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MRI negative stroke or CVE with strange lingering symptoms

I'm 55.  Generally in good health with no risk factors for stroke other than family history.  In late 2021,  I was admitted to the hospital with what presented as a stroke. Slurred speech, vision issues, right arm weakness, etc.  I was given tPA and spent about five days in the hospital and was discharged with a cerebral infarct, nonspecific.  My imaging post-stroke has all been unremarkable.  I did physical therapy for a couple of months to help with balance and contralateral foot/leg weakness and have been in cognitive therapy to help with attention and other cognitive issues.  I have been in vision therapy for a few months for the post-stroke onset of convergence, double vision, pupillary inequality (my right pupil was not restricting the same as my left), and not blinking normally.  I still have a little bit of drooping on the right side of my mouth.  I also still have new-to-me weird symptoms post-event like sweating hands (palms) and feet and excessive ear wax production.  It has been really hard for me to find a neurologist that will dig deeper.  I'm concerned that there may be an underlying cause or rare disease that we missed.  I'm grateful that it wasn't worse. My therapists have been great and I continue to make improvements with 3x daily therapy at home. It would be good to understand how I could have all of this stuff going on with negative imaging and no clear understanding of the diagnosis or cause.  
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