# Dondra In The Hospital: Stroke \[Back at home now\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 8, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-in-the-hospital-stroke-back-at-home-now/627597 "2012-07-08T13:28:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-in-the-hospital-stroke-back-at-home-now/627597/121 "2012-07-12T16:24:03Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > We’re HOME! After an additional visit by **D’s** neurologist, we got the green light to go home, and here we are! :)… > > BP meds (minoxidil)… COOL! And: minoxidil? That’s wild. For folks who don’t recognize it, that’s the same ingredient as in Rogaine. The hair regrowth was a side effect discovered when they were testing it, a couple decades ago. I didn’t realize they still used it for BP control :). ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-in-the-hospital-stroke-back-at-home-now/627597/122 "2012-07-12T16:43:35Z")
That’s fantastic! ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-in-the-hospital-stroke-back-at-home-now/627597/123 "2012-07-12T16:49:25Z")
Great news! ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-in-the-hospital-stroke-back-at-home-now/627597/124 "2012-07-12T17:50:00Z")
Glad to hear it Dondra and Quasi! Salud! \ ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-in-the-hospital-stroke-back-at-home-now/627597/125 "2012-07-13T19:16:51Z")
To my Doper friends: Thanks so much for your positive thoughts and wishes for my speedy recovery. It touches me that you think of me during my time of illness. I am thankful it was not actually a stroke, but having seizures all night long was easily the most traumatic thing I have ever experienced. MamaZappa and TypoKnig: Thank you for your help and words of encouragement as well as acting as my “go-to” people so other Dopers could stay updated. Janis: Thanks for the phone calls. I needed encouragement and you provided much. Bill printed out all of the well wishes and brought them for me to read. Thank you all so much. Dondra ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2012, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-in-the-hospital-stroke-back-at-home-now/627597/126 "2012-07-13T19:21:44Z")
> [@Mama\_Zappa](#): > > COOL! > > And: minoxidil? That’s wild. For folks who don’t recognize it, that’s the same ingredient as in Rogaine. The hair regrowth was a side effect discovered when they were testing it, a couple decades ago. I didn’t realize they still used it for BP control :). Since we are all celebrating the good news I think this now calls for a joke. A guy accidentally got his Viagra and Rogaine doses mixed up. He ended up with a thick head of hair so stiff he couldn’t comb it 🙂 Again, glad to hear the good news Bill and Dondra. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-in-the-hospital-stroke-back-at-home-now/627597/127 "2012-07-15T01:20:25Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > Since we are all celebrating the good news I think this now calls for a joke. A guy accidentally got his Viagra and Rogaine doses mixed up. He ended up with a thick head of hair so stiff he couldn’t comb it 🙂 > > Again, glad to hear the good news Bill and Dondra. Just saw this. You made us both laugh, **mr.billfish678**! Thanks! B&D (No! NOT bondage and discipline. Well… _discipline_ for ME I reckon. ;)) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-in-the-hospital-stroke-back-at-home-now/627597/128 "2012-07-15T02:17:27Z")
I knew a woman who teased her hair so much, it bit her. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-in-the-hospital-stroke-back-at-home-now/627597/129 "2012-07-15T02:23:55Z")
I’m glad that things are going so well, Quasimodem. 🙂 How did you come up with your user name? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-in-the-hospital-stroke-back-at-home-now/627597/130 "2012-07-15T02:35:49Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > Just saw this. You made us both laugh, **mr.billfish678**! Thanks! > )) Glad you got a laughed out of that. I mispoke a bit I think though. I guess the overall situation is not so much “good news” in itself but more that things are way better than they sounded like they could have been at first glance. Take care you two. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-in-the-hospital-stroke-back-at-home-now/627597/131 "2012-07-16T23:32:00Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I’m glad that things are going so well, Quasimodem. > > 🙂 > > How did you come up with your user name? It comes from the Victor Hugo novel The “Kyphoscoliotic” of Notre Dame, my favorite novel of all time. In 1990, when I first went online I just modernized it a bit for the digital age. Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-in-the-hospital-stroke-back-at-home-now/627597/132 "2012-07-16T23:37:49Z")
**Dondra** wishes to thank our friend **Foggy** for the two “very cute” Get Well cards we received in the mail today. “Tell him it was very thoughtful and sweet, and I appreciate them very much”.🙂 I’m mostly staying awake during the night and sleeping in the daytime, so I’ll be sure to hear her, if she needs me, but so far, no further problems. Dr’s appointment in the morning. Thanks everyone! Bill ---
**Author:** ![Foggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foggy/32/1082_2.png) [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-in-the-hospital-stroke-back-at-home-now/627597/133 "2012-07-17T00:17:16Z")
You are more than welcomed. 🙂 Glad you’re doing better. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dondra-in-the-hospital-stroke-back-at-home-now/627597.md?page=6)