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Just found out I’ve had a silent mini stroke (TIA). Had this?
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@californiazebra - that does sound scary and like quite the experience with your TIA. Glad you are feeling a little more normal today. What did the doctors tell you to expect for continued recovery from the TIA back at home?
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@lisalucier
Oh, I’ve also always read that TIAs don’t cause permanent damage. Not sure if that’s true after what the neurologist said, but I just read that temporary damage can last weeks or months. I had always thought of temporary as being days.
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The neurologist just said he can’t tell if the damage is temporary or permanent but it’s new and either way I need to be on blood thinners. They wanted to put me on Lipitor too but I can’t take statins with my neuropathy. He said now that I’ve had a TIA my LDL needs to be under 70 instead of the usual 100. It’s at 97 now. I was also told 10% of people that have a TIA will have a full stroke within 30 days.