Miami White

[bolty58]

Nice one Si. We missed you.

[Zulu]

Welcome back. 

[miamiwhite]

Many thanks again to you all, truly appreciate the kind words ♥ 

On the day in question, I went to work feeling fine. Stayed like that until about 10am when my head was absolutely pounding, at first I thought it was a tension headache or migraine, but it gradually got worse. I carried on working until about 11am when I started dropping tools as my grip had gone. By 11-15, the pain in the head was horrendous then I quickly lost feeling in my feet, my arm started with pain, and I was clinging onto the doors of the van. Directly facing where I was working in Cheetham Hill, the housing were having a HSE meeting, one came outside, saw me struggling and in severe pain but said later he thought I was pissed.

By 11-30, I remember thinking to myself, I'm in serious trouble here. Tried ringing a work colleague but couldn't even speak. Luckily, we'd spoke earlier and he came flying round. We both didn't know what it was though, initially thinking blood or sugar levels.

I tried speaking to my partner on her lunch break,,but was just talking broken biscuits 

My main manager was called and on arrival he instantly said "get him to hospital, he's having a stroke"

Was taken to North Manchester General, who then blueliighted me to Fairfield. They did many tests and pumped me with all sorts, saying By 5pm if it was nipped in the bud then my speech would return. Thank God By that time it did, though after the initial meds wore off, I was stuttering for weeks, my partner lovingly christened me Arkwright ☺ 

For weeks after, I was regularly overwhelmed when going into Tesco for example, couldn't remember bank details, NI number, etc, took ages doing a simple text, and underwent Cardio Event Monitoring and had other scans. Thankfully all came back clear

So guys and girls, take it easy please and always seek help when you're in difficulty, the first few hours were vital. Mine was classed as a TIA but my work colleague's mum had one recently and wouldn't go to hospital,  poor old girl still hasn't recovered her speech yet.

Thank you again one and all

Si x

[miamiwhite]

Just to add, I'm on blood thinners and statins for life, lost so much confidence and am trying to avoid confrontation at all costs.....God only knows why I'm on here then 😂,  though my visits will be just popping my head in now and again to keep you all in check 😉 

Basically just wanted to thank you all and I'm just happy to still be batting 👍 

[burnden]

Great to see you back here Si . Glad you are mending well mate .

[miamiwhite]

Just now, burnden said:

Great to see you back here Si . Glad you are mending well mate .

Many thanks P 👍 

[Zico]

On 01/06/2025 at 09:58, miamiwhite said:

A massive thank you to one and all for the best wishes,very much appreciated indeed.

Will pop a more detailed post later regarding what happened that day and the warning signs to look out for in case anyone else experiences it, and hopefully could be of assistance in getting the vital care needed asap.

Thank you all again from the bottom of my heart and hope you're all keeping well and spouting utter shite ☺ 

Good to have you back mate, You've been missed

[L/H White]

20 minutes ago, miamiwhite said:

Just to add, I'm on blood thinners and statins for life, lost so much confidence and am trying to avoid confrontation at all costs.....God only knows why I'm on here then 😂,  though my visits will be just popping my head in now and again to keep you all in check 😉 

Basically just wanted to thank you all and I'm just happy to still be batting 👍 

can I introduce to @Cheese

[Spider]

23 minutes ago, miamiwhite said:

Just to add, I'm on blood thinners and statins for life, lost so much confidence and am trying to avoid confrontation at all costs.....God only knows why I'm on here then 😂,  though my visits will be just popping my head in now and again to keep you all in check 😉 

Basically just wanted to thank you all and I'm just happy to still be batting 👍 

Hasn’t been the same without you.

[miamiwhite]

2 minutes ago, L/H White said:

can I introduce to @Cheese

By all means pal ☺ 

[miamiwhite]

Just now, Spider said:

Hasn’t been the same without you.

Cheers buddy 👍 

[miamiwhite]

4 minutes ago, Zico said:

Good to have you back mate, You've been missed

Cheers mate 👍 

[Cheese]

5 minutes ago, L/H White said:

can I introduce to @Cheese

We are already well acquainted. 🙂 Glad you're on the road to recovery @miamiwhite 👍

[miamiwhite]

1 minute ago, Cheese said:

We are already well acquainted. 🙂 Glad you're on the road to recovery @miamiwhite 👍

Cheers pal, much appreciated 👍 

[DazBob]

Welcome back. Glad to hear you're on the mend.

[miamiwhite]

10 minutes ago, DazBob said:

Welcome back. Glad to hear you're on the mend.

Cheers pal  👍 

Edited June 2, 2025 by miamiwhite

[royal white]

I told you 35 mins a day on the Sunbeds would do you no good 😎

Good to see you’re getting back to full fitness, keep smashing it 👍

 

 

[W.cramp]

1 hour ago, miamiwhite said:

Just to add, I'm on blood thinners and statins for life, lost so much confidence and am trying to avoid confrontation at all costs.....God only knows why I'm on here then 😂,  though my visits will be just popping my head in now and again to keep you all in check 😉 

Basically just wanted to thank you all and I'm just happy to still be batting 👍 

Good to hear your getting there si.     Wanna trade warfarin ?    Swap you a box of 3,s for a box of 5,s .  

[miamiwhite]

13 minutes ago, royal white said:

I told you 35 mins a day on the Sunbeds would do you no good 😎

Good to see you’re getting back to full fitness, keep smashing it 👍

 

 

Cheers buddy, will do my best and avoiding sunbeds at all costs ☀ ☺ 

[miamiwhite]

4 minutes ago, W.cramp said:

Good to hear your getting there si.     Wanna trade warfarin ?    Swap you a box of 3,s for a box of 5,s .  

Cheers matey, clopidogrel for me unfortunately.  Not too bad with a bottle of vodka and 3 E's ☺ 

[Traf]

Good to see you back, S.

Keep fighting the fight, mate.

[RONNIE PHILLIPS]

1 hour ago, Traf said:

Good to see you back, S.

Keep fighting the fight, mate.

Maybe not the right thing to say to Miami 🤣🤣🤣

[MancWanderer]

13 hours ago, miamiwhite said:

Many thanks again to you all, truly appreciate the kind words ♥ 

On the day in question, I went to work feeling fine. Stayed like that until about 10am when my head was absolutely pounding, at first I thought it was a tension headache or migraine, but it gradually got worse. I carried on working until about 11am when I started dropping tools as my grip had gone. By 11-15, the pain in the head was horrendous then I quickly lost feeling in my feet, my arm started with pain, and I was clinging onto the doors of the van. Directly facing where I was working in Cheetham Hill, the housing were having a HSE meeting, one came outside, saw me struggling and in severe pain but said later he thought I was pissed.

By 11-30, I remember thinking to myself, I'm in serious trouble here. Tried ringing a work colleague but couldn't even speak. Luckily, we'd spoke earlier and he came flying round. We both didn't know what it was though, initially thinking blood or sugar levels.

I tried speaking to my partner on her lunch break,,but was just talking broken biscuits 

My main manager was called and on arrival he instantly said "get him to hospital, he's having a stroke"

Was taken to North Manchester General, who then blueliighted me to Fairfield. They did many tests and pumped me with all sorts, saying By 5pm if it was nipped in the bud then my speech would return. Thank God By that time it did, though after the initial meds wore off, I was stuttering for weeks, my partner lovingly christened me Arkwright ☺ 

For weeks after, I was regularly overwhelmed when going into Tesco for example, couldn't remember bank details, NI number, etc, took ages doing a simple text, and underwent Cardio Event Monitoring and had other scans. Thankfully all came back clear

So guys and girls, take it easy please and always seek help when you're in difficulty, the first few hours were vital. Mine was classed as a TIA but my work colleague's mum had one recently and wouldn't go to hospital,  poor old girl still hasn't recovered her speech yet.

Thank you again one and all

Si x

Some story that mate. Glad you’ve come through it OK

[deeane Koontz]

Glad you're on the mend!

[1969]

Wow si, take it easy and you'll be hopefully back on your feet soon 

Arkwright haha