"I still have my voice, but I unexpectedly forgot the words": Larysa Hrybaleva told about her mini-stroke
The artist was at home with her children, ordering sushi over the phone. But at the last moment, she couldn't answer a simple question from the operator — would payment be by card or cash. The necessary words flew out of her head.
Larysa Hrybaleva. Screenshot of stories on her Instagram
Let us remind you, recently the famous artist and businesswoman Larysa Hrybaleva published photos from the hospital on Instagram. She suffered a transient ischemic attack. This is a temporary disruption of blood circulation in the brain — also known as a mini-stroke.
Now the singer has decided to share the details, but honestly admits that she doesn't quite understand where to start the story. She says it was a very good day that smoothly transitioned into a wonderful evening. Larysa felt no health problems. She was not worried, not stressed.
— My children and I were ordering sushi, everyone chose what they wanted. I placed the order, talking to the operator. The last thing I had to do was tell them how I would pay — by card or cash.
And at that moment, something unexpected happened: Larysa, who had been calmly discussing the order a minute ago, suddenly couldn't answer the standard question. She forgot the simple words that were needed in that situation.
— I clearly understood the thought, but I had no words. It's so terrible: when you understand everything, but you can't say it. I had my voice. I could only say that I would call back. I couldn't tell my daughter that I felt very bad. I sat down on a chair and put my head on the table.
Larysa's daughter got scared. She started asking if it was blood pressure, where to look for a tonometer in the house. But her mother couldn't explain to her that the tonometer was on the nightstand — although she clearly understood what she wanted to say. The problem was that the words seemed to have vanished from her memory.
Her daughter called an ambulance; paramedics arrived promptly.
— When the ambulance arrived, I was still speaking poorly, but some words had already begun to surface in my head. When they gave me injections, measured my sugar, blood pressure... I believe, for that condition, my blood pressure was ideal — 126 over 86. When they offered me to go to the hospital, I was still wondering if it was worth it — it seemed I was starting to come to my senses.
But the artist advises everyone in such cases to go to the hospital and not think that everything is fine. Larysa was personally motivated to surrender to the medics by a story that happened to her mother about 6 years ago.
— She was very active, she could probably dance and jump over a fence. But it unexpectedly surfaced that she didn't remember five years of her life. We went to the hospital, and it turned out that my mother had a real stroke.
Larysa says she was luckier — because in her case, MRI did not record any consequences. But she advises everyone who has started having problems with memory and speech to urgently consult doctors.
The singer herself is already waiting to be discharged from the hospital — and hopes it will happen soon.