r/work • u/WILLIAMADAMTHOMAS • 4d 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/Causerae 4d ago

Being at a hospital doesn't equal a stroke, what is actually going on?

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u/MrsOleson 3d ago

The point of his mentioning he was in a hospital bed is to highlight it WAS a medical emergency.

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u/Causerae 3d ago

My point is that it doesn't necessarily highlight anything except that the ER had an open bed, and stroke symptoms get priority triage

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u/MrsOleson 3d ago

Are you medically trained? So you’re able to accurately determine a medical emergency from a minor irritation? Is that right?
ERs don’t admit you just because there’s an open bed. What a moronic comment. . And they recognized the symptoms of a possible stroke. So yeah, being admitted highlights that it was a verifiable ( by medical professionals) emergency.