Introductions
Hi there. I’m 47F, and it’s been about 3 weeks since I had my stroke.
For a few days leading up to it, my neck was incredibly sore. No headache really. The night before I could NOT get comfortable. And I could hear my heart very loudly in my ears. As soon as I got up the next morning, I knew something was wrong- I had trouble walking. I woke my husband up and said I needed to go to the ER.
Long story short- both my carotid arteries AND both my vertebral arteries dissected. I totally lost two days while they went in and put stents in. Spent about a week in the hospital.
Overall-I’m actually doing fairly well. I can walk (with a walker), I can talk, feed myself, write this post.
Right now I’m scared to death that I’m going to have another one soon. Not really any stroke history in the family.