Wow! The power of prayer & well wishes can never be under estimated!

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

I am alive & doing what I think is GREAT!!! As Penni informed my LBT family I had a stroke on June 12,2006. I lost over 90% of my speach and my writting skills. I recovered these both very fast . I was nearly over 80% recovered within only 3 days. I stumbled to the left often at first & had a flop right foot. I also kept hitting my chin with my toothbrush:0). But this two was better within about 5 days. The over dose of heprin was the worse & installing of the pick-line finally gave me some relief. Total in the hospital was 9 days & the care unfortunately was horrible. The mistakes were over 9 pgs long & didn't get any better. Here I though I was in a great hospital.

Well enough about bad stuff. Good news was I lost 10 pounds in only 9 days. Bad new is 9 of those pounds have found there way back:0)I had a set back on July 26 & they think I had a TIA- But the additional cats & MRI & MRA & so forth didn't show this so maybe just a really bad day. My tounge swelled & speach was poor.

The signs of my stroke were not what you are taught as a youth. I had zero tinglyness/numbness. I only felt super tired & had trouble getting words in my head and out my mouth. I was aware of everything going on just couldn't really talk & my writting was just squiggly lines. Even though I had words in my head & knew what & how to spell them I couldn't make my hand or mouth do the right thing. It was the scarest thing I have ever gone through. Please know stroke signs are not always numbness or tightness.

It is Aug 17 and I have had one week now of feeling great! My blood hadn't been cooperating till 2 days ago & finally is at an INR of 2.3. I should always be between 2 & 3. I am on coumadine & aspirin daily & hope to be off the coumadine as quickly as possible. It is a very very wicked drug to say the least. Well between the 4 cat scans 2 MRI,MRA & MRV(?) doplers,x-rays & blood galore my bills are over $78,000. Thank God for health insurance.

So at 39 why the stroke?? They don't know for 100% But they say its b/c of Birthcontrol pills on top of the fact I have one single gene that has clotting factors called a MTHFR which is homozygous. They only treat this defect if your homositeen(sp?) levels are off. Mine were normal. But they say being on birthcontrol & with this gene was like a double wammy for my chances of a stroke.

MY ADVICE & MOST OF MY DOCTORS AGREED THAT YOU SHOULDN'T BE ON BIRTHCONTROL OVER 30 YRS OLD. MOST IMPORTANTLY DO NOT SMOKE. Please quit if you do.

So now I am seeing specialist at U of M and they are going to get me a second opinion. I am very happy about this and hope to over come these last few hurdles quickly. I have regained what I think is all my speach & written skills now with the help of therapy & have no flop foot & no left leaning problems. My only obsticals now are tiredness/fatigue days & I think that is due to the blood thinners. I just don't do good on any & I mean any drug.

WHAT MADE ME FEEL WELL SO QUICKLY?

YOU!

Plain and simple

It was your prayers & well wishes!

The flowers from LBT were so incredible gorgeous! They made me smile the whole time I was stuck in bed! The vase was so beautiful I am using it as I type.

Thank YOU !

Also the cards were wonderful especially Shoresexy(Jen) Terisita(teresa) & Penni! Thank YOU! I LOVE you!

All of you who chipped in for the flowers & prayed for me

(I am crying so hard right now its tough to type)

Thank YOU!

All of The BOOTCAMP TROUPS - I though of you all the time & hoped you would carry on! Thank YOU!

How lucky do I feel to be typing you today?

Words do not describe how blessed I feel.

Its like Jesus wrapped his arms around me and has been holding me up. Its like he couldn't take me just yet b/c of all your prayers... saying to save me & to let me stay a little longer here on earth.

Thank You LBT... All of You:girl_hug:

Thank you from the bottom of my soul

Thank You GOD

May GOD bless you each everyday

WOW.

Thanks for sharing! That is soooo awesome; I'm so very happy that you are doing well and have recovered so quickly!! I'm sure it is still a difficult road....so take it easy on yourself, and ALL THE BEST!!!

Wow, it is so good to see you back! What a nightmare ordeal, thank goodness it wasn't worse. How wonderful to hear that LBT played some small role in your convalescence. :biggrin1:

Take extra good care of yourself, sweetie! It's great to see you!

I'd been following the story and I am so happy and thrilled that you are recovering! What a tremendous inspiration! Much positive energy is being sent your way for a 100% recovery in the near future!

It's so good to hear that you are doing well and on your way to a full recovery! So sorry to hear you had bad experiences with your care, but you've proven that the power of prayer really works! Blessings to you

I can't think of anyone more deserving of Love and Blessings and a Quick recovery than YOU!

Hugs!!

Welcome back! We missed you! We're also very relieved that you are ok!

It is sooo good to see a thread like this from you! I'm so glad you are better! I'll continue praying for your recovery and safe healing. Thanks for your words of wisdom and advice. It's so good to have you back!!!!

Christine,

With your resolve it doesn't suprise me that you have beaten this terrible ordeal. Its good to see you back and getting healthy.

Will continue to keep you in my prayers

Welcome back!!! I'm so glad to see you! You're an inspiration! I hope things go better at UofM. They're a good hospital!

Welcome back, Sweetie. So glad to hear that things are going well for you now. Bless your heart, what a scary thing to experience. I'm so very proud of you for staying strong and fighting for yourself. Gosh, its great to have you back happy and healthy! *big ole hugs*

oh Christina! I'm so very relieved and happy you are back in action!

Hurray!

You're inspirational! You've made excellent progress with your recovery and we're glad you're back in the saddle!

Welcome back. We will continue to pray for a full recovery!

So happy to hear you are doing so good! Thanks for updating us, we all have been thinking of you

So glad to hear that you're doing so well...can' timagine what a shock that was for you. Please continue to get better!

I do want to point out that your advice to women over 30 to get off birth control pills is erroneous...women over 35 *who smoke* are at increased risk for stroke, but it's incorrect to say that all women over 30 should get off the pill.

Be well!