Has he ever had an MRI scan, Helena?

OMG what a shock,
Thinking of you both,fingers crossed he will be fine x

very scary for you both, in my thoughts and prayers x

It really sounds awful, whatever it was. Must be very worrying for you both. Here's hoping for a speedy recovery.

Helen

How did they explain his droopy mouth? My OH had that, no other symptoms & it was Bells Palsy but we thought maybe stroke.
Recently my friend got carted off to hospital with high BP, heart racing, shaking & she ended up in the same hospital as her hubby who's waiting a bypass op. so she's had a lot of stress recently. After loads of tests they diagnosed her with a stress attack, maybe this is more common than we think?

Hope your Dave improves & easy to say but look after yourself as well.

Oh H I'm so sorry I missed this.

What a scare for you both. I hope he is feeling better soon and can find some way of destressing his life.

Look after yourself too xx

Oh H, I'm so sorry I have only just caught up with this. (I've been rather tied up with a hubby with Novovirus, blaughh)

I hope by now Dave is feeling better (and you ) I also hope you can follow this through and find out exactly what is going on.

My experience of panic attacks is that they can take many forms, nearly always different in different people. They are very frightening and often very difficult to cope with.

Hugs to you both xx

What a fright for you both, hope he's ok x

Oh my, you must be going out of your mind! Can't really add anything to what's already been said but just wanted you to know that we are thinking of you and wish Dave a speedy recovery xx

Thankyou sooooooo much for all your kind wishes for my poor Dave, it's so comforting to read these, and sorry I can't answer you all individually but I'm feeling a tad shaky meself here as you can imagine.

Azz he drinks too much water as far as I'm concerned, always filling a pint glass at the sink, so that's not the problem. Sorry to hear about Brian Jen.xx

Chris he had an MRI scan when he last had a really severe headache about 6 months ago when he ended up in hospital for 2 days, and a spinal tap and.....nothing BUT, having said that, my physio that he sees has told me she has contacted the private MRI place where I went for my shoulder and neck, and they have said they will do a particular place in Dave's neck where she thinks he could have a serious problem. She said no matter what his headache was like, it's not normal for it to change when lying down and turning his head left (projective vomiting) and right (blurred vision) and back (headache totally gone!). The hospital must have checked out his old notes from 6 months ago surely, do they do that I wonder?

I do know, he is very, very stressed out with work at the moment, what with Christmas having to pay out the usual £3K a week in overheads but no work being done, then January goes quiet so it all adds up along with the overdraft and it's stressed him out big time with having to let yet another member of staff go this week just to keep his head above water.

I think we'll have to sell the place and think of something else to pay for the dog food around here, we can't go on like this It's just not worth risking his health, it's always been a stress hole that garage of his, time and time again, and the way things are going with these modern cars, he says the nightmare will only get worse, it's no longer nuts and bolts like it used to be, he's got more computers than spanners on the workbenches!

Anyhoo, he's slept and the headache has now gone, which is unusual in itself, because if it was a migraine he would have it for 24 hours, so don't know whether that's a good or bad thing. Just hope it doesn't happen again over the week-end, I will be keeping a very strict eye on him! Thanks again all.xxxxxxxxx