When my side goes numb, it starts with a full feeling in my forearm, then pours down into my hand. The sensation travels up past my shoulder onto my face and down my side through my leg to my foot. A slight tingling like it's just waking up from being asleep, but not painful. I have to stop what I'm doing, stop what I'm saying. All my thoughts crumble and I have to basically pause my life until the numbness passes. Usually this lasts 20-45 seconds.
2/27--11.42a, 1.55p, 7.26p
2/28--2.01a, 11.30a, 1.18p, 11.33p
3/1--1.30a, 2.22a, 2.45p
3/2--11.18a
3/3--4.40p, 8.15p
3/4--12.43a, 10.48p
3/5--1.35a, 4.02p, 10.30p
3/6--12.03a, 1.08a, 11.28a, 8.31p
3/7--12.07a, 2.02p, 4.28p
3/8--12.09a, 7.27p
Some of the times after midnight I was awake; sometimes the sensation woke me up. Before last summer, this only happened once or twice a week. As this record shows, my average is almost three times a day.
The doctor who ordered the EEG thinks these numbness episodes could be tiny seizures. I don't completely lose control like a grand mal, but there are many kinds of seizures that are quiet and unassuming, and if you didn't know to look for them, you'd never know they were happening. Hopefully whenever my EEG gets rescheduled, we can determine one way or another if I am indeed having seizures.
Praises:
-my family is quick to rub my arm whenever I need it. I know many stroke survivors struggle with getting the care they need, and I praise God for giving me a family that is sensitive to my needs.
-my doctor didn't ignore my numbness and chalk it up to "typical stroke side effects"
Prayer requests:
-my neuropsych evaluation to happen soon so I can get the EEG
-the frequent numbness not to cause lasting pain or brain damage