Advice required if anyone has any experience please. 'Almost' unlikely to be stroke related now.
I got home from walking the Hounds at the weekend to hear a muffled cry from upstairs. My Wife had had a shower and had got out, raised her leg to the edge of the bath to dry said leg and then her whole vision went askew and she was violently sick. I got her to lay down and eventually called 111 the NHS helpline To be fair they were thorough and quick. An ambulance was dispatched and within 15 mins (we are quite rural) a first responder arrived in a VRS. He and his very young and pretty trainee were on the case and exceptionally thorough. He eventually thought that it was an inner ear issue and called for an ambulance to take her to A&E. This arrived within a further 15 minutes and she was whisked into A&E and then into a private bed space. They carried out numerous tests over the space of a coupe of hours and a young doctor who was once again very thorough thought that it may have been a stroke and a CAT scan was carried out. Being Sunday night the results get emailed of faxed (Lord help us) to a sub-contract company and we had the results within 2 hours. This concluded that there wasn't a bleed on the brain, but he stated that a Cat scan is not the best medium for identifying a clot and he further suggested that an MRI scan may well be carried out. I left after seven hours as her indoors was snoozing and I was drained. The morning call to the Medical Assessment Unit suggested that she was showing improvement. A consultant determined that an MRI was not required and he diagnosed either Labrynthitis of Vertigo, but did not expand further. I duly took the Lady home yesterday, we cooked, ate and had a pleasant evening, we were both worn to a frazzle, but to be expected.
This morning saw her very flat, uncomfortable and quite unwell. I had to go out to deal with some business, but early PM she called me and was in a right state again. Her vision had become blurry again with "everything moving around" and she was being sick. I got home within 20 minutes to find her in a right mess (but not as bad as the initial episode). Put her to bed with whatever was required, stayed for an hour then returned to work.
Now if any of you have experienced these symptoms can you tell me if these are aligned with the diagnosis or not please? Lethargy. Tiredness. Vision issues. No appetite.
Sorry for waffling at length, but I am concerned and other views may ease my mind.
Very best regards,
MD
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Labrynthitis, Vertigo or Stroke 
Labrynthitis, Vertigo or Stroke 