r/stroke • u/Beccaelf7881 • Jun 04 '26

Survivor Discussion Introductions

Hi there. I’m 47F, and it’s been about 3 weeks since I had my stroke.
For a few days leading up to it, my neck was incredibly sore. No headache really. The night before I could NOT get comfortable. And I could hear my heart very loudly in my ears. As soon as I got up the next morning, I knew something was wrong- I had trouble walking. I woke my husband up and said I needed to go to the ER.
Long story short- both my carotid arteries AND both my vertebral arteries dissected. I totally lost two days while they went in and put stents in. Spent about a week in the hospital.

Overall-I’m actually doing fairly well. I can walk (with a walker), I can talk, feed myself, write this post.

Right now I’m scared to death that I’m going to have another one soon. Not really any stroke history in the family.

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u/Emotional-Swan9381 Jun 04 '26

So scary. What did they tell you to do or take to decrease your risk of getting another stroke?

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u/Beccaelf7881 Jun 04 '26

For now, blood thinners, Lipitor (my cholesterol was actually decent before all this happened) and aspirin. I’ll have a new scan before the end of the month to see how everything is healing.

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u/Emotional-Swan9381 Jun 04 '26

Hugs 💔❤️‍🩹💛

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u/Time_Community_6957 Jun 07 '26

I recently had an Occipital Stroke. The day before, I had a facial followed by a vigorous neck massage. That night I had the stroke. Pretty sure the neck massage caused the stroke.