Hey Turk, how's it going?
Hi Jeff!
It is going well. I'm back from a very interesting journey. On May1st of this year (2020) I woke up and felt funny. I couldn't get out of bed. Nothing phisical but I just couldn't move for some reason. After what seemed like 20 minutes, I finally "willed" myself up and went to the bathroom. I spent quite a bit of time in there also, not really knowing what was happening to me. I finally got up and when to make me and my wife coffee. I spent 15 minutes trying to figure out the coffee maker. It then hit me.
I went back into the bedroom, sat down on the bed and told my wife I was having a stroke.
Within what seemed like minutes I was carted into an ambulance and was racing to the hospital. I remember the technician saying to the other guy in the back that my blood pressure was 185/120.
The emergency room confirmed with an MRI that I had a stroke. I spent 12 days in the hospital (my wife could not visit thanks to Covid 19) and when I cam home I went through almost 3 months of therapy.
I'm back! My doctor says he cannot tell I've have a stroke at all. He says he is amazed at my recovery. I am too! I still have some speech issues but they are getting better everyday (It's kind of hard to interact with people when you can't go anywhere!). It has made me appreciate life so much more.
On July 2nd my son and his wife had a baby boy. I was here to see it. Eight months earlier we told them we did not want them trying to come up with a name that incorporated my name like we did with my son years ago. We just wanted them to find a name that suited them. They named him Thomas John Terleski, after me. I am honored.