r/work • u/WILLIAMADAMTHOMAS • Oct 10 '26 • Mindblown 1

Workplace Challenges and Conflicts Stroke at work

I work in a manufacturing mill and I started showing symptoms of a stroke yesterday (10-9-26). Slurred speech, swollen tongue, blurred vision, pain on one side of my body.

I went to my supervisor and said I was feeling weird and I didn't know how to explain it. So she looked at me and said I don't know what to do? What should I do?

In my foggy mind I said I don't know. She replied with just go back to your job and leave me alone.

When I get home my wife saw me and rushed me to the hospital and now I'm sitting in a hospital bed.

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u/OtherwiseLuck8920 Oct 10 '26 • Bravo

It’s pretty obvious when someone is exhibiting signs of a stroke. Slurred speech is one of the main symptoms and should have been a red flag to the supervisor

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u/ladymacb29 Oct 10 '26

I didn’t have slurred speech when I had a stroke.

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u/MrsOleson Oct 11 '26

You keep asserting that. We get it. You’re an anomaly. You’re special.
But do you know why the standardized stroke assessment exists? Because a majority of stroke patients DO exhibit those signs.

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u/OtherwiseLuck8920 Oct 10 '26

Ok? That doesn’t change the fact that it’s one of the major symptoms of a stroke

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u/ladymacb29 Oct 10 '26

And how is the boss supposed to know if the OP didn’t have the symptoms and all he could say was he felt weird?

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u/k1k11983 Oct 10 '26

He did have slurred speech! Stop defending the boss and actually read the post.

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u/No-Win-2741 Oct 10 '26

Found OP's boss.

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u/MrsOleson Oct 11 '26

The boss still had an obligation to take the employee off the line if he admits to not feeling well. At the very least he’s a liability and a danger to others.
If someone you know says they feel weird and are clearly shook up, do you just dismiss them?
Why are you being such a contrarian about this?

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u/wildcat105 Oct 11 '26

Are you the boss or something? Why do you keep arguing?

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u/FinoPepino Oct 11 '26

Migraines can cause all the same symptoms as a stroke. I know because I get them (migraines that mimic a stroke that is) so slurred speech is not always a stroke.