Hi everyone, I hope you don't mind me joining in on this thread as I have suddenly found myself in almost the same situation as rick... my life has been turned upside down and I am thinking it may well be all over flying wise but I am focusing my time on research.
My incident happened a few days ago - slight reduced movement in hand, blurred vision, light headache - admitted and underwent CT, MRI, MRA - told the MRI/A had shown an area of small infarct therefore they are assuming stroke.
I am trying to gather as much information to argue for a different diagnosis as I have regained all motor movement.
My current thoughts are to firstly ask for a 2nd opinion / scan on the infarct taking into account technical error, partial volume extract, misinterpretation etc
Secondly as I do not fit the profile - low bp, normal chol, young age, not obese, regular exerciser, ok diet, etc I am very keen to find a causal factor to help build my case.
I found Rory's posts VERY interesting but a little digging on the net suggests the term PRIND is no longer used. Indeed the medical definition of stroke I keep finding only suggests... "A stroke is the sudden death of brain cells in a localized area due to inadequate blood flow" ... and not mentioning a permanent loss of function or otherwise.
My concern therefore is that the stroke definition is very much a catch all.