Just found out I’ve had a silent mini stroke (TIA). Had this?

@mollyd - just wanted to check in with you and see how things are going with your health since your five mini strokes?

Hi @mrswah - how are you doing? Wondering if you have experienced any lasting effects of the TIA or any subsequent strokes?

@mrswah - welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect.

This Mayo Clinic information on TIA may be useful to you, if you've not seen it:

- Transient ischemic attack (TIA) https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/transient-ischemic-attack/symptoms-causes/syc-20355679

Will you share more about your TIA and how it arose?

I experienced TIA at age 37. I am now 72, as well. I can post more tomorrow. Sleep well.

I went to ER because I had tripped fallen, broke my arm and shattered the nut into the shoulder. I had problems in surgery of a large bleed. I had a lot of trimmers afterwards which they were trying to figure out so they did an MRI without contrast and saw that I’ve had a stroke in the busy side of the right brain. I looked it up and some of the examples of effects. I certainly do have neurology didn’t tell me exactly when they thought it was the only timeframe I heard was six months maybe so I’ve been looking into what vitamins to take. What kind of exercise to do to keep my brain healthy. I’m not overweight. I’m 72 years old and I have no heart conditions or diabetes. I do take a cholesterol medication. At a low dose, I wanna stay healthy not only for myself for my daughters and grandchildren. The neurologist put me on low-dose aspirin, but I also have a The neurologist put me on low-dose aspirin, but I also have a bleeding disorder. Hence the large bleed and surgery, it’s called a bleed and surgery, it’s called a platelet pooling storage syndromeAny advice would be welcomed. Thank you.

Those headache s are probably related to withdrawal from caffeine. In the past, I would have a withdrawal headache and not relate it to my huge normal consumption of coffee.
Then I was able to warn my friends who were “giving up” coffee to develop a plan for a gradual decrease in caffeine. I guess that goes for other caffeinated drinks as well.

@wingkeel
It sounds like no coffee may also be your fatigue issue. Wow, 3 cups! I can’t tolerate 3 sips of caffeine. I remember when my mother gave up caffeinated sodas. She had a headache for 2 weeks.

@californiazebra Sometimes we get so focused on our health that we forget cause and effect.
This morning, I developed a headache, which is in and of itself concerning. Of course, I began to worry and ask questions like: Should I go to the hospital or call my doctor? The more I worried about it, the worse the headache became.
I'm a three-cup-a-day coffee drinker. For four days now, I haven't had a cup of coffee. Guess what the #1 symptom of coffee withdrawal is? You got it, a headache, so I made myself a nice cup of mushroom coffee, and almost instantly, the headache went away.

@californiazebra Holy Smokes! I never considered that the CT contrast dye might have a detrimental effect on me. That might be where my fatigue is coming from. While my fatigue is not as pronounced as it was yesterday, it is still there.

@californiazebra

That means that 90% of the people who a TIA will =not= have a full stroke within 30 days!