Hello,
 My name is Chris. I under went bypass on the left side on June 6th. The day after my surgery,  the physical therapist walked me around to make sure I did not need physical therapy. When I returned to my room after about twenty minutes I lost my speech and the use of both of my arms. The doctor ordered that I have an emergency CT and EKG. The results of the tests did not show any signs of stroke or TIA. My doctor said that I had a Vascular Vagal. Has anyone else ever had this experience? Other than that I was released on June 9th and now I feel great other than a few small headaches.
I would greatly appreciate any input that anyone may have.    
                                 
                                       Thank you, Chris

       



   

Chris,
I had never heard of vascular vagal.  I looked it up and ended up at a medical dictionary looking at 'vasovasal attacks' Here is what it said:

vasovagal attack: a transient vascular and neurogenic reaction marked by pallor, nausea, sweating, bradycardia, and rapid fall in arterial blood pressure which, when below a critical level, results in loss of consciousness and characteristic electroencephalographic changes. It is most often evoked by emotional stress associated with fear or pain. Called also vasovagal or vasodepressor syncope and Gowers' syndrome.

Maybe this is not what happened or not what you are referring to, but I thought I would give it a shot! [smiley=twocents.gif]
Stephanie

Hi Chris,

I too have never heard of the term vascular vagal, but I have heard many people say that after their surgery they could not speak, write or even form words they wanted to say, etc., for a brief time after their surgeries. So perhaps others experienced the same or similar thing you have, but never heard it put in those technical terms before. (??)

When I looked it up, I read a lot of medical jargon I didn’t understand. It said, vagal is pertaining to the vagus nerve, meaning wandering, blah, blah, blah, and the more I read, the more foreign it was to me, and way out of my league of understanding. So, if I were you, I’d ask my doctor to explain Vascular vagal in simpler terms, (if he can) to see if anyone here would better relate to that experience under those terms. I also saw the definition Stephanie explained, (good job Steph!)and wondered if your doctor means it was an anxiety type of episode. (??)

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Mar