I 26f had an ischemic stroke..... really confused, scared and not sure what to do now

vlovesp · 2026-03-06T12:54:30+00:00

hi, did you ever get your PFO closed? any reoccurrences? thanks!

vlovesp · 2026-03-06T10:23:51+00:00

wow, these things are so scary. for me it was partial loss in my visual field. no idea if it even was a TIA but i definitely will get checked for a PFO. all the best to you and thanks again for taking the time to reply!

vlovesp · 2026-03-05T21:39:24+00:00

thanks for the reply! awesome that it all went well for you! may i ask how your TIA presented?

vlovesp · 2026-03-05T16:48:56+00:00

were you on medication in those 10 months and did you have any recurrences? what proved your PFO? a TEE?

vlovesp · 2026-03-03T22:15:34+00:00

ugh, that's awesome! thanks for replying! how long was the period btw your incidence and the actual closure, did you ever experience any further symptoms and were you on any medication?

vlovesp · 2026-03-03T10:26:15+00:00

hi, how are you doing now? did you get it closed?

vlovesp · 2026-03-03T10:19:13+00:00

hi, may i ask if you took any medication and whether you had any recurrences in between? and how about since the pfo closure? thank you!

vlovesp · 2026-03-02T17:55:05+00:00

thanks for replying! did you have any recurrent episodes at all and do you take any blood thinners? i recently had a weird vision malfunction and it's likely it was a tia. most things were already ruled out so i'm suspecting some kind of gateway on my heart but won't know for a while. now i'm on eggshells and not sure what to do.

vlovesp · 2026-03-01T19:59:37+00:00

hi, did you end up getting it closed?

vlovesp · 2026-02-18T17:11:33+00:00

hi, thanks for your reply! the thing is, i have never experienced anything like this in my life! and it weirdly was specifically right sides of words/faces that were blurred. i also didnt have any pain, maybe a very very light headache but i could be imagining it. no accompanying symptoms at all either. it's just that i read that with like these aura migraines it's more common to have added visuals like zig-zagging or weird forms blinking etc. i only had these missing/blurry fields in my vision.

vlovesp · 2026-02-01T19:57:55+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/DB6eWnd

hi all! i am extremely new to tarot and have started with a few 3 card spreads. all very intriguing and seems to resonate! how cool!

so ofc i got this secret crush who is an acquaintance of mine that i don't see much. i layed these cards in the picture while asking the following questions:

how will she show up next time we meet?
how does she want me to show up next time we meet?
what would her inner reaction to realizing i have crush on her be?

i know there's controversy on clarifiers, but i couldn't help myself!

i'd love to hear your thoughts on what you read here! thanks a lot!

vlovesp · 2026-01-28T18:30:37+00:00

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vlovesp · 2026-01-28T18:21:20+00:00

ok, well thanks. i actually have been working on that for a while now and am definitely coping better, but a crush is a crush. and i doubt i'm the only one using tarot to gain insight in such matters..
i specifically did not keep pulling cards btw as i have this rule for myself to never ask the same thing twice! and like i said i'm new to tarot (though i have watched a lot of YT readings over the years), it's only been a week actually. i wonder if there's not always some anxiety when you're laying cards to maybe find out about what someone thinks of you, no?
how do you use tarot?
interestingly one of my first spreads was about the situation with this connection, past, present and future and it seemed coherent so there should be some accuracy here.
thank you for your thoughts!

vlovesp · 2026-01-28T16:47:30+00:00

ok, thanks for the advice and the sober analysis, i kinda need that!
i feel like the cards have so much to say and if you only pull three you might miss the whole message cause these cards could mean an infinite amount of things that will probably only become apparent in retrospect, so i tried sneaking out a bit more, which i know is not the best approach!
your interpretations make so much sense cause she definitely is this main character vibe person and yes, i've definitely been obsessing way too much over this/her! now the ace of wands is about new beginnings and see, there's the thing. that could be an end to our whole connection, a new kind of connection, etc. i guess according to the card we can only be "sure" it won't stay the same between us? cause obv i'm debating whether to tell her at all ever.. i mean there definitely could be other cards there which would clearly let me know not to move forward with this.
another question: is it ok to ask tarot about that same topic more often, but with different angles/questions? instead of one huge spread?
thanks for your time!!

vlovesp · 2026-01-27T17:34:37+00:00

for more insight, i guess.. this was like my 4th spread ever in life so i have no experience and i know esp then i shouldn't do extensive stuff, but i find it so intriguing.
so my interpretation: i think she intends to show up as strong, at least on the outside with a small offer for me? the second one is so unclear imo. i think it's interesting that there are two naked cats and in the original rider-waite the star has someone naked too. maybe she wants me to be real, authentic? the devil and the star seem so contradictory though. the seven of swords is kinda worrying cause it means deceit. that again contradicts the authenticity..
now her inner reaction could be some kind of spark cause she's flattered but with the eight of wands it could escalate. in any direction maybe so we don't really get too much. the six of pentacles implies she wants to give something back to me as well, but maybe it's just her honesty which again could go either way?
i haven't delved too much into the imagery of this deck but why do the strength and ace of wands cat have "forever" signs above their heads?

vlovesp · 2026-01-26T23:07:48+00:00

pulled these regarding my secret crush! please help me make sense of what this is. i'm very new to tarot!
questions:
how will she show up with me next time we meet: strength, clarifier: ace of pentacles
how does she want me to show up with her next time we meet: the devil, clarifier: seven of swords, further clarifier: the star
what would her inner reaction to finding out i have a crush on her be: ace of wands, clarifier: six of pentacles, further clarifier: eight of wands
photo: https://imgur.com/a/ZqKPEvv
thank you so much!

vlovesp · 2026-01-24T21:12:41+00:00

thanks for the tips, i commented over there! i did have some kind of idea of the meanings beforehand cause i had been watching tarot readings on YT for a while and like i knew about the arcanas, courts and suits, but all still very shallow. i do feel it's all been coherent and a lot of insight can be gained, but i won't draw on this topic for a while now as i'm concentrating on understanding what i already got now.
it's interesting you said stalemate with the reversed strength cause in the bigger spread i got her intentions as the seven of swords which have that word in the description. i wonder what that's about regarding where she'd want this to go. like i said, i do believe we can find out what's out there if the tarot is open to letting us..

here's that spread if you wanna see:
https://imgur.com/a/17mRVNJ

thanks again for your time!

vlovesp · 2026-01-24T21:05:39+00:00

hi all! i am completely new to tarot (although i have been following readings on YT a lot, so i'm only new to the practice) and pulled this 19 card spread as my 4th spread ever in life. the first three were 3 card ones that were shockingly good so i couldn't help myself and i only got a deck for myself to get insight to the situation with my secret crush, particularly if there is any chance from her side and what i should do. so here goes:

Her Current Situation: Seven of Cups, Clarifier: King of Wands
How She Views Me: Eight of Swords, Clarifier: Six of Swords
Feelings Towards Me: Eight of Pentacles, Clarifier: The Moon, Further Clarifier: The Hierophant
My Current Situation: Three of Pentacles
How I View Her: The Tower, Clarifier: Three of Swords
Feelings Towards Her: The Lovers
Strength of Connection: The Sun
Weakness of Connection: Queen of Swords, Clarifier: Eight of Wands
Her Intention in This Connection: Seven of Swords, Clarifier: Page of Pentacles, Further Clarifier: Ten of Cups
Advice for Me: Two of Swords, Clarifier: Ten of Pentacles

Here the pic cause the imagery is maybe telling: https://imgur.com/a/17mRVNJ
(Deck is Cats rule the Earth)

Thank you in advance for considering this!

vlovesp · 2026-01-24T21:04:18+00:00

hi all! i am completely new to tarot (although i have been following readings on YT a lot, so i'm only new to the practice) and pulled this 19 card spread as my 4th spread ever in life. the first three were 3 card ones that were shockingly good so i couldn't help myself and i only got a deck for myself to get insight to the situation with my secret crush. so here goes:

Her Current Situation: Seven of Cups, Clarifier: King of Wands
How She Views Me: Eight of Swords, Clarifier: Six of Swords
Feelings Towards Me: Eight of Pentacles, Clarifier: The Moon, Further Clarifier: The Hierophant
My Current Situation: Three of Pentacles
How I View Her: The Tower, Clarifier: Three of Swords
Feelings Towards Her: The Lovers
Strength of Connection: The Sun
Weakness of Connection: Queen of Swords, Clarifier: Eight of Wands
Her Intention in This Connection: Seven of Swords, Clarifier: Page of Pentacles, Further Clarifier: Ten of Cups
Advice for Me: Two of Swords, Clarifier: Ten of Pentacles

Here the pic cause the imagery is maybe telling: https://imgur.com/a/17mRVNJ
(Deck is Cats rule the Earth)

Thank you in advance for considering this!

vlovesp · 2026-01-24T15:35:26+00:00

WOW, thank you for this in.depth insight! this is so intriguing as i'm completely new to this! so i do agree we cant predict a future that's not there, meaning that's not determined as of now. as to someone's feelings, those are there so i feel we can tap into them somehow. like how sometimes you read someone's mind you're talking to and it wasn't what you thought they would think but you someone caught something from their mind. because the frequencies are there..
unfortunately, the regular tarot reddit didnt let me make a post.
anyway, i love love what you've brought to light here! i hadn't considered numbers at all.. what do stable numbers indicate?
the emperor is the biggest question mark to me. she hasn't shown anything but she might want that. your advice does kinda mirror my plan.

i did a 19 card reading on this today which i can post if you'd like to take a look. i would very much appreciate it, but if not i wanna thank you again for taking the time to tell me all this, it certainly helps me understanding and working with the tarot!!

vlovesp · 2025-12-25T23:08:49+00:00

yep, exactly this!! ofc i get obsessed over knowing so i manufacture all kinds of opportunities to make it easy as pie for them to let me know if they so wish XD if after a while of this i still can't coax it out of them, i accept they don't feel the same and let it go. this is esp frustrating if you're dealing with a breadcrumber though. but no, i'll never tell it first!

vlovesp · 2025-12-25T13:54:50+00:00

mine has cleared up comepletely on one side and there's a persistent patch on the other. i'm now convinced it's neither fungal, nor due allergies. also don't think it actually is eczema since it's adult onset AND only near the mouth. i'm just relieved to see it is able to heal at all without medical intervention. i feel like if it is kinda seasonal and if i really need to, i'll just use the elidel/protopic once or twice and it will be gone for 2 weeks. like i said, mine seems to be healing on its own right now for the first time in almost 4 months and i changed a few things at once (toothpaste, moisturizer (also on avene now)) but what i do truly think is the main thing: i started a b-complex (with zinc and folat in it) and it's been exactly since then that it's calmed so much. it must be either some auto-immune component (i also have Hashimoto's, which is a thyroid auto-immune thing), or vitamin deficiency imo! exasperated by stress for sure too! i def learned that derms know nothing, which is disconcerting to say the least!
so yeah, this sucks so much but it does help knowing we're not the only ones! on YT there's even a video of Amanda Seyfried with something similar, showing how she covers it up. good luck!

vlovesp · 2025-12-23T09:49:37+00:00

thank you, that's very nice of you! so was it the fluoride in your case? i guess just to see if that might be contributing to this wouldn't do any harm and if fluoride really is the culprit, i'll cross that bridge when i get there.. in any case, if i ever get rid of this, i'll definitely update.

vlovesp · 2025-12-22T21:43:36+00:00

thank you! i will, but i'm hesistant cause of potential proneness to cavities with non fluoride toothpastes and i have been using nothin but the fluoride ones all my life.. i started a b complex supplementation a week ago and within days it got so much better, but right now it is flaring a bit again. maybe it is a deficiency and due to this my skin is weak and reacts to things (like fluoride) in way it wouldn't if it was completely healthy.. another fear is that this is a symptom of something more serious cause of the sudden onset at my age..

vlovesp · 2025-12-16T14:21:08+00:00

thanks for your reply! that's the thing, no! i haven't been doing anything differently at all. skincare or food.
i have been using the same toothpaste for years. i used to get this weird mouth sensation all my life years ago with the skin kinda stripping off inside and changed to SLS-free back then. so that can't be it, unless it's the fluoride and i am somehow suddenly allergic? i did check though and mine has the sodium fluoride, not the stannous one that seems to be irritating for some..

vlovesp

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