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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?

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Whitewavemark2 Tue 01-Mar-22 07:08:19

I’m a bit late to this thread, but exactly the same thing happened to me in my 50s. I lost a complete day, but also the weeks/ days leading up to were also very hazy.

Stress/anxiety no doubt. The doctor sent me for counselling which helped a huge amount as it gave me the tools to say “no” and recognise my limitations.

I also had a holiday which helped, but forgot to pack any underwear! Head still fuzzy - but within the two weeks of complete rest, I was in a much better place. Never looked back.

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Hels001 Tue 01-Mar-22 08:14:10

Sending lots of love. Rest and rest some more. flowers xxx

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grannyactivist Tue 01-Mar-22 22:54:59

Whitewave your first paragraph fits exactly with what happened to me. It’s apparently quite unusual for an episode of TGA to last as long as 24 hours.

I discovered this evening that my family are shielding me from anything worrying, as much as they can; my granddaughter had a bad fall earlier today and fractured her wrist, but I was only told about it once she was treated and back home.

In a couple of days I’m also going away for a while to clear my head and have a complete rest. Ten days in Dartmouth should do the trick I hope.

I’ll send you all a postcard, via GN of course. ?

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Callistemon21 Tue 01-Mar-22 23:02:10

In a couple of days I’m also going away for a while to clear my head and have a complete rest. Ten days in Dartmouth should do the trick I hope.
Do watch out for the Demon Dartmouth Seagulls, grannyactivist. They will swoop and take the food from your hand!

Otherwise have a lovely, relaxing time.

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grannyactivist Tue 01-Mar-22 23:05:25

Where I live I think the gulls must have been trained by the SAS Calli, I’m now a dab hand at the art of defensive ice cream consumption. I’ve had a lot of experience. ?

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Callistemon21 Tue 01-Mar-22 23:09:01

They like crab sandwiches from the delicatessen in Dartmouth. Expensive tastes!

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grannyactivist Tue 01-Mar-22 23:30:24

Yum! I also like crab sandwiches from the delicatessen - let battle commence! ?

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Callistemon21 Tue 01-Mar-22 23:33:18

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Iam64 Wed 02-Mar-22 08:12:37

Just seen this grannyactivist. I hope you’re recuperating, resting and feeling better.
There was a thread recently by a poster whose grandson, aged I think about 19, was admitted to hospital and had the same diagnosis as you, he went on to fully recover

As others have said - rest up x

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