I’m in the hospital on a heparin drip. Around 2pm, my right eye wouldn’t focus. I thought it was a bad contact lens and went to take it out and my right pupil was almost fully dilated. A quick internet search basically said go to the ER, so I did. They had me in a room with like, eight people nearly instantly. I took a picture, and I basically look like the old Rolling Stone cover of Marilyn Manson without the makeup, but in the interest of not posting biometrics on the internet, I’ll spare you guys.

I have a small clot behind my eye, and thankfully it only caused some vision issues before we caught it. Just talked to the doc, and since the MRI looked good and my wife has good insurance, then hopefully tomorrow I should be able to transition to an oral blood thinner for the next three to six months instead of rat poison, and it’ll be less to deal with.

My wife and son will be out of town until Tuesday. We’re having an open house this weekend and between the house, the move, my cat dying, and the confluence of everything at once, I guess it was enough. I hadn’t noticed any blood pressure changes, but one might not in the midst of all that.

I need a vacation. I’m tired, ya’ll.

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Glad you did the smart thing, it was caught quickly, and doesn’t seem to be major. Pretty fucking scary, though.

Prayers inbound.

-Rob

Excellent that you recognized the emergency and get medical help pronto. Hope you make a complete recovery.

Have to get treatment for a stroke as fast as you can.
Hope you get well soon.

Very glad to read that you had the presence to get your ass to the horsepittle AS and AP.

We like you, and want you to get better.


(Folks dealing with big stress moments in life, need to "keep an eye on the gauges" as it were, for a bit after such events, cuz the Cosmic Jester likes to stick a boot up your ass, when you not paying attention)

Pulling for you...

Damn, glad it was caught early. You seem to already be on the mend with some Blackstone cooking tips to boot.

Glad its not worse. Here's to a full recovery.

Glad you moved on that quickly. A stroke is one of my worst fears. Glad you’re doing better.

Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery!

Good thing you listened to Dr. Google. Text me at your convenience and let me know you’re ok.

Best wishes for a speedy and successful recovery!

Hopes and wishes for a full and rapid recovery!

So glad you caught it! Wishing you a fast recovery!

Get.
Well.
Soon!!

Really glad you went straight to the ER! Time kills in those situations. Take care.

Best wishes for a full recovery.

Glad you caught it quickly. Get well soon!

Best wishes for a good recovery. You, and Bronica Bill too. Too many members suffering strokes lately. Us old guys need to keep up with our blood pressure and blood thinner meds.

Smart move getting to the ER. Wishing the best outcome for you

Don’t discount the aged old rat killer (warfin) as a blood thinner. My doc opted fo it vs the newer ones because it can be immediately reversed with vitamin K. She said if I needed emergency surgery while on blood thinners all the others took hours and hours to get out of your system.

BTW, good on you for catching what was going on. Speedy recovery. Have them ultrasound all your arteries in your neck to see if that’s where the clot came from.