Cerbrovascular Disease

Hi Laurel,  I am sorry for all you have gone through.  I dont know what Cerbrovascular Disease is but it sounds serious and you sound really scared.  I have MS, was diagnosed in 2001 and recently diagnosed with a heart problem which required a pacemaker inplant.  MS usually takes a long time to diagnose.  You didnt mention if you have had a second opinion in your post.  If you havent gotten one, I would recommend it.  ~E~

 Im so sorry Laurel your having these problems, ill keep you in my prayers. I am a diabetic also, 5 years ago i had a 5 vessel heart by-pass, after having 3 heart attacks. I never knew when i had the heart attacks, the drs say this is common in diabetics. I thought i had bronchitis for months , my only real symptom was shortness of breath. Im a nurse you would think i would of known, but i had no pain or any others signs. I take a alot of meds now . Plavix is one of them. It helps keep the blood thin, i also take coumadin with it it is also a blood thinner. I had a small stroke last year. The dr. said the plavix and the coumadin kept it from being a severe stroke. Im so pleased you went to the dr. soon as you did, now maybe they can prevent any more tias, which are mini strokes, good luck and may you have many healthy and happy days.     Deltacece

Laurel, I don't really want to question the doctor, but my mother was also diagnosed with a TIA, and none of the family were at that time aware of Diabetic medication issues, so we never questioned the doctor about a possible Hypoglycemic attack. I was diagnosed Type 2 several years later and then after many(!!) support groups, training sessions, and conferences on "Diabetes", I became aware of how many hypoglycemic attacks occur if anyone are taking many of the Diabetic medications(commonly reffrred to as "Hypoglycemic Agents" I believe..). These attacks seem very similar to TIA symptoms.  Once she was diagnosed without question, she was put on one medication after another( all having many side effects) and now all doctors are now hesitant to re-evaluate. This seems to be VERY COMMON concern in the diabetic support groups I go to. Did this ever come up? Do you aggree or know something else. I am not so confident about the CT scans...just a personal technical concern. I've asked about CT scans but it seems to be a guarded and controversial technical area. 

Hi Laurel,