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I have a good friend about Mitch’s age who had several of these “freeze-ups.” Her doctor (a neurologist) says they are neurological episodes, not a stroke. Her’s seem to be brought on by stress, which could explain Mitch’s as well. However, that these are occurring since his head injury last spring, who knows.

Just last Friday, one of my coffee companions had a similar experience except he simply suddenly (mid sentence) could not form words. He could move and seemed to understand what we said to him, but when given the stroke protocol, he could not smile so we assumed a stroke and called 911. Before the EMTs got there, his speech recovered, but he seemed confused. After giving him a quick check over, the EMTs took him to the ER for a more thorough check, but still assuming a stoke. But when we spoke to him Monday (on the phone) he said the doctors could find no evidence of a stoke on the MRI. Apparently, the brain can just go on the fritz for no apparent reason. :neutral_face:

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