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Had a seizure 3 weeks ago. Has anyone had that experience?

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Lovetopaint037 Fri 03-Sept-21 12:12:42

Thank you so much for your answers. I am having my blood test on Monday at local hospital and if it is no better I will ring the surgery. The one thing about face masks it will hide the front capped bridge tooth which was damaged by whatever was put in my mouth. The family have told me I had tubes of all sorts and a ventilator. At the moment I have found Manuka New Zealand Honey +500MGO from Sainsbury’s the most helpful at night (by the spoonful). It is so kind of you both to reply. By the way DON’T ever really overdo drinking water. I have no memory of that day or how much I drank. I saw a text saying I had drank a load but still couldn’t urinate. All I remember was “seeing” a long, long video that was telling my story on tv and me begging God to stop it. So be warned everyone. Thank you again.

wildswan16 Thu 02-Sept-21 20:01:57

It sounds like you are doing all the right things to get back to normal, but please be patient. I expect your throat and cough are due to the procedures they had to do when you were so ill in hospital - sometimes, especially in emergency situations, when they are trying to help your breathing it can bruise the back of your throat a bit and it takes a while to recover.

Maybe give your GP another ring in a few days if you aren't feeling any better - it may be that you need another course of antibiotics.

I do hope you feel better soon. flowers

BlueBelle Thu 02-Sept-21 19:26:50

I can’t help on this one but didn’t want you to go unanswered so hope this will bump your thread up so others may be able to help

Lovetopaint037 Thu 02-Sept-21 10:41:00

I had a hernia repair 3 weeks ago. Apparently, I remember nothing about it, I couldn’t urinate but wasn’t allowed home until I had. I began drinking a lot of water and began to hallucinate and then became unconscious. That was Friday evening and I woke up in an entirely different hospital some miles away and in intensive care on the Monday. Apparently the drinking had washed all the salts out of my body. Since then I spent a week in the hospital and with some encouragement from a very supportive family I was allowed out as long as I kept to a restricted allowance of 1 and a half litres of water a day and have a blood test in two weeks time. Once I got home I worked on getting my appetite back and walking so have done well in that direction. I eat a banana every day for potassium, added some salt to my diet, plenty of fruit etc. My problem has been coughing when laying flat, phlegm in the mouth and throat, a bulging feeling in my ears and now an irritating feeling in chest The hospital gave me antibiotics which I finished when I came home. I spoke to a doctor on the phone who seems to think it could be a post op cough and says he will see me when I have had my blood test. My question is how long does this take to recover from this weak, strange feeling.. I was a fit, just turned 80 year old, before this occurred. How long before I feel normal? Thank you.