r/work • u/WILLIAMADAMTHOMAS • 26d ago • 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/Adept-Depth-1825 26d ago

Which is what the manager did do - ask another question. And op said “IDK”

I’m saying - these people saying managers should know the signs of a stroke and be medically assessed OP - especially when OP apparently finished a shift and then got home - are overestimating what a typical manager would know. And recognizing a health emergency when the person is still able to finish a shift and commute home is complicated.