Now, after the Gamma Knife I noticed that the pain I’d been having, for for what seemed like an eternity still haunted me. At first, I went into “freak-out” mode as I thought it would be gone right away; but this wasn’t the case. When I went back to UCSF for my 3-month Angiogram I […]
So, NOW that Dr. Barbaro had found the reason for my stroke. He explained to me the AVM was the probable reason for this monster pain I had been having on the right side of my lower arm for the last 8 years. He explained that the site of the stroke was situated in my […]
Now this is where it gets kinda strange. I had spent the better part of 8 or 9 years walking down this pain-filled stroke road. It had been kind of a BEAR. So I felt that whatever this procedure held for me, at this point I was ready for it, so, on we go! I […]
After I got to the Pain Management clinic I met so many Dr.’s, nurses, assistants, that I can’t even begin to remember, but this is what they did for a living, very professional and nice. I felt that I was in good hands. More tests and procedures than I even want to remember over the […]
When I first got to the UCSF I was ready To kick this pain out of my life; THAT was what I wanted to do more than anything! I met the Dr. who was the head of the Neurology department, Dr. Nicolas Barbaro. He was a good Dr. but seemed to be rather busy, UCSF […]
It was at this point that I started to get pain in my lower right arm and it would radiate up my past my elbow. Now I’m not talking about muscle pain; THAT I could deal with. This pain would stop me from functioning, at all! It was a pain that would send me to […]
The next several years of this, life of mine got to be routine. I was finally getting some of my senses back and for that I was grateful. I guess it was because of my age, 25 at the time of stroke, about 27, maybe 28 at this point in my life, and I suppose […]
The next part of my journey has much to do with PT too, but it also has a lot to do with learning how to adapt to “Stroke Living”, which is something I never DREAMED I would be doing before this! But REALLY, who would? After this I REALLY hated hospitals! I’d had enough of […]
After a few days of crying, it seemed pointless to me, even though I couldn’t seem to stop, I just kept crying and doing PT. After a couple of days I was transferred to Brookwood Hospital that specialized in Physical Therapy, I had a LOT of PT to do because my right side was totally […]
That is all that I can remember about having this stroke. I had either passed out or my brain shut-down and had gone into survival mode; I really can’t remember, even to this day. The next thing I CAN remember is waking up and I discovered that I was in Santa Rosa Memorial hospital, (80 […]