It's Friday, Carol and I tried to get the ceiling fan in our bedroom to work properly. Ever since our house was re-modeled eight years ago it hasn’t been right and I got the bug to fix it. There is a small antenna wire that enables the remote operation and when the electrician re-mounted it he had the antenna tucked inside of the bezel. Seems simple enough to fix. Loosen two screws after turning off the power, lift the fan and have Carol fish out the antenna – ahhh – there it is – and then remount it on the two screws. We couldn’t get it to line up, it get’s heavier and heavier. At this point I do not know how long we have been holding it over our heads. I couldn’t see as I was just standing on a step stool, Carol was kneeling on the bed. Went and got our ladder and with a couple of books on top and it was the right height to balance and shift around to get it re-mounted. But it was still too heavy so we unwired it, took it completely down and then I took off the blades and the lamp fixture. It then went back up easily, re-installed the blades and the lights and now it all works perfectly.
But……
As I was returning the ladder through the house to the garage I noticed that our carpeting was missing in the den/office/guest room. It didn’t make sense. Carol said that Paul took it. I said, “Paul who?” and then I don’t remember anything. Well – I don’t remember getting the fan back up either. Carol got with a neighbor who was a nurse. LOOKS LIKE A STROKE. This was sometime Friday afternoon – I do not remember much until after 11:00 pm. By now I am in emergency at Sparrow Hospital via Ambulance after first responders and pera-medics (six) had been working on me. Carol told me most of everything that I am writing.
It turns out that I had an episode of Transient Global Amnesia. Had a cat-scan and an EKG before I remembered. You can look this up by googling and the Mayo Clinic seemed to describe it best. Lasts six to ten hours, rarely re-occurs, caused by stress or extreme exercise and looks as though it was a stroke – but no loss of muscle strength. I spent the night in the hospital, was released a little after noon on Saturday and will have a MRI and an EEG as an outpatient next week. This would be to verify that I didn’t have a stroke or any other stroke like symptoms.
I am doing fine. No restrictions. No additional medication. Just a quarter of a day of my life that I have no recollection of.
But……
As I was returning the ladder through the house to the garage I noticed that our carpeting was missing in the den/office/guest room. It didn’t make sense. Carol said that Paul took it. I said, “Paul who?” and then I don’t remember anything. Well – I don’t remember getting the fan back up either. Carol got with a neighbor who was a nurse. LOOKS LIKE A STROKE. This was sometime Friday afternoon – I do not remember much until after 11:00 pm. By now I am in emergency at Sparrow Hospital via Ambulance after first responders and pera-medics (six) had been working on me. Carol told me most of everything that I am writing.
It turns out that I had an episode of Transient Global Amnesia. Had a cat-scan and an EKG before I remembered. You can look this up by googling and the Mayo Clinic seemed to describe it best. Lasts six to ten hours, rarely re-occurs, caused by stress or extreme exercise and looks as though it was a stroke – but no loss of muscle strength. I spent the night in the hospital, was released a little after noon on Saturday and will have a MRI and an EEG as an outpatient next week. This would be to verify that I didn’t have a stroke or any other stroke like symptoms.
I am doing fine. No restrictions. No additional medication. Just a quarter of a day of my life that I have no recollection of.
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