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I had a tiny acute infarct in the right thalamus on Sunday I have been discharged with the remainder of my treatment to be done as an out patient. For anyone that understands these things my discharge note reads: 'There is a small dot of T2 hyperintensity and mild defusion restriction within the right thalmus, which is suggestive of a tiny acute infarct'. Having recently certified I was looking forward to getting back in the water later this year and have been trying to find out whether a stroke is going to limit that.
From what I have read there isn't anything that it is going to outright arbitrarily stop me from diving and it's going to be down to individual medical advice. Is there anything in particular I need to ask my doctor in relation to diving or is it simply 'am I fit to dive'? Provided I am fit to dive I'll need a letter of some sort confirming this, is there anyone UK based who has experience of this is it something I'll get from my consultant/GP or do I need to make a private appointment with a doctor.
In terms of minimising future risk about the only thing I have found is that the Valsalva technique can cause inter cranial pressure to increase and be a risk factor, has anyone any experience of this and changed their method of equalising after a stroke? I was planning on doing an AOW course in October, does diving at depth increase any risk factors other than being a greater distance from the surface?
Over the next couple of weeks I'm going to be undertaking tests to hopefully determine what was the root cause, I have been warned that its not always possible to be absolute with this though. For reference I am 35 years old.
From what I have read there isn't anything that it is going to outright arbitrarily stop me from diving and it's going to be down to individual medical advice. Is there anything in particular I need to ask my doctor in relation to diving or is it simply 'am I fit to dive'? Provided I am fit to dive I'll need a letter of some sort confirming this, is there anyone UK based who has experience of this is it something I'll get from my consultant/GP or do I need to make a private appointment with a doctor.
In terms of minimising future risk about the only thing I have found is that the Valsalva technique can cause inter cranial pressure to increase and be a risk factor, has anyone any experience of this and changed their method of equalising after a stroke? I was planning on doing an AOW course in October, does diving at depth increase any risk factors other than being a greater distance from the surface?
Over the next couple of weeks I'm going to be undertaking tests to hopefully determine what was the root cause, I have been warned that its not always possible to be absolute with this though. For reference I am 35 years old.