T.i.a.

[Tilly2]

Is it possible for someone to have a 'mini stroke' and not be aware of it?

[237SJ]

I think so. My grandfather suffered from TIAs and I don`t think he was aware.

[Mamyalynne]

Yes, the symptoms can be mild and mimic something else quite easily.

[Tilly2]

An elderly friend of mine has been told, today, that she has had a T.I.A. sometime last year. She has been advised to get a walking stick.

[Barmaid]

Mr BM had a tia on our honeymoon. His CT scan revealed that he had had at least one other of which he was unaware. We are expecting further results this week. So yes it's entirely possible.

[woofgang]

yes definitely, speaking both professionally (I used to treat stroke patients) and personally because that is what happened to my mother.

[woofgang]

Tilly that advice seems a little odd. Is she having trouble walking? who gave her the advice?

[jno]

I was told I'd had a heart attack, which I wasn't aware of, and was told "silent heart attacks" aren't common but are definitely a thing.

As it turned out, I hadn't. But they are still a thing. I suppose mini strokes are the same if they're mini enough.

I wish I could be unaware of getting leg cramps at night, but no luck.

[Tilly2]

Woof, a neurologist.
Maybe she was told more but she did not tell me, if she did.
I'll enquire.

[douglas9401]

Yes it is. A friend of mine was admitted this very day for observation and preventive drugs.

[rowanwitch]

Definitely, a great story when my husband managed care homes many years ago, old lady found slumped in chair, staff couldn't find pulse, GP and family called, while my ex was on the phone telling the daughter she had died said old lady walked past the office.... bit of mouth droop and a scan to confirm. She didn't have a clue.

[anneasquith]

That made me lol.

[Bobbisox1]

Yes Tilly my OH had ‘ another’ mini stroke last June the day after we returned from a holiday , the brain scan showed he’d had another previously by the scarring

[Bobbisox1]

BM ( same)

[woofgang]

Tilly, it just seems funny advice. If she is having balance issues then she should get a proper assessment even though the event happened some time ago. I also wasn't aware that they could date old events like that...I mean I know they can say its not new but even to say it happened last year sounds a little odd...I mean why not the year before? Has she been given any preventative advice? Maybe she just doesn't want to talk about it or couldn't take in what she was told? her GP should be getting a letter, maybe she might find it helpful to talk to him?

[Tilly2]

Thank you, all of you.

I think my friend has just told me the gist of what she was told at the hospital. She has retained the things that she feels daunted by...a previous mini stroke and possibly having to use a walking stick.

I'm sure further treatment will be offered, she just hasn't got round to that part yet.

Thanks again.