Big_Jim59
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Last week my family had scheduled our vacation at the beach. It's only about a 5.5 hour ride from the house and I was going to take the bike. After all, why not? The services have been done, it's running fine and the tires only have a few hundred miles on them. My son stopped me. "what if something goes wrong" he asked? I deferred and rode with everyone in the car. Saturday was fine. Sunday I was taken ill. (Very Ill) Call the EMTs ill and puking on the public street ill. I want from the ER to hospital bed to ICU. They thought I had a stroke. My blood pressure shot up, they saw brain aneurysms (non-bursted) on my CT scan and most disconcerting of all, my eyes went out of sync. I was also running a low grade fever. Less than 24 hours later all the symptoms were gone. I checked out of the hospital intending to go home but before that could be arranged it happened again. I have never been that sick to my stomach in my life. I will never eat sausage again!
To get home I took a 5.5 hour ambulance ride as a precaution. If I was having a stroke that would have killed me. I never had such a rough ride. I am at home recovering. I am weak, wobbly, on antibiotics, plus a bigger dose of BP meds and lots of rest.
Now I am left to reevaluate my whole life. About 7 years ago my buddy Dave and I were riding back from the Texas Hill Country. We pulled off at a convenience store were I had "a spell" I felt dizzy and sick but I put it down to dehydration, pounded down a quart of water and was fine. Thinking back on it it may not have been dehydration.
I have seen my Doctor here. I have given over the CT scan and the MRI scan to her. The main brain aneurysm they saw runs through the artery at the base of the skull and is inoperable. Dr thinks it might be an inner ear balance issue. I may never feel confidant enough to go tripping again.
Better times.
To get home I took a 5.5 hour ambulance ride as a precaution. If I was having a stroke that would have killed me. I never had such a rough ride. I am at home recovering. I am weak, wobbly, on antibiotics, plus a bigger dose of BP meds and lots of rest.
Now I am left to reevaluate my whole life. About 7 years ago my buddy Dave and I were riding back from the Texas Hill Country. We pulled off at a convenience store were I had "a spell" I felt dizzy and sick but I put it down to dehydration, pounded down a quart of water and was fine. Thinking back on it it may not have been dehydration.
I have seen my Doctor here. I have given over the CT scan and the MRI scan to her. The main brain aneurysm they saw runs through the artery at the base of the skull and is inoperable. Dr thinks it might be an inner ear balance issue. I may never feel confidant enough to go tripping again.
Better times.
