tissue in your eye in the first place? And I am so very glad you are fine as well. It is just disconcerting, isn't it? I am thinking of pitching an article about dubious diagnosis--complex migraines, irritable bowel syndrome....Patricia Prijatelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08346233311451068354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239665991629834606.post-59300042566710347932010-08-18T16:10:45.627-05:002010-08-18T16:10:45.627-05:00Weird indeed, but I'm so grateful to hear that...Weird indeed, but I'm so grateful to hear that you're ok! <br /><br />I had a glitch in my sight a few months ago. It was just a couple of minutes of blurred vision. I freaked out since I have a piece of scar tissue in that eye, and was afraid it had grown larger. But my eye doctor assured me it hadn't changed and instead said, "migraine." I'm dubious. Like you said, it seems to be a fall-back diagnosis.<br /><br />But I am, too, fine. Weird.rachel.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09173229105466126070noreply@blogger.com