"Well, a good indication is when the left corner of my lip kept curling up to whisper sweet nothings in my left ear."
The conversation was sometime last week. The incident was a few days before that. I was driving back to KL from Mantin at about 11pm. Not a comfortable feeling to have especially while doing 110kph on the expressway. I suppose not a comfortable feeling under any circumstances.
And just to make sure I didn't get pulled up by the police for driving as though I was under the influence of some illegal substance, I had to give myself a tight slap. And I mean a slap so tight, my ears were ringing for the next five minutes.
And that was how I found myself a few days later in the neurology section of some private hospital.
First diagnosis which cost about RM200 - suspected transient stroke. Vision in left eye was a bit blurred. Left cheek a bit numb. So the good doctor prescribed blood thinner and something for the cholesterol.
Second diagnosis which cost some RM4,000 inclusive of medication, MRI, echo and ECG and one night hospitalisation - acute sinus infection.
A few more tight slaps would have saved me all the money. A numb cheek would also have made me realise that a single swallow doesn't a summer make. And a few twitches are by no means the onslaught of a stroke. Could just be a cheek wanting to be slapped.
