Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A temporary blockage in a cerebral artery, perhaps due to a brief constriction. Similar to a stroke, but temporary and usually with no residual damage as far as I know. At 09:29 PM 7/7/2003 -0700, you wrote: >What, exactly, is a TIA? I had one a couple of years ago and never got a >clear explanation of what the event was. > >Roland Smith >Oakland, California >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jeffery L. Smith" <jsmith@dcc.edu> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 7:09 PM >Subject: Re: [Leica] Good health ? > > > > Ell, I'm sure glad to hear that it wasn't anything life-threatening. Was >it > > a TIA (transcient ischemic attack)? > > > > Jeffery > > > > At 06:53 PM 7/7/2003 -0700, you wrote: > > >Good health is something most of us take too easily and something for > > >granted without question. > > > > > >At this moment I'm only being allowed here for a few minutes so you can >hear > > >it from the old guy himself. > > > > > >I hadn't felt my usual chipper self before I went to my work out this > > >morning, while there I didn't feel any better and came home without doing > > >any exercise. A few minutes later my wife Irene and Sandy rushed me to >the > > >hospital where due to a brain scan I'd suffered a mild seizure! > > > > > >So we spent the day in ER while blood pressure was brought down and a >number > > >of other tests were done. I'm at home now and Irene is standing here > > >counting down my time to finish and get me horizontal and resting. > > > > > >Looks like some major changes to the old guy's life style for a bit, > > >however, "to hell with it I ain't goin' yet!" Too many places to go and >lots > > >more pictures to take. > > > > > >ted > > > > > > > > >-- > > >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html