05

I have always watched the F.A.S.T. adverts with interest because my biggest fear was to have a stroke no matter how big or small. I wanted to be prepared for the worst. On 20th October I flew to Cyprus arrived at night got to my room and went to bed. I awoke the next morning with pins and needles in my left hand. I thought I had slept on it. Later that day went to pool and chilled, at around 5pm I went back to my room and had a shower ready for dinner. I sat on my bed and that's when it hit:

November

2018

05

I did not know why, that week I was so tired, but now I know. I was returning from a party, and suddenly I was sick, I wanted to go to bed, but I fainted, my ex-boyfriend thought it was alcohol, that's why he did not call the ambulance. The morning after I woke up it was over, I could not move my left hand (I'm left handed) and my face was disfigured, luckily I was able to walk. When we arrived at the hospital on 15.05.2015, everything began, cerebral ischemia due to a stenosis of the middle

November

2018

04

After my first-high risk pregnancy, my blood pressure was high. This persisted throughout my second pregnancy and I remained on medication throughout the pregnancy. The doctors put me on baby aspirin towards the end due to my little one being growth restricted. The stress of a very demanding job where I was constantly on my feet did not help my pregnancy nor my health. I had two scares at work concerning my pregnancy and baby and gave birth to my daughter at 37 weeks. They tried to keep her in

November

2018

02

My stroke journey began in a hotel room in Billings, Montana, where I was taking a few days of classes for my master’s degree in health administration.  It was my second day of the program and I was excited to be on this next step of my career journey.  I woke at 6:00 with a terrible headache, sort of a migraine but the pain sensation was almost electric.  I picked up my phone to turn off the alarm and realized I couldn’t read it.  I knew those were words but they looked like emoji – my brain

November

2018

31

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, but the month of ghosts and goblins was about to take on a different meaning. On October 12th 2012, I was found unconscious on the bathroom floor in a hotel for my travel job. I had suffered a massive stroke (caused by 7 blood clots) in the right side of my brain. I was actually rushed to the same hospital I had been working at! I have no memory of my time in ICU and the 20 day coma, but I DO remember collapsing to the bathroom floor in confusion out of

October

2018