Yesterday:
- around midday a sudden almost total numbness of left arm, left side of head (including L tongue, lips and teeth) & body (and partial in L leg). No loss of movement, strength, balance, vision, hearing, or taste; no "dropping" of features, no psychological change - continued with normal life.
- over a couple of hours most of the feeling returned but accompanied by pins and needles (like when recovering from dental local anaesthetic).
- Saw GP about 4 hours after initial event, no fault found but sent to hospital. Hospital chap prescribed high dose aspirin and Persantin "in case" and sent me home - advised no driving (and by inference no flying) for 28 days. Warned that Persantin can cause headaches - he was right!
Today:
- MRI on head at early o'clock and doppler scan of arteries in neck ... all normal. Bloods taken.
- Currently some loss of touch sensation and tingling remain on: left side of head (L upper teeth, L tongue, & L lips feel odd), L pinkie, L thumb
At no time has there been any loss or disturbance to function, either mental or physical, and life has continued as normal throughout - including playing guitar to my normal (not very) high standard.
It seems not quite like a stroke/TIA and not quite a severe migraine.
Obviously I'm out of action for a couple of weeks, but is it going to be time to end 30 years in aviation?
What's the verdict of the jury?
B Rick