Thank you Everyone.

Am back home from hospital and I just want to say a big thank you to everyone for all the good wishes :)

I woke up on Thursday the 15th with typical stroke symptoms and high blood pressure and was admitted to hospital. They did scans and tests and nothing showed up. So they referred me to a neurologist.

He said it was something I and nearly all of the nurses looking after me had never heard of, Hemiplegic Migraine. Instead of the blinding headache and flashing lights you usually asscociate with migraine you wake up with all the symptoms of a stroke. This should clear in time.

But as he was discharging me the stroke consultant said although the scans show clear if it affects 1% or less of your brain a stroke won't show up on scans. So he's treating it as if it was a stroke and giving me the medication for it plus blood pressure tablets.

So I'm off work now until just after the October cruise. At least we can still go, at one point last week we were ready to cancel.

Once again thanks to you all

Berwyn

So pleased to hear that you are home and that you are getting on well and with the right medication hopefully all is now under control. Sounds as though you have been well looked after too. I send my very best wishes for your continued recovery - and good to know that you can go ahead with your cruise. It will be a lovely break - some welcome R&R after all the worry for both you and Delyth.

Take care, and have a wonderful cruise - I'm certain you will really appreciate this one. :)

So pleased to hear that you are home and that you are getting on well and with the right medication hopefully all is now under control. Sounds as though you have been well looked after too. I send my very best wishes for your continued recovery - and good to know that you can go ahead with your cruise. It will be a lovely break - some welcome R&R after all the worry for both you and Delyth.

 

Take care, and have a wonderful cruise - I'm certain you will really appreciate this one. :)

Thanks kruzseeka, I was lucky compared to some of the patients on the ward. The care was excellent by all the staff. It will be hard though just relaxing for 2 months but as the GP said yesterday "You need tome to heal and recover".

Berwyn

All the best Berwyn hope you feel more and more better each day, take care.

All the best Berwyn hope you feel more and more better each day, take care.

Thank you :) Lots of rest and gentle exercise.

Berwyn

Lovely to hear from you Berwyn.

Make sure you do what you're told to have a full recovery.:)

p.s. you'll soon get used to doing less, just look upon it as practicing for retirement.;)

Great news it's not a stroke.

Think of the time off work as the start of a World cruise, the October "real" one is the last leg. Take it easy, and get well soon.

Joe.

Hi Berwyn, great news and glad to see you are on the mend ;) take care my friend.

Berwyn

take care. glad you are back with us mad lot

Stevie:)

Take it easy Berwyn pleased to hear your on the mend,and pleased to have you back.

Great to have you back with us Berwyn:)

Take it easy and thanks for letting us know your on the mend :cool::D:D

Great to hear your on the mend Berwyn and back posting on the padded cell

Take care matey

Now while your resting... maybe... while sitting down (obviously) you could take charge of the ironing. We could all just to help with your recuperation pop around with a basket or two for you. Just a thought... welcome home.x

Now while your resting... maybe... while sitting down (obviously) you could take charge of the ironing. We could all just to help with your recuperation pop around with a basket or two for you. Just a thought... welcome home.x

And our dirty pots to wash by hand!!

Keep getting better each day Berwyn. xx

Very best wishes, Berwyn. Thinking of you and your wife as well. I'm sure it was a big shock for both of you.. Take care