A strange journey

Bit of an update. Almost doing full time hours now and nearly everything I used to do comes back right away. On holiday next week, then the following week doing full time. They are allowing me to work from home every day until next year at least and allowing me many breaks during the day. I do get very tired by the afternoon and sometime have a sleep in my mid day break, sometimes after work. The lunchtime snooze will have to stop now due to my hours.

Things are pretty much back to normal apart from the handful of pills I take each day.

Got another scan next week, see what comes of that. Other than slight forgetfulness I feel pretty normal these days, well for me anyway.

Got another scan next week, see what comes of that. Other than slight forgetfulness I feel pretty normal these days, well for me anyway.
 
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subbytna said:
Was it a stroke or any idea what caused it?
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No idea really. They have been treating me after my hospital stay like it was but I suspect they just don't really know. I'm on anti seizure medication and had no issues since may. They thought it might have been epilepsy but I've had no history of that and no one in my family have. It's a bit of a mystery really.
 
something daft already!! said:
No idea really. They have been treating me after my hospital stay like it was but I suspect they just don't really know. I'm on anti seizure medication and had no issues since may. They thought it might have been epilepsy but I've had no history of that and no one in my family have. It's a bit of a mystery really.
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Do you ever find you just zoning out and then "snapping" back into reality again?
 
subbytna said:
Do you ever find you just zoning out and then "snapping" back into reality again?
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No, not recently, unless I'm very tired but this is probably just nodding off! I have good concentration unless I'm very tired. I do get tired during the working day. Usually by the mid afternoon. I think I need more sleep but it's so tempting to stay up late playing games or watching youtube.
 
What a terrifying ordeal you went through. Made even more terrifying by having no idea what caused it.

Glad you are out the other side of it now and things are getting back to something like normality.

Thanks for posting your experiences during your strange journey. It takes courage to write about these things and post photos at the worst time of your life. Men are usually terrible at sharing these kinds of things.
 
I had my appointment with the specialist Dr, who was also my Dr in ICU or ITU, whatever they call it. He showed me the scans and pointed out the anomaly on the right side of my brain. This was quite an upsetting time, to see this, made it real again. I had pretty much put most of it out of my mind until last week.

Got another scan in December to see if it has shrunk or got worse/stayed the same, and another appointment with the specialist just after my birthday in Feb.

I'm almost doing full time now at work and coping well I think, apart from the tiredness still. Today was hard work, even though I was only doing support emails. I was exhausted by mid morning but I soldiered on. I'm more engaged by gaming and enjoying spending too much money on upgrades and games. I think now that you can't take it with you, so enjoy it while you can. Love my mostly new rig! I feel I am worth treating myself and my partner. I just bought her tickets to see the holographic Elvis thingy. Hopefully she will go with her mum as it's not my cup of tea.
 
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Stu999 said:
Are they likely to / can they treat it or will they just keep it under observation hoping that nothing else will happen?

Glad you're feeling better generally though.
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I'm not sure yet. Have got an appointment next year which I guess it will be discussed more.
 
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