Hello all, Thought id pop on introduce myself. Names Jodie, 29 (28 when stroke happened. May 2025) Stay home mum of two children 2 and 8 year old.
I have been struggling to come to terms with living with some issues after having the stroke. I was told that it was due to a artery dissection (tear to artery) that caused me to then have lateral medullary syndrome (LMS) or also known as wallerberg syndrome. What was mind numbing of it all is knowing that all my symptoms affected the left side but should have affected the opposite side as it was the left artery not the right. Even the doctors didnt understand why. Just been left not understanding at lot about it. Was wondering if anyone else has had strokes due to the arteries and if it affected there opposite or same side too? Or am I just proper wired funny
Welcome to the community Jodie,
I cannot give any wisdom about your syndrome but I would think someone here will get back to you with some info - people here have a wealth of knowledge and it’s an amazing community.
Again welcome and I will watch out on your thread - thank you for sharing - everyone benefits
@Jodie96 I had a stroke on Nov 2024. I do not know what kind and I don’t care. A stroke is a stroke. I would research it to death and make myself ill, so i do not want to know. I am slowly recovering and that is all that is important. I wish you well
Hi @Jodie96 and welcome to the community. Sorry you’ve had cause to join us but hopefully you’ll find it a useful place to be.
I had a stroke caused by a dissected carotid artery. It was a right sided artery and affected my left side so was as expected. My stroke affected my occipital and parietal lobes.
I suspect you might be the exception that proves the rule as the saying goes.
I think because the stroke you had is cerebellar related, it works like this … the left side of cerebrum communicates with right side of body and vice versa but left cerebellum communicates with left side of body and vice versa. My symptoms aren’t great today so am struggling to think clearly but I think this is relevant to the kind of stroke you had.
Hello Jodie and welcome to this wonderful forum. Funnily enough, I have been doing a lot of thinking about what people post on this forum and why and also the questions they ask. I was trying to get my head around why some of the questions are asked and what the poster is hoping for and if I may say so, your’s is a classic example.
My response would have been why are you even thinking about this? Given what you’ve said i.e. even the doctor’s don’t understand it, I wonder what benefit there might be in finding out the answer. Of course that is just my opinion and you are perfectly entitled to ask the question especially if it is something that may be concerning you.
On this occasion as per my above response, I believe myself and @IreneFC might be totally on the same page.
Welcome to the community, I’m sorry to hear about your stroke and the issues you’ve been struggling with since.
I hope you’ll find this space helpful and you’re absolutely right about asking questions. This community is all about gaining knowledge through asking questions.
If you need anything whilst you’re using the Online Community, please don’t hesitate to tag me using the @ symbol and my username.
