OMG I think I'm having a stroke part 2

We’ve all seen the adverts on TV. FAST. Get help quick before the brain sets on fire. That one. Brian dialled 999 and asked for an ambulance. Paramedics duly attended, bringing a chill breeze from the February air with them along with their oversize bag full of the tricks of their trade.

I explained that I had been in A&E and I was concerned that the symptoms looked like I was having a stroke. They checked my blood pressure, attached sticky pads to my chest, took a heart trace.

‘History of migraine?’ they asked.

‘About 20 years ago,’ I said.

‘It’s a migraine headache,’ they said. ‘Take paracetamol.’

I was stunned.

‘Don’t you think it might be more serious than that given my history?’

‘Calm down,’ they said. ‘You’re getting yourself stressed. That’s what’s causing the symptoms.’