Chat Room Friends Save Stroke Victim
from the feel-good-story dept
If you're looking for a feel good story about the internet, then we've got one for you. Apparently, a woman who spent plenty of time in online chat rooms recently had a stroke while typing in the chat room. She frantically typed some sort of "help me!" type message, before collapsing. Others in the chat room tried calling her, and eventually got a local 911 operator who sent help over to the woman's home. On a side note, the article is amusing in that it does the reverse of what most articles do when talking about people using online nicknames. It refers to them by the nickname, and mentions that they are "also known as..." or "also goes by..." and gives their real name.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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pain in arm
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mine isin my left hand and it feels like it is ib boiling hot water 24/7
i have severe muscle spasms as well
i find that wearing a compression glove helps the spasms and my pain mgmt doc has started me on "lyrica" on 100mg 3 times a day it gives some relief.
they make compression sleeves also hope this helps but try the lyrica it is in the neurontin family
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i had a stroke in 2004 and i had pain all down my left side its taken almost 2years to find the right drugs that work.im taken gabapentin 600mg 3 times aday.
tramadol 100mg 2 times aday,paracetamol1000mg four times aday,amitiptyline100mg at night.im still in pain but its noway as bad as it use to be.hope this might help ui was 33 when i had my stroke
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depression drug
Hope to hear from you soon.
Thank you
Ottawa
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I think about it every day. You didn’t mention in your letter what effects your stroke had on you except the crying. My stroke left me paralyzed on the left side. I have a hard time to walk or use my left arm. I’m 100% disability and in a wheelchair. I also have a few other medical problems as a result of my contact with Agent Orange in Viet-Nam. It gave me type 2 diabetes. Now that caused diabetic retinopathy, I’m legally blind in the left eye and the right eye is going to. I’ve also had two heart attacks in 1999 & 2007. I’ve had neuropathy since 1991.
I would like to talk to you more maybe we can help each other. Who knows this could help. Anything is possible.
My group therapy & shrink don’t seem to help a lot. My biggest problem is my feelings of being worthless because I can’t see very well. It’s very hard to do most things one handed. I fall all the time and now I’m having a lot of trouble getting up after I do fall.
Let me know if you’re having any of these problems. Hope to hear from you soon. Gerry
PS I don't know anything about this web cite I'ts my first time on it tonight. So I don't know if I'll ever hear from you again.
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Call me if you like at usa-562-209 6548
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I’m sorry baby my family have told me im not the same. Idk how to change back into the person they know
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Husband had stroke 9-15-08
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I had my stroke in November 19, 2017 .
my stroke my right site for 4 weeks completely paralyzed.
Now I walking/limp small steps behind walker. sometimes 700 steps outside with Brecks/siting...and have pain in right shoulder and knee too. have home physical therapy and occupy. therapy as well. I exercise obey and pray. how are u today? call me if you like 562-209 6548
god bless
joien
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daugher of a stroke survivor
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my granmothers stroke
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i had a stroke
I am now a lot healthier, fit and have my confidence back to go out and have a great time without having to look around to see if people are staring at me.
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im so sorry about your stroke but id love to chat with you about your experience.
hope all is well.
thanks
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i had a stroke
I'm 18 years old, at the age of 16 i had a strokes causing irreparable damage.caused a lot of pain, i was in hospital for seven months, from November to June of 2006/7. Since then, i have improved 'several setbacks'! Due to my disability, I have lost several friends. They can't deal with the fact that I can't do things that we had in common before the stroke. But my mum won't stop fighting or finding out a way to help, she just wants me to have a normal life. I had to learn to walk again. I walked like a doll, kicking out my left leg, like the dolls in the Nutcracker (ballet) and had to work on my left arm and hand daily to gain my strength back, as i could't evan lift it or a finger. I remember the doctor telling me that i would never be able to move my left arm again, with many days and hours of phisio i ended up prooving my doctor wrong! I wore a brace on my left leg and foot at night to straighten my foot and toes that still want to curl as a result of my stroke.
You wouldn't Evan notice as of today that i was a stroke victim.
I am now a lot healthier, fit and have my confidence back to go out and have a great time without having to look around to see if people are staring at me.
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Help Raise Awareness and Raise Money for Stroke
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What I would like is to talk to someone that does have like problems.Feel free to contact me by e-mail.
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Husband had a stroke last November
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