Hi Paul, I had a dissection last October and also had terrible neck/face pain. It progressively got better over time. The first few weeks were the worst. Now...
How long before your neck pain started to decrease? Did you just have pain in the neck, or did you get headaches too? How did you know for certain that it...
Hi Paul, My dr said it was safe for me to run at my 3mo followup appt. I must admit that I did not work up the courage to run until at least 6 mo after that,...
One last question (for a while), what is the best type of test to determine if your dissection is healed? Contrast CAT Scan, MRI, Ultrasound, etc? Thanks, ...
... I have been told that a CTA or MRA are the best tests. The CTA is less expensive and should give the results. I was back at the gym (with only the use...
Paul the best tests are MRA(MRI of an artery) or an arteriogram. Arteriogramscarry a small risk of dislodging debris inside an artery.Not all facilities have...
Mine was ultrasound. They compare the blood flow in your good artery with that of your injured one. Not saying it's best, but just that it's what my neuro...
My dr used a Duplex scan which is a form of ultrasound and was able to view my carotid at the angle between jaw and skull bone behind the ear. It is least...
My neuro had a CT scan with contrast done - so he could how the blood was flowing in my brain...this was the final scan. They had also done an MRI, a regular...
Paul and all, I'm horrible at replying so this is a combo reply from the past few email topics. From what I can tell, and after having CT with and without ...
all of these different answers just go to show you, that since there is really no research, only case studies in this area, you? may get many different...
My doctor first requested an MRA/MRI as well and told me that showed the amount of blood flow to the brain was back to normal. I think that would have been...
Dopplers are probably the least expensivebut will detect only turbulence in bloodflow and can't detect if an aneurysm has formed at the site of the dissection....
Who knows??? He has treated a few but more were traumatic.? My dissection was where my neck/jawline meet, or at least thats where the tech was pushing the 1st...
My technician was very gentle. But then she knew I had the dissection. Maybe that was the difference? I was diagnosed with the CAT with ultrasound follow...
Mine were (there were 2 different ones techs, one got 99% occlusion and the other 100%, who knows) both gentle...my husband was watching during one of the...
I took it about a year prior to the dissection, the first AND last time I took it...it made my leg muscles terribly sore and I was doing Jazzercise at the time...
Just always trying to figure it all out. My father had an achilles tear, while on it, in the past I've had tendonitis issues, and there is a warning now on it...
Good point - supposedly they tested me for all of that, SUPPOSEDLY... Kristen ... From: xrcisetoday To: carotiddissection@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July...
Hi Carotiddissection@yahoogroups.com, I invited you to join Facebook a while back and wanted to remind you that once you join, we'll be able to connect online,...
I'm Karen, I had my dissection and stroke 2.5 years ago at the age of 36. I was in pretty bad shape at the time of my stroke with loss of feeling in my right...
Hello all, It's been a little over two years since my CD. There were no lasting problems, but two things I have noticed and am curious to others experience. ...
same here. my friends will go out at night and I really can't make it past dinner. Watching tv at night is about as much as I can do. I do go to the gym,...
It is very common for stroke survivors to experience fatigue regardless of what caused their stroke. One reason is a phenomena the body has called glucose...
Hi All -- I had my stroke one year ago yesterday, and had a stent/coils implanted in January 09. I have been fairly active in the past 6 months but have...
I too have headaches now that seem to either be the side of my head or behind my eyes.  I've found that pilates is way too much strain on my neck. I avoid...
I agree. I have found the same. I was really enjoying yoga but have had to stop due to pain aggravated by certain yoga posns ( eg half moon and downward dog...
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