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Did I have a stroke?
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Did I have a stroke?

One year ago I had an episode which has never been formally diagnosed. One doctor tells me it was a mini stroke, and one doctor tells me it was a "silent migrain". 2 years ago I was diagnosed, after several MRI's, with a small cyst on my brain (center/right) and an enlarged very tine blood vessel also in my brain. I have been suffering with numbness off and on in my hands & feet, extreme tireness, vertigo and migrain headaches. The episode that took place was the like nothing Id ever felt or like nothing that has ever happened before. I woke up one morning and tried to get out of bed, I felt very dizzy and disoriented, like my body wasn't co-operating with what I wanted to do. I fell on the floor and lost all feeling in my right side. I had a sudden "hot" feeling the right side of my head and face, like someone had just poured warm water on me. My vission & speech was slurred for a about an hour. I was hospitalized on the suspicion of a stroke. After about 3 days the feeling started to come back in my right side and although I was weak for about a week, the feeling came back completely. I was an avid runner at the time and took excellent care of myself. It took me months to get back in shape, and I am still not able to exercise or run as much or as far as I could one year ago without becoming fatigued or getting a headache. My Neurologist says that I had a "Silent Migrain" although my Family Doctor completely disagrees and thinks I had a "mini stroke". I am waiting to see another Neurologist for a second opinion. Any suggestions or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Tags: mini strokes, brain cyst, vertigo, migrain, silent migrain
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