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Left work to ride home tonight, everything normal, turn off the main road, just about to hit the 30-35mph stretch... can't pedal, er, right foot feels weird, look down to see if the pedal is coming off or something... No... flat back tyre? no.. jusst completely lose co-ordination and flop onto the handily placed grass verge. Realise whole right side feels weird. Can't lift my right leg, numb... phone my brother and by the time he gets there to rescue me I'm ok, walking around.
Can't imagine what would have happened if I'd been speeding down the hill 30 secs later, or indeed, stayed on the main road amongst the traffic...
Will get checked out by the doc tomorrow!
Had the cam on, for your entertainment...
embed it you **** forum!
Ok, that's weird
delayed moshpit injury? 😉
Trapped nerve??
Someone else’s leg by mistake ?
Hmmmm
One of the proper medical people should be along soon but I suspect they'll tell you to get to a minor injuries/A&E tonight.
Sounds a great deal like a TIA (mini-stroke) to me and if that is what it was, you need specialist review SOON (and you get that by referral, and you get that by turning up at GP or "a unit")
(I'd ask the mods to change title if I were you - mentioning possible TIA)
Sorry - you need to go to the docs now. Losing control and or feeling on one side of the body is not good at all. Think about what happens when there is an issue with your brain, usually - because of the bilateral division of the brain - if there is something wrong - one side of your body shows symptoms.
Go now, keep us updated overnight.
... DON'T drive there !
Get to A&E mate
Yeah.... ^^^^ that.
Seriously, ****ing go Dez - I will swear at you if I ever meet you on the trail if you don't.
Happened to me - was a virus that extended into a nerve in my face plus a trapped nerve in my back. Curiously at the same time
Mate of mine had a full on stroke whilst out on his bike, get yourself checked out proper, on positive note he made a full recovery & tells some stories we can laughl about now - like managing to blag a lift but driver thought he was on drugs do kicked him out shortly after
Seriously Dez, get to A and E (by cab obvs). better a "went to A & E and they called me a div" story than the other much less amusing outcome of it being something very bad.

Sorry Dez, the internet has spoken.
Oh er, decided to have a bath.
Thanks for the concern, really. But I rode home from my bro’s .. all is ok.
I was wondering if the broken ribs from BPW a few months back, followed by the ahem, moshing on sat night caused a nerve trappage of some sort, cos the ribs were really sore after.
Definitely docs in the morning
Yeah like what iamnobody says 😊
tell you what Dez, if you won't go, amuse us; phone 111 and see what they say when you go "yeah, my entire right side went all weird and I veered across a road before collapsing. I'm fine now though, right ?"
(record it for us though, obvz)
go now you numpty. Phone NHS 24 and they will arrange you an ambulance. or get a cab. Zero point in going to GP inthe morning - they will just send you to hospital and yo have wasted 12 hours+. Take an overnight bag. when you go to hospital.
there are very few benign answers for that sort of incident
Mine was left side btw
Nice evening though, so not all bad.
Royal College of Physicians:
"Transient ischaemic attack (TIA) is the sudden onset of focal neurological dysfunction of presumed vascular origin that, by definition, resolves within 24 hours, and usually much sooner. Recently, its importance as a predictor of completed stroke in the following hours or days has been recognised, but many healthcare professionals are unaware of this and of the importance of taking immediate action."
See that bit about completed stroke? You don't want that
Read the tia symptoms- mostly that goes on about ‘brain fog’, nothing like that - was completely aware all the time - thinking something was going on with the bike ‘gawd those oval chainrings feel odd’! Etc
ok , will call 111
Jesus, just go to A&E. What's the worst that can happen? They send you home with a clean bill of health.
That pathetic 'eugghh' when you fell over was funny though. 😁 hope it all works okay fella. Bagsy your bikes if you snuff it!
Symptoms
<b>Suspect a TIA if:</b>
The person presents with sudden onset, focal neurological deficit which has completely resolved within 24 hours of onset and cannot be explained by another condition such as hypoglycaemia. Most TIAs are thought to resolve within 1 or 2 hours but can persist for up to 24 hours. Focal neurological deficits MAY include:
Unilateral weakness or sensory loss.
Dysphasia.
Ataxia, vertigo, or incoordination.
Syncope.
Sudden transient loss of vision in one eye (amaurosis fugax).
Homonymous hemianopia.
Cranial nerve defects.
You don't have to have 'em all Dez, ^ the bold ones will do nicely (though you may feel cheated at not having homonymous hemianopia)
Hospital, now, or we send in Louise.
I've put it in my will, bikes to "STW Jekkyl" 😀
111 lady took my symptoms. A doc will be calling back tonight.
Thanks all.
(did you tell the proper story?) 😉
you got any problem with aspirin Dez? (I suspect you may need an answer to that soonish)
Good man, all the best.
I had very similar symptoms (right arm and right side of face though, not leg), in three separate ~10min episodes over three days last year Numbness in those areas and pins and needles, but no brain fog/neurological impairment/pain. Went to the hospital after the third episode and it turns out it was a brain bleed/chronic subdural hematoma caused by a bike accident two months previous where I suffered a bad concussion, that was pushing on my brain and creating the symptoms, though they initially suspected a TIA. Had an operation to remove the clot with has fortunately left basically no lasting effects.
Get yourself to A&E asap, as said above, particularly as you mention a bad crash at BPW. Better safe than sorry, hope it turns out to be nothing to worry about!
you got any problem with aspirin Dez?
Nope, got no problems with any drugs/food/drink/gasses. Love em all 🙂
Never had a concussion jakd95, that sounds bad. Gawd, why couldn't I have just passed out in the mosh pit? At least that would've made sense!!
Nope, got no problems with any drugs/food/drink/gasses. Love em all
to be clear, don't take any 'til you're told to
Jeez mate, hope it's as minor as you think. Take care out there. You and SaxonRider on the same day on roadbikes. Lethal I tell you...
Just realised you're very local to me, I am sure I recognise that fence, field and junction and if you'd come off further down that would have been very nasty.
Hope you get yourself a clean bill of health. Go get checked out and best of luck .
Recognise where that is - you were about half a bloody mile from the QA A&E when you had your brain fart you twonk.
As you say, good job it wasn't a few seconds later or you'd have been embedded in the Forest of Bere farm wall.
Seriously though, get yourself checked out ASAP. We had a lad in our bike club who posted something similar (without the vid ) on the club's forum page years ago and didn't take advice. It didn't end well. Like REALLY didn't end well.
Could it have been a massive acid flashback?
Get yourself checked out Dezzy Baby! Don’t make me come over there!
FFS MTFU and put in a century before work tomorrow you lightweight.
Go to A&E now DezB.
A&E again. One of my friends is an expert in TIA's and has far too many "if only they'd gone to A&E they would still be alive/walking " stories. The problem is you feel better for a while until the proper stroke hits....
Has he gone to be looked at?
A&E, whole side sounds like a stroke, no matter how small. You might feel fine.
The MIL tumbled some 12 plus years ago in her bedroom. FIL nor one of the daughters thought much about it and only took her next day to A&E when she started to slur. She walked in fine, but damage was done - soon went down hill - treatment too late by then. She's been permanently parylised down one side as none of the three of them thought to get checked out. Unlikely to be like this, but a numb limb is OK, but not a whole side.
I'm hoping your in the CT scan by now after then diagnosis etc...the site I tell my patients to read is NHS direct, it will tell you in good detail about causes and treatment...good luck.
I'm generally firmly in the "wait til it drops off" camp, but FFS you need to get checked out immediately.
Please.
Really please.
jesus I'd be bricking it if that was me. Hope you are alright!
Dude - you just had a TIA until proven otherwise...
As long as you’ve COMPLETELY recovered, seeing GP ASAP is appropriate. Any ongoing weakness or poor coordination = A+E..
DrP
Jesus Dez - please listen to what everyone (including a Dr and a paramedic) are saying.