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My husband's mini-strokes

Q For various reasons, I’m sure my husband is having the odd transient ischaemic attack mini-strokes. He’s had a few ‘episodes’ where he feels very peculiar and he can’t speak properly and has a terrible headache. These don’t last longer than about 20 seconds before he’s back to perfectly normal, but they worry me. He’s going to see the doctor next week but only about an ingrown toenail. He refuses to mention these episodes and won’t let me go with him. I was wondering if I

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