No I haven't had a cough or something but thought nothing of it and it just passed and I went on my way and and this was a week ago yeah mhmm last saturday actually right so just under a week ago and I came home and said to my husband I said I can't so I've come home so I was shopping at sainsbury's well usually I do that a lot in the ward since then but I couldn't and I've been so tired like I was well I get out of bed I'm up for a couple of hours and I thank god if I go to sleep again and and then last night I just I just felt giddy and I couldn't stop and then I got up to go to the bathroom and I couldn't walk either so I just giddy put 1 foot in front of the other and you say you feel giddy can you describe it in more detail than that do you feel like the room is spinning yeah or you're like you're on a ship yeah it just feels like everything's moving my my legs wouldn't you didn't know where the floor was no alright no and that's the same symptom you had a week ago that came on or just about 6 days ago that came on suddenly yeah and what were you doing when it came on nothing nothing just sat watching tv or whatever and then have you has it been continuous throughout the week or is it come and gone yes comes and goes comes and goes yeah so how many times has it affected you during the week nothing like that nothing like last night no but I could walk I I I tended to notice that I've walked into things a lot more but last night I couldn't even walk does it affect you in certain positions like lying in bed sitting in the sofa stood up or is it any position it can affect you no no just stay in bed mhmm just when I try to get up yes yeah is it in the process of getting up that the symptoms affect you or is it no can it happen while you're up already yeah mhmm fine very well any weakness to any part of your body or anything not 1 at all and I was getting worse went to bed thought well if I lay down you know it would go off but and tell me about your life more generally do you live at home with someone else don't you live with my husband yes yeah nice in a house or a flat a bungalow with a bungalow lovely is the bungalow because you can't get upstairs or just because you don't fancy it we take the porch out of the room that sounds nice yeah fine nice view of the sea or anything like that we're about sailing we can look across dartmoor oh gorgeous that sounds lovely yeah and do you do you need anything to help you walk or anything like that walk by yourself no I haven't had anything on it do you get walking out on dartmoor very much no I look at it look at that's fine how often will you get out of the house sorry how often will you get out of the house well I I go in the garden quite a lot when I'm on a premises and I mow that at least once twice a week sorry about the lunch oh I don't know what they're doing something about me laugh that's fine gonna have a quick look at you do you mind looking at your hands and listen to your chest thank you ever so much of thanks is this joint sore at all no do you get sore hands while you're running or anything like that no no what did you do for a living I worked for mothercare oh right fine yeah right retail or in the head office sort of I got set at a mannitol it's not really a. It's not really. You look uncomfortable because you ought to lie flat so I'll lay you a bit flatter because our beds move obviously and you've fallen off the bottom because you want to be you wanna lie down which is understandable when you're tired tell you I do get a lot of cramp in my neck a bit further or is that good for you that's okay you sure yeah think I'm fine yeah that's good I've quick listened at your front that's okay thank you very much to really help them thank you you're welcome good job think that's it anyway and again can you sit forward I'm listen to your back that okay okay few questions if you're ready trying to time your breaths with the with not having the drill on yeah yeah how are you that's for power in your arms and arms to start with if that's alright yeah could you put your arms up like this like a chicken be really strong don't let me move you push down against me yeah that's great arms like this like a boxer be really strong don't let me meet you can you pull me towards you that's great arms out like this for me be really strong let me meet you that's okay that's great arms out like this from your fingers playing a part and don't let me push them together don't let me push them together excellent can you put your thumb to your little finger that's great and don't let me pull them apart that's fine just test the reflexes in your arms if that's alright I can borrow that 1 you can relax I'll take the whole thing just relax let me have it for a moment you've looked after it all this time I won't drop it don't worry feel any tensing out I won't drop it I promise now we're back you're trusting me eric can I try again on this side now you might start trusting me very good that's better that's better thank you just the feeling in your in your arms you feel me touching you here here on your thumbs and your little fingers mhmm does it feel the same on both sides mhmm good and that's just the coordination in your arms can you pop your finger to your nose okay and touch my finger mhmm to your nose to my finger and as quickly and as accurately as you can nose from to finger yep let's do the same with the other side I'll take that off and make you a little lazy for me that's great that's I'll get some I'll oh excuse me that's only the fire yeah that's great I'll try and get a bit closer that's fine that's cool thank you otherwise the machine will keep beeping at us not that there's anything to see looks live go do the same to your legs that okay if he has no way of doing this I'll lift your legs up quite quickly you just relax and I'll do the lifting just to warn you I'll lift them up quickly lovely that's fine can you lift this right leg off the bed for me that's great don't let me push it down very good and the same on the other side yeah and kick push me into the bed very good can you bend your knees up k and you're kicking your way like you're kicking a football very good and pull me towards your bum very good kick me away like you're kicking a football yeah and towards your arm yeah very good and up towards your head that's great and with your toes push down at me with your big toe and pull up towards your head that's fine do you feel me touching you here here here here on your big toes and your little toes all feel the same on both sides that's great just relaxes in your legs you just try and relax as before stable grip what else that's good and your knee replaced on that side I remember this that's good rotation what would yeah my okay we're at the bottom of your foot sorry about the final? Yeah so fine is not sealed no it should be ready for the procedure and also if ever that's all fine all looks good nothing to detect in terms of examining the nerves in your arms and legs I don't know what doctor pay explained to you did he ever see you last night or speak to you or did he just look at your blood test results he might have just looked at your blood test results yeah but I need to be properly addressed so that when people become dizzy suddenly we worry about a stroke a small stroke that affects the dizziness area in the brain it's an area that's difficult to pick up on our ct scan we so didn't see anything worrying on your ct scan however we often wouldn't in these very small strains that affect the dizziness part of the brain it usually gets much better with time and some aspirin which if you've already had some aspirin which is good we just need to get you from here up to our stroke ward to be seen by the stroke specialist team they think they think they think it is probably book you an mri scan of your head to make sure that that is what's causing the problems and get you some rehabilitation and sort this out for you so that you don't have these horrible symptoms if you're feeling nauseated I can get you some medicine to make you feel a bit better from that perspective are you nauseated now no I I was terrible last night but they did give me an injection yeah I'll make sure it's prescribed for you so you can look back because the nausea associated with feeling dizzy can be really important any questions or anything I forgot of no I'm just calculating the way you're born I know make it better I wish I'm sorry we don't have fantastic treatment that's history we do have excellent presentation and things like that and trying to work out what the underlying cause is the number 1 thing know and trying to stop it from happening again there'll be a few tests to make sure that we can stop the stroke all right thank you everyone that comes into hospital I should speak with them about what they want if they were to become unwell in hospital and their heart were to stop from my perspective I think we should do everything to keep going as long as that's okay with you I did say in my daughter's got my car of attorney mhmm and it does say in there that don't keep going mhmm it I I don't wanna be an invalid yeah of course fine okay you wouldn't wanna be disabled or anything like that yeah fine fair enough and so if you were to deteriorate in hospital I'm not thinking you're going to no but if you were to the. Where your heart were to stop yes there's a high chance yeah that you'd be disabled after that yeah okay that's good to know and it's important to have these discussions isn't it mhmm I'll make sure that's all important for you I'm sorry to bring it up that's alright but you know it's got to be surgery it has unfortunately I'll get everything sorted so you can go up to our stroke ward okay I'm valerie white house 320386