This Twitter exchange is worth highlighting as a reminder (one of many I've received about less lucky victims of strokes from
carotid dissections) of how lucky I am to have deficits as negligible as typing trouble:
Here's the entry on Stroke Secondary to
Carotid Dissection from The New York Times Health Guide and Gina Kolata's article on the importance of prompt diagnosis and treatment for stroke.
Here's the lay of the land, as illustrated for The Times health guide entry on stroke from
carotid dissection:
As my typing improves, I still can't get over seeing the damage to the left side of my brain in this MRI image following
my carotid dissection and «minor» stroke.
Not exact matches
According to TMZ, doctors told May's family that she suffered a
carotid artery
dissection.
My mom died of a
dissection of
carotid artery on her 52nd b - day.
The young woman brought a medical malpractice lawsuit against the treating doctor, claiming that he was negligent when he did not diagnose her with
carotid artery
dissection and that his negligence caused her to suffer serious, long - term neurological damage.