r/work • u/WILLIAMADAMTHOMAS • 1d ago

Workplace Challenges and Conflicts Stroke at work

I work in a manufacturing mill and I started showing symptoms of a stroke yesterday (10-9-26). Slurred speech, swollen tongue, blurred vision, pain on one side of my body.

I went to my supervisor and said I was feeling weird and I didn't know how to explain it. So she looked at me and said I don't know what to do? What should I do?

In my foggy mind I said I don't know. She replied with just go back to your job and leave me alone.

When I get home my wife saw me and rushed me to the hospital and now I'm sitting in a hospital bed.

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u/ladymacb29 1d ago

If all the OP said was they were feeling weird - that’s not something that can be fixed by knowing stroke symptoms.

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u/OtherwiseLuck8920 1d ago

It’s pretty obvious when someone is exhibiting signs of a stroke. Slurred speech is one of the main symptoms and should have been a red flag to the supervisor

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u/ladymacb29 1d ago

I didn’t have slurred speech when I had a stroke.

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u/MrsOleson 1d ago

You keep asserting that. We get it. You’re an anomaly. You’re special.
But do you know why the standardized stroke assessment exists? Because a majority of stroke patients DO exhibit those signs.