http://homecarecharleston.com/stroke-strikes-fast-so-must-you/ Caregivers Charleston, SC Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:46:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://homecarecharleston.com/stroke-strikes-fast-so-must-you/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Sheryl Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:51:31 +0000 http://homecarecharleston.com/?p=27#comment-17 A woman said, "My 86 year old father fell three weeks ago coming out of a friend's office. He broke his hip which I know is the gateway to failing health for the elderly. He passed away within a few weeks, never leaving the hospital. I wish we could get everyone to listen to the tremendous risks of falling and breaking a hip." A woman said, “My 86 year old father fell three weeks ago coming out of a friend’s office. He broke his hip which I know is the gateway to failing health for the elderly. He passed away within a few weeks, never leaving the hospital. I wish we could get everyone to listen to the tremendous risks of falling and breaking a hip.”

]]> http://homecarecharleston.com/stroke-strikes-fast-so-must-you/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Sheryl Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:25:37 +0000 http://homecarecharleston.com/?p=27#comment-15 My husband experienced momentary blindness in his right eye on a Saturday while working in the yard. He had fallen unexplainably twice in the several weeks prior to the blindness episode. These separate events did not add up to warning signs of the possibility to an impending stroke. He didn't see the doctor until Monday. His doctor was appalled that he hadn't gone directly to an emergency room for evaluation for stroke. What followed shortly was carotid artery bypass surgery with full recovery. Our doctor said my husband was "lucky". I call it something higher than that! My husband experienced momentary blindness in his right eye on a Saturday while working in the yard. He had fallen unexplainably twice in the several weeks prior to the blindness episode. These separate events did not add up to warning signs of the possibility to an impending stroke. He didn’t see the doctor until Monday.
His doctor was appalled that he hadn’t gone directly to an emergency room for evaluation for stroke. What followed shortly was carotid artery bypass surgery with full recovery. Our doctor said my husband was “lucky”. I call it something higher than that!

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