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I was asked recently by a stroke survivor friend how I stay so positive. Truth be told, I am not positive all the time. Most of the time yes, but not all the time. I think it is impossible to be positive all of the time, whether you’re a stroke survivor or not! Life will throw you curveballs and the way that you choose to react to them is what makes the difference. Why do I feel strong despite my circumstances?  I am armed with faith. I am armed with friends. I am armed with confidence. I am

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A month before my 53rd birthday I had a stroke. There I said it. It’s taken me a while to be able to write about it. Two years ago, I was at the Burbank California YMCA pedaling through intervals in a Spin class when my right leg stopped working. I didn’t panic, but told the man on the bike next to me “Something is wrong with me.” Before I knew it they flipped on the lights to the darkened spin studio and paramedics were there…NO clue I was having a stroke. It turns out my blood pressure

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This is my 29-year-old daughter, Kayla.  Here she is taking the extra time it takes to do her make up.  It's one of many goals we set for her to attain while she is recovering.  Her attitude is portrayed realistically here.  We have a lot of fun NOW. At the start of last February, she had an ischemic stroke.  It was in the evening and she was at her home alone, so I did not find her until noon the next day.  Because of this, she suffered extensive brain injury from lack of oxygen.  She was in a

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Let me start out by disclosing a couple things: I am in no way a medical professional/psychotherapist/stroke recovery expert. I have never been the full-time caregiver for a loved one recovering from a medical trauma. I’m just a lady who had a massive stroke and had to rely on my spouse and kids to help me while I relearned how to walk, talk, and become human again. So when I was asked to share some tips for caregivers and loved ones, I decided to give some tips from the perspective of the

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I am a Special Education Teacher and my first stroke happened in my classroom. At 37 years old and I a mother of 3 children. I dropped a bin of books and saw everything in my room doubled. My assistant came over to me right away and everything was a blur. The school nurse recognized my symptoms as stroke signs. The hospital and doctors I had could not come to find a reason for my stroke. My health steadily declined. A year later at 38 I had another stroke. My efforts to research what’s going on

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