oc1dean
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8 posts since November 14th, 2008
New User
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8 posts since November 14th, 2008
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Ask your doctors why if 1 out of 4 arteries feeding into the circle of Willis is blocked that caused a stroke. I have a completely blocked right carotid artery and the three other arteries are definitely providing enough blood to my brain. There is no talk of unclogging the artery because the act of unclogging it can send clots into the brain. I on... more
Some of my medical providers told me that my arm recovery would come first closest to my core,proximal, and last to come back would be furthest away from my core, distal, i.e. my fingers. Does anyone know if this is true? I saw this in another posting again today. Since recovery takes place in the brain it doesn't make any sense that it would tak... more
Spasticity is my subject for ranting on. None of my doctors were able to explain it or how to recover from it.
When I finally got access to a computer and started researching it I came accross this letter
to the editor of Stroke magazine from William M. Landau.
http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/35/8/1787
Spasticity After Stroke: Why Bo... more
This covers Traditional Chinese medicine for stroke rehabilitation. Apoplexy was the original name for stroke. I have not read this book yet and was hoping that someone here had and could critique it to see if Chinese medicine has any better answers than Western medicine for stroke rehabilitation.
Dean
Dean
tPA also does not work all the time. I received it within an hourand still ended up completely paralyzed on the left side.
Dean
Dean
Questions should include,
How many patients has he/she seen fully recovered and what did they do to recover? This is not the ADL recovery.
What clinical trials are going on right now that the patient would be a good candidate for?
What treatment options have been discovered in the last 5-10 years? This is to determine if he/she is up-to-date or if ... more
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