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On 14 November, 2016, a day I will remember until I die, I came to work after going to get my passport. I was going to travel to Cyprus to do some work. This is the first time I would be traveling! But I started having difficulty in speaking. I had never been so scared, I talked to my friend about it, and she told me that maybe it's a psychological problem because I had a presentation that day. I kept loosing my ability to speak, until I felt I wasn't able to even pronounce words. The massive

July

2018

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My name is Krystal, I’m a 32 year old mother to a son who’s now 11 years old. I also have the pleasure of being in a new relationship that’s brought lots of extra happiness to me. When I had my first stroke I was 30 years old and when I had my recent three strokes I was 31 years old. Before I had my strokes I had a pretty much healthy lifestyle except being stressed out from an abusive relationship I was in at that time. I had no health issues that would bring on my strokes except I always

July

2018

19

I am a 36-year-old wife and the mother of a two-year-old son, Jack. After Jack was born in February 2009, I saw many doctors because I was having strange dizzy episodes (later diagnosed as partial seizures) and vision problems. At first I thought all these strange things were normal after having a baby and not getting any sleep, but my complaints persisted even after I got more sleep. I felt something was wrong, but mostly the doctors looked at me and said, “You are young and healthy. Maybe you

June

2018

19

I try hard to forget; Yet I can still remember When this nightmare started On the 15th of November. It was an evening like any other When it all began. I suddenly heard these funny noises Coming from my man. He was breathing hard and heavy, So I jumped up just to see. I saw at once there’s trouble And surmised what it could be. His eyes were both wide open And he was in a daze; I knew we needed help That only 911 could raise. Thankful that the I-phone Was resting right nearby. I told him I

June

2018

19

I experienced kidney failure back in October of 2011, when I was 42 years old. I dropped down to 86 lbs. and had a fever of 105.6. Later, in December, I had a stroke, seizures, high blood pressure, a concussion and was diagnosed with Lupus. Even though I was blessed enough to wake up in the middle of the night and fight my way through the remainder of the stroke, I was in bad shape after it occurred. I don’t know about you, but I could feel it happening. My ring finger on my right hand began to

June

2018