I had mild to severe right shoulder upper arm pain with numbness/ tingling in hand for a few days.
I can’t really remember exactly what I was doing at the time..all of a sudden my arm became completely stiff and the pain was awful. My tongue shifted to the right inside my cheek and I couldn’t move it...I couldn’t speak clearly.
My BP was 220/194 ( I’ve never had high bp in my life).
I could hear what people were saying and asking ...my brain was severely lagging and I couldn’t get my brain to let my body do what they were asking.
My son said I kept grabbing my thigh and saying it was numb( I have no recollection of this)
The ER doc had a sheet where he kept a list of my symptoms with a point score . They said my face was drooping which they gave 2 or 3 points , severely slurred speech 3 points , tongue to the right 1 point or whatever the point system was. My arm would not move and hurt so badly. They asked me a lot of questions that I had trouble comprehending. They showed me pictures of things that I couldn’t see at all because my vision was severely blurred and had no idea what they were. I couldn’t raise my left arm. I couldn’t stick out my tongue ...I was able to raise my eyebrows. I also don’t remember all of what happened.
They wanted to give me tPa...I was too scared to take it as I am a single mom of a preteen and I have allergies to so many medications. Also , he said I could suffer from brain bleed or die. And they wanted to keep me for several days and I didn’t want to leave my son. So , I opted not to take it.
They wanted to do an MRI after the CT scan. They put me in the MRI machine and I couldn’t breath ...so they let me out.( unable to get images)
My symptoms lasted for about 3 hours or so and began to subside except for my left arm. It’s been 3 days and my arm continues to hurt and lock up where I cannot move it.
They wanted to keep me for several days and I just wanted to go home so they let me go. The doctor said I had a stroke and also said that I was too young at 52.
I have severe migraines / ocular migraines and hot flashes( in menopause 5.5 years now)
Other than kidney disease I have always been healthy.
Just wondering if any of this sounds familiar to anyone especially the tongue thing.
Thank you for taking the time to read and reply.