Spent most of yesterday in the local hospital A&E ward after presenting signs of a mild stroke 

However after being prodded and poked and x-rayed by 4 different people, (two of whom had more letters after their name than in it) they could find nothing of note wrong with me so they literally gave me an aspirin and told me I could go home.

Got to have a foillowup MRI scan etc and I am not allowed to drive till then so Lisa is acting as my chaffeur for the moment 

Guess I have been very lucky, but my moral for this story would be if you present stroke symtoms use the FAST test and if in doubt get checked out immediately. https://www.stroke.org.nz/fast       

Fingers crossed the tests all come out OK. A former colleague had all the symptoms of a heart attack after a football match and spent 5 nights in hospital undergoing various tests, but no sign of anything wrong with him. The old body does strange things at times.

Hope all is well also, Peter. Scary, but you were so right to take quick action and not ignore. Blessings.

Hope all is okay

Likewise hoping this is all a false alarm.

What they all said

Also happy to act as chauffeur if required

Look after yourself Peter

Yeah, recognise the story, been there, done that, didn't get a T-shirt though.

http://jim-duncan.blogspot.com/2017/08/different-strokes-for-different-folks.html

The main thing is that you are still with us.

Take care.

Best wishes Pierre.
Take it easy, live long - and prosper.

A nasty scare, hoping all the results come back good and that you back to driving soon.

We are so used to expecting an answer for everything, I think sometimes we can get a 'turn' that is left unexplained and is not repeated - a complicated business indeed.

Take care, Peter.
Hope all turns out well.

Very best wishes - Phil

Thanks for all your thoughts  

Went to do a follow up visit today where they confirmed that don't know exactly whats happening as everything was within normal limits.  

Got the CAT scan slot in a couple of days so here's hoping for a clean bill of health.

Feeling OK today  

Good man. 

Long may that continue.

At least a CT scan is all but silent..... compared to the racket from an MRI when you're inside it !

Fingers crossed for you.

All the best, again - Phil.

Thanks Techno....

Just noticed I have finally got to just over 1000 posts, so can wear those red tabs now 

Heeeeey !!

Congrats, Peter. 

Cheers - Phil

Congratulations on the promotion

I had a TIA about 6 yrs ago, they found I was diabetic...but I feel fit and still walk to most places locally - enforced atm as wrote me car off last July ! 

Congratulations on the promotion.

Hope you're OK Peter and let us know how the scans go.

Went and had MRI scan today....they were behind schedule so I got to watch Ellen and Tipping Point on the reception area TV since I was divested of all metal prior to going into the scanner itself.

Quite a confined space to go into for 15 minutes for the actual head scan, and not move..... 

Will be told in next day or so what they found, if anything....but they said it was more of a precautionary scan than them looking for something in particular.