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Oops - I lost a whole day and found myself in hospital!

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grannyactivist Sun 27-Feb-22 12:59:32

I don’t quite know where it went yet, but I’m piecing it together. Apparently I have TGA - Transient Global Amnesia, probably brought on by stress.

Recently I have had even more than my usual heavy load of stress - and the outcome is that I lost yesterday and found myself in the hospital last night chatting to some very nice doctors with no memory of anything leading up to my being there. It’s a very discombobulating experience and has left me physically exhausted and very emotional.

The Wonderful Man has had the scare of his life and is treating me like china - and I’m letting him, so I know I’m not quite myself. Apparently I couldn’t get hold of him yesterday (he was on the allotment) so I called my son who immediately drove over, collected TWM from the allotment - and then followed a discussion between them about where they should take me. TWM said that under normal circumstances they would have asked me! ?

I’ve now been discharged into the care of my GP who is going to see me this week and go through the results of the CT scan that I have no memory of having had. They found ‘calcification’, which has nothing to do with the TGA, but will need further monitoring.

Anyone else had a similar experience?

FannyCornforth Sun 27-Feb-22 13:03:35

Oh grannyactivistthanks
You are going through such a tough time at the moment.
Sending you love

Doodledog Sun 27-Feb-22 13:05:04

No similar experience, but sending all best wishes for a speedy recovery. Look after yourself and take it easy for a while?

nanaK54 Sun 27-Feb-22 13:08:51

No experience - but would like to send kindest thoughts flowers

Grandmashe43 Sun 27-Feb-22 13:09:55

Oh Grannyaxtivist, please start taking care of YOU, your important, xx

lavendermine Sun 27-Feb-22 13:10:48

Sorry to read this - what a shock. Take care and rest flowers

Shandy57 Sun 27-Feb-22 13:18:13

So sorry to read this - someone's grandson on another forum recently experienced it too. Take care.

Yammy Sun 27-Feb-22 13:18:41

Sit back and let them look after you.flowers

BlueBelle Sun 27-Feb-22 13:23:37

My best friend lost a whole 24 hours with no memory at all she had been to the doctors (found a sample bottle on her kitchen table) but had no knowledge of having seen a doctor or getting herself home on two buses, she had eaten a meal and locked up, but not the back door or conservatory which she normally did before going to bed and she hadn’t fed her hedgehog She went to bed and woke up the next day with no memory of the day before at all, before seeing the specimen bottle, she rang the doctors to see why she had it and they made her a new appointment
When she saw (apparently) the same doctor he did a memory test and said well that’s much better than yesterdays !!

Anyway she needed no treatment and has had nothing since then

Grandmabatty Sun 27-Feb-22 13:25:51

Grannyactivist you are making light of it, but it must have been quite a shock. Your body and mind are saying "rest". Take care of yourself ?

GillT57 Sun 27-Feb-22 13:32:22

I have no suggestions, but just wanted to wish you the best, take care, enjoy being looked after, for once. Resistance is futile! Enjoy a brew and a cupcake

silverlining48 Sun 27-Feb-22 13:38:38

What a shock this has been GA, I send my best wishes for a full recovery. Make sure you get plenty of rest. flowers

Ro60 Sun 27-Feb-22 13:41:44

Best wishes ? Glad you have family around you - and still your sense of humour.

Luckygirl3 Sun 27-Feb-22 13:51:32

Someone somewhere is trying to tell you something! A message to be heeded I would suggest.

JaneJudge Sun 27-Feb-22 13:54:31

This happened to my friends Mum a few years ago and although a very frightening experience, she has had nothing at all since smile they also put stress as the reason. You HAVE had lots of stress. Your body is telling you something xx

Smileless2012 Sun 27-Feb-22 13:57:32

Good grief grannyactivistshock. Thank goodness you're OK now make sure that you take proper care of yourselfflowers.

kittylester Sun 27-Feb-22 13:59:21

I know from a friend how discombobulated this is, ga. But it is telling you something - so please listen! Huge, but very gentle, (((hugs)))

merlotgran Sun 27-Feb-22 14:03:20

Sounds very alarming and stress can trigger all kinds of reactions.

Take of yourself and REST.

M0nica Sun 27-Feb-22 14:04:49

Thankfully, according to my GP it is something that you only get once. So once you recover grannyactivist it shouldn't happen again.

In my case,my GTA only lasted about 30 minutes and I came to driving onto the M40 in a car on its last few teaspoonfuls of petrol. I had been driving to the petrol station, by then many miles away when it happened. Thankfully it wasn't far to the next exit and I was able to come off and find a petrol station there and then drive home again.

A friend had a one day one like yours GrannyActivist. He didn't end up in hospital but in fact chaired a Day School. We had noticed that he was a bit subdued, he is usually quite assertive and came to at home in the evening, with no memory of anything since the early morning.

spottybook Sun 27-Feb-22 14:09:12

This happened to DH a few years ago and the same to a friend of ours. Both were fine the next day with no recurrences. DH never got back those few hours of lost memory. It was more frightening for me at the time than it was for him.

Jane43 Sun 27-Feb-22 14:18:37

My sister-in-law had a similar experience a few years ago. She woke up one morning and couldn't work out where she was, what day it was etc. She found it a very scary experience and was reassured somewhat when she found there was an explanation for what had happened to her. Thankfully it never happened to her again.

Doodle Sun 27-Feb-22 14:22:12

Yes DH has suffered this. Fortunately only twice and for about 30 minutes each time. It was terrifying to witness, I thought he’d had a stroke. He didn’t get back those minutes but it hasn’t happened for a long time now.

GillT57 Sun 27-Feb-22 14:45:21

Crikey, these occurences sound terrifying.

Auntieflo Sun 27-Feb-22 14:46:33

Grannyactivist, sorry to hear of that nasty experience you had. Glad to hear that your DH is treating you with kid gloves, make the most of it and get better ASAP.
It has not happened to me, but last Monday I had the oddest feeling of the world slipping me by. It lasted only a minute or so, but was a horrible feeling.

ginny Sun 27-Feb-22 14:49:01

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