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Where to start. My day started like normal - went to breakfast and grocery shopping. I got home and literally a minute later did not make it out of the restroom. I wanted to rinse hands and they fell - my eyesight went completely black. I just remember I was blind and fell to the floor. The next thing I knew is I had vomit all over me and the ENT’s were working on me. The doctors misdiagnosed my stroke as a hangover and were about to send me home when I had a seizure that night at hospital.

October

2018

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On December 27, 2016, I had my first stroke. On the weekend of Christmas, 24 and 25 December, I had a heart rate of 160 and more at rest. I also had headaches all day. But I just took some pain relief and a lot of water in the hope that it would pass. On Monday 26 December I had a day off at work. Still headache, some pain relief and a lot of water. On Tuesday 27 December I drove to work in the morning (still with a headache and a very weird and light feeling in my head) I washed 2 more

October

2018

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September 2016, at 52 years old, I was a driven small business owner; driven to build, grow and make something no matter what I was doing. I was in the landscaping industry at the time on a huge project. I wasn't caring for me like I should have been. During a hike with child number 5, preparing for a backpacking trip some strange things happened. I felt strangely ill and exhausted but there were no "F.A.S.T." signs anyone noticed. The next morning I went back to landscaping but couldn't hold

October

2018

19

I'm 30 years old, a mom of 3 and a very active and overall healthy person.  The night before my stroke I went to bed feeling completely normal. On August 23rd, 2018 I woke up feeling what I thought were symptoms of restless leg syndrome. When it didn't settle down I tried to roll over so i could get out of bed. After several attempts, I couldn't. I thought maybe I, was having an episode of sleep paralysis, which would occur occasionally. At some point I managed to throw myself off my bed

October

2018

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When I was 39 I had an accidental fall and fractured my C2 which dissected my internal carotid artery causing a stroke that affected my left side (I am left-handed). I had bilateral brain hemorrhages, four broken ribs, a collapsed lung, a lacerated liver, fractured my pelvic ring, a fracture in my lumbar spine, and fractured my coccyx. I had to learn how to walk again because my left hand and foot lost tone after the stroke and that is one of my major setbacks. My vision is still a mess as well.

October

2018