Coronavirus, Covid 19 Discussion and How It Has Affected Your Daily Life Chat Thread

[Ninjasquirrel]

Very sorry to hear that. Probably not caused by the vax but who knows. Sometimes things just happen and it's bad luck. (But I'd keep that to myself. Not worth arguing over.)
FYI, the third affects the eye mostly.

Yeah his eye is inflamed and his eyelid is droopy. He also is having double vision

 

[h2oratt]

Yeah his eye is inflamed and his eyelid is droopy. He also is having double vision

I am so sorry. Will pray for your family.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

I am so sorry. Will pray for your family.

Thank you. I appreciate the prayers. Hubby is pretty upset. I calmed him down by explaining what the treatment plan for it is but his mom had said the word "stroke" and it scared him. She always exaggerates things partly because she doesn't listen. Hopefully we know more tomorrow but now we're just waiting

 

[Molpet]

Yeah his eye is inflamed and his eyelid is droopy. He also is having double vision

Praying for swift healing

 

[h2oratt]

Thank you. I appreciate the prayers. Hubby is pretty upset. I calmed him down by explaining what the treatment plan for it is but his mom had said the word "stroke" and it scared him. She always exaggerates things partly because she doesn't listen. Hopefully we know more tomorrow but now we're just waiting

You can’t make a plan til after the scan. Just pray is all you can do.

 

[h2oratt]

Yeah his eye is inflamed and his eyelid is droopy. He also is having double vision

What about

Guillain–Barré syndrome?​

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

What about

Guillain–Barré syndrome?​

His BP is fine so not likely. Either way the CT should tell us something. FIL used to be a bodybuilder. Not professionally though. Blew out his knees so he quit. So the idea of a sudden nerve disorder doesn't seem likely. I won't jump to conclusions until I see the data.

 

[h2oratt]

His BP is fine so not likely. Either way the CT should tell us something. FIL used to be a bodybuilder. Not professionally though. Blew out his knees so he quit. So the idea of a sudden nerve disorder doesn't seem likely. I won't jump to conclusions until I see the data.

Good idea

 

[Hayden Goseek]

His BP is fine so not likely. Either way the CT should tell us something. FIL used to be a bodybuilder. Not professionally though. Blew out his knees so he quit. So the idea of a sudden nerve disorder doesn't seem likely. I won't jump to conclusions until I see the data.

Guillain-Barre' usually starts as paralysis in the legs and works it way up. If it gets high enough it can affect the breathing. Then you would be placed on a ventilator. It usually resolves though.

Ninja's FIL sounds like cancer, infection or a stroke IMHO. The CT and probably a MRI will hopefully give a diagnosis but it could take a while. If your not getting results consider a teaching hospital. If it IS a 'stroke' they may call it a CVA (cerebrovascular accident) and that can be from a bleed causing pressure on the brain but usually it is a blockage in an artery from a clot or plaque. (Like a heart attack but in the brain.)
I would Google or Wiki some of these terms ahead of time just so your not hearing them for the first time while your also dealing with the shock of a diagnosis. And if it sounds like the Doctor is talking over your head ask him to break that down for you. It's your (his) health and you have a right to understand.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

Guillain-Barre' usually starts as paralysis in the legs and works it way up. If it gets high enough it can affect the breathing. Then you would be placed on a ventilator. It usually resolves though.

Ninja's FIL sounds like cancer, infection or a stroke IMHO. The CT and probably a MRI will hopefully give a diagnosis but it could take a while. If your not getting results consider a teaching hospital. If it IS a 'stroke' they may call it a CVA (cerebrovascular accident) and that can be from a bleed causing pressure on the brain but usually it is a blockage in an artery from a clot or plaque. (Like a heart attack but in the brain.)
I would Google or Wiki some of these terms ahead of time just so your not hearing them for the first time while your also dealing with the shock of a diagnosis. And if it sounds like the Doctor is talking over your head ask him to break that down for you. It's your (his) health and you have a right to understand.

Sound advice. When he first went to the doctor they said it was a severe sinus infection. They put him on two antibiotics and 2 nasal sprays. I advised my MIL that if nothing improves in 3 days to go back. She waited a full week before going back to the doctor. My money is on aneurysm. Cancer doesn't run in his family. The FILs father had it but that was from being exposed to agent orange