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Life goes on

Hey there, I know this will hit some hard but life taught me one thing over the years whether I have been at the top point of rock bottom. That is no matter what Life goes on you either pick up and do something or you give up. Life goes on no matter of who or what you are doing, do you want to continue to grow at every opportunity or give up because even if you quit what you love doing it Life…

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FND - FUNCTIONAL NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER

FND – FUNCTIONAL NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER

Let me start by saying I am not a medical professional, but I am someone who has been diagnosed as having Functional Episodes (FND). SO, I will try to explain what it is, on the 8th of August I was rushed to hospital after suffering what we all thought was a stroke. I stayed in for a few days and various tests was run one of which showed I had Functional Neurological Disorder as a doctor believed…

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Functional Episode

As I mentioned in my last blog yesterday one of the conditions I was told i had was a functional episode of slurred speech and weakness down the right side. It was the stroke doctor and not the neuro surgeon who suggested this was apart of a condition called Functional Neurological Disorder. FND describes neurological symptoms eg Limb weakness, tremor, numbness or blackouts related to the…

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Incidental finding

I was recently rushed into hospital due to a possible stroke at the age of 42 I am certainly classed as young for this to happen. Lucky for me the doctors told me that they was not sure this could be the cause of my functional episode  which left me unable to use my right hand and my leg. Dexterity in my hand had gone to the point I could not sign my name on the forms. This hit me hard as I am…

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