Effects of a Stoke???

[yummymum]

Hi every one basically i am looking for some advice...I had a stroke in march 2006 it was only a minor stroke and I had no permanant damage other than i have constant headaches and sometimes sharp pains in the right side of my head. At the time a had every test and scan the hospital could do and it only shown that i had had a stroke nothing else, I have been back to the doctors many times and have regular check ups at the hospital, I have now been reffered to a nuroligist as the docters say i shouldnt still be suffering. However i was wondering if there is any one else that as suffered a stroke and had similar side effects for so long afterwards. I am only 24 and other than this am in good health so I thought i would recover pretty quick but it seems not.

[indie_chick5]

Hi, I have never had a stroke, but the headaches you are describing sound like migraines, and I suffer from them too. They are often bought on by stress, so if you were feeling a little blue at all from the accident, this could be why.
You should keep on at your doctors, this is what you pay taxes for.
Good luck and I hope things turn around for you.

[yummymum]

Thanks indie chick...these headaches occur on a daily basis..do you suffer like this? Also i get random pains for no apparent reason

[ConfusedMum]

i had a stroke when i was in year 6 of primary school so that would make me about 11/12 maybe?

my right side went completly numb, i was in a wheel chair for a while - i had to have physio and see a speach therapist to 'learn' how to do all the things i already knew.

when i had my stroke they obviously did brain scans and they couldn't see anything wrong. the only thing that was wrong with me was i had a throat infection that i didn't even know i had, that's how well i felt - nothing at all else wrong. i had to take an asprin a day after the stroke too.

i had to go back to the dr's regularly for check ups for around 4years, thankfully i was discharged and don't have to go back at all now :D from what i can remember i didn't have any problems after really, appart from the usual of having to learn how to do things again - well i say usual, but you know what i mean :)

as for the head aches you mentioned, like the other poster said maybe they are tension headaches? i was so young when i had mine that i didn't understand what had happened - actually now i still don't and to be honest i quite like it that way. i will say though about tension headaches i do get them - i get 'em pretty often, at times a few years ago i would have a constant headache - nothing would shift it.

maybe a daft question but have you tried the normal ways to deal with headaches? sleeping? darkened room? drinking plenty of water? changing your diet? taking some deep breathes whilst relaxing? exercising? tablets?

you are only young, hopfuly you will make a full and fast recovery!
xXx

[yummymum]

thanks confused mum, I have tried the usual ways the one that works best is sleep!! but thats not always possible with a 3 yr old. Im in the middle of trying a different diet so im gonna see what happens after a month or so of eating differently thanks again xx

[cyberfraggle]

My auntie had a mini stroke while she was pregnant (a week overdue in fact), they discovered it was due to a hole in her heart. Since this all happened (about 3 years ago now) she has suffered with migranes which she had never had before. She was only 36 when this happened.