(16-08-2024, 10:14 AM)HelloDiDi Wrote: I'll write this anecdote here as there's talk about PM and possible DVT risk. 

Hi Lara, I'm glad your father is okay. I can relate because I had a stroke last year too. It happened when I was first diagnosed with CML leukemia. I started taking “Imatinib”( it's like a chemo med) then got sick (my immune was shot) with covid. The combination of leukemia plus covid and then side effects of the Imatinib i was having respiratory distress so I had to go to the Emergency Department… or called emergency room (ER) here in the states. An EKG (or referred as ECG electrocardiogram) was performed and it detected a stroke (@ myocardial infarction). As a result I developed facial droop (or peripheral lesions) to the left side of my face. A Masking mandate was still in place at the hospital, making it unlikely it would've been picked up at the time.


https://www.jems.com/patient-care/differentiating-facial-weakness-caused-b/