Hello All,
I'm not sure what to think at the moment, I've been reading these forums for days. My father had what everyone presumed was a stroke last spring. The CT machine was broken though. They just assume it was a stroke because of the loss of speech. Although, thinking back he was slowly losing speech. Not over night like perhaps you would with an actual stroke. He's having trouble speaking now quite a bit. The words aren't there. Just after Christmas this year he's had these crazy chronic yawning fits. I mean crazy to the point he's crying and frustrated and hitting himself in the head yelling just begging for the yawning to stop. And he started really clearing his throat a lot. Mom said that that got better but he's starting to choke on snacks like popcorn and stuff. His arms and legs seem to have not changed at all. But his behavior has. He's very inflexible and gets upset when he has to do something he doesn't want to. His emotions are not there.