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TGA Episode Log
This section will provide new readers with a quick snapshot of some of our Community Members' TGAs. These logs are published with each TGA Community Member's permission. The idea for this section came about after receiving an email suggestion from a Community Member.
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a.TGA # 1
b. DATE: May 3, 2013
c. AGE: 58
d. CAUSE/TRIGGER: Sexual intercourse.
e. DURATION: Memory loss 27 hours.
f. DESCRIPTION: Saturday morning. Sexual intercourse. Went to the bathroom. Confused and asking the same questions. Continually repeating myself. I got dressed with wife’s assistance but kept forgetting that I was supposed to be getting dressed. My wife called an ambulance. I was taken to the hospital. Ambulance personnel followed the stroke protocol.
g. TREATMENT: Continually repeating the same things over and over. Tests all normal. ER doctor suggested going home. The wife requested an overnight observation. Next day neurologist diagnosed Transient Global Amnesia. The third day was released.
h. COMMENTS: Thank you for continually updating this website with new features. Thank you for also not hounding us for donations or positions of responsibility. I am willing to help, let me know details, and I will consider my schedule or financial ability.
i. APPROVED: 11/22/2019
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a.TGA # 1
b. DATE: Jan
c. AGE: 58
d. CAUSE/TRIGGER: S
e. DURATION: Memory loss __ hours
f. DESCRIPTION: S
g. TREATMENT: C
h. COMMENTS: T
i. APPROVED: __/__/2019
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a. TGA: # 1
b. DATE: October 26, 1997
c. AGE: 57
d. CAUSE/TRIGGER: Sexual intercourse.
e. DURATION: Memory loss 6 hours.
f. DESCRIPTION: Saturday morning. Sexual intercourse. Went to bathroom and then stopped ate desk to look at wife’s new driver’s license. Confused and asking questions continually repeating myself. Got dressed with wife’s assistance but kept forgetting that I was supposed to be getting dressed. Wife called ambulance and I was taken to hospital. Ambulance personnel suggested it was TGA.
g. TREATMENT: Had a spinal tap and head x-ray. Continually repeating same things over and over. Tests all normal. Doctor suggested Transient Global Amnesia.
h. COMMENTS: My first episode. It was a classic TGA.
a. TGA # 2
b. DATE: December 13, 2017
c. AGE: 77
d. CAUSE/TRIGGER: Sexual intercourse.
e. DURATION: Probably about 6 hours.
f. DESCRIPTION: Wednesday night. Sexual intercourse. Afterwards lying in bed wife asked about schedule for next day. Long pause and I said I didn’t remember. Wife turned light on and did FAST test. No problems. Went back to sleep. Memory loss of events of prior evening and confusion in the morning.
g. TREATMENT: Went to family doctor the following afternoon. Doctor said it sounded like TGA. ECG on December 15th.
h. COMMENTS: Although 20 years after first episode, we knew what it was and, under the circumstances, a hospital visit was not considered necessary. But family doctor repeated stroke tests and ordered ECG.
a. TGA # 3
b. DATE: April 26, 2019
c. AGE: 79
d. CAUSE/TRIGGER: Not known. (Was this a mild heart attack as seen on a subsequent ECG?)
e. DURATION: OK in morning. Confusion lasted for about a week. April 27, 2019 - Remembered some of previous night but had to be reminded of previous day’s activities. April 28, 2019 – Couldn’t remember much about cataract surgeries in September and October of 2018. Can remember a trip to Davos, Switzerland (April 19th to 23rd). Still gaps in memory. April 28, 2019 – Still feeling disoriented. Seems like forever since the fire at Notre Dame (April 15th). Couldn’t remember if it was a man or woman who cut my hair the previous Friday. A recent visit to Davos seems like a long time ago. May 1, 2019 – Asked again for information about what happened. Didn’t remember anything. Still feeling “foggy”. Went out in afternoon and no problems. All was normal. May 8, 2019 – Asked again to be reminded again of what happened on April 26th. Didn’t recall anything.
f. DESCRIPTION: Friday night. In Paris – did a long walk during the day and supper out. To bed at 10 p.m. No sex. Woke up at 11 p.m. making gulping/swallowing noises. Did not know where I was or what day it was. Too incoherent to speak at first. Did know who wife was. Wife did FAST test for stroke – no symptoms or problems doing the test. Woke up at midnight again. Knew I was in the apartment in Paris and knew it was Friday after some hesitation.
g. TREATMENT: None.
h. COMMENTS: This was the first episode not related to sex. Trigger dehydration/minor heart attack? First time that “foggy” feeling continued beyond the first day and the immediate aftermath. Concern because not the same as previous episodes.
a. TGA # 4
b. Date: July 7, 2019
c. AGE: 79
d. CAUSE/TRIGGER: Stress and/or urinary tract infection?
e. DURATION: July 8 – July 15 – Lightheaded, disoriented, foggy.
f. DESCRIPTION: Went to bed at 10 p.m. No sex. Complained of nausea and lightheadedness. Restless sleep. At 4:30 a.m. forehead sweaty to touch. Nauseous sensation and the sensation of something moving up through body to head making me feel lightheaded and disoriented. July 8, 2019 – Woke up just before 7 a.m. Nausea and lightheadedness gone. Looked at clock and asked if it was morning or evening. Feeling confused. Asked again about time of day. Didn’t know what day it was. Did FAST test. No problems with arms, speech or facial movement. Did not know day or date, struggled with the year. Did not remember I became President of Strata in June. Did not remember work done relating to a Strata presentation. Scared. Asked what is happening to me. Struggled to work out how old I am.
g. TREATMENT: July 8, 2019. Family doctor. Able to do cognitive test except for day of week and date. July 9, 2019 – blood tests, Holter monitor test. July 12, 2019 – ECG July 19, 2019 – CT Scan July 22, 2019 – diagnosed with urinary tract infection. Antibiotics prescribed. ECG shows mild heart attack (April?) (based on reading of December 15, 2017 and this one). July 23, 2019 – blood tests, MRI.
h. COMMENTS: Did not have usual symptoms of urinary tract infection and it was serious by the time it was caught. Seems likely the illness may have been the trigger. Once again, longer term fogginess.
a. TGA # 5
b. DATE: August 31, 2019
c. AGE: 79
d. CAUSE/TRIGGER: Sexual intercourse.
e. DURATION: 4-6 hours. Foggy feeling lasted about a month.
f. DESCRIPTION: Sex at bedtime. Complained of nausea and sensation in head. Went to sleep. 3:26 a.m. agitated. Thought I was going to throw up. Did not respond to wife. Non-responsive, no movement. After 20 minutes rolled over and put arm on wife. She asked if I was OK, I said yes and went to sleep. Memory loss and confusion in the morning.
g. TREATMENT: Referred to a neurologist. 1st appointment September 16, 2019. Diagnosis – seizures. Gave up driver’s license for 3 months following episode. Blood tests, EEG (results negative/normal), MRI with contrast. (Awaiting follow up appointment December 17, 2019.) (Blood tests also indicated high PSA so was also referred to a urologist. Have had CT scan and bone scan will be done. Possible that the July and August episodes were triggered, in part anyway, by urinary tract infections and/or the onset of prostate cancer?)
h. COMMENTS: (Blood tests also indicated high PSA so was also referred to a urologist. Have had CT scan and bone scan will be done. Possible that the July and August episodes were triggered, in part anyway, by urinary tract infections and/or the onset of prostate cancer?) No evidence of stroke or anything like epileptic seizures. No cognitive or physical impairment beyond initial 4-6 hours. However, “foggy” and head shaking to get rid of cobwebs lasted about a month. Have noticed a “sweet taste” in mouth and intensified sense of smell – both of which come and go. Also had an episode of double vision lasting about ½ hour.
i. APPROVED: 11/25/2019