Living with Carotid Artery DiseaseThis section is a place to share stories about Living with Carotid Artery Disease. Below are entries of those who have already shared their stories. We hope that you find their experiences helpful to your own situation. You may also Help others by sharing your story. To quickly access health information from your website's browser, download Mild Stroke The first warning I had of my 70% blocked caroted artery was a feeling of limpness of my right arm I put this down to a trapped nerve (small stroke), however about 10 days later the right side of my face went numb for a couple of minutes then recovered ( I now know this was a (TIA) I had the operation done under a local anasthetic (which still has not worn off completely 6 weeks later) The operation went very well (I slept through most of it) and the pain was no worse than having a sore throat Comments
December 2007
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