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My sobriety date, last call for alcohol is October 12, 2010,  little to my surprise did I have any idea where this sober life would lead me. Spoiler alert: four months later Valentines Day 2011, I suffered and survived an ischemic stroke. Twenty-four hours earlier experiencing an excruciating headache, unsteadiness of balance, the mumbling and stuttering with my speech, and the loss of my right extremities I was in the fight of my life. Not knowing the symptoms of a stroke or even have any idea

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My stroke happened on the evening of July 4, 2016. I was left side affected and paralysis seemed like something only heard of in movies. I could not sit up in my hospital bed to hug my loved ones. Athletics were completely out of mind and my body had begun to deal with having survived a stroke. When you are young, healthy & stronger than you have ever been this is not what you expect. Some unique things go through your mind if you ever find yourself trapped in a body that refuses to work and

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My name is Kelly and I’m 36 years old. I suffered a hemorrhagic stroke in Sept of 2018. I am currently in week 7 of my recovery. I struggle daily with the loss of independence. I can’t drive or go out by myself. I have 60% feeling back in my right side and only half vision in my right eye. I’m struggling with brain function and have no emotion except anger. I was a full-time equestrian groom before my stroke and my end goal is to get back to horse riding.  My boyfriend of 9 months has been my

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On Dec 17, 2016 I got a call from Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla (San Diego, Ca.) I rushed to the hospital and the Dr told me my daughter had suffered a grade 5 ruptured brain Aneurysm. I asked to see her and the Dr told me “no, your daughter is being prepped in the OR and there is a 99% chance she will not survive.” After 24 hours of constant coiling, nothing stopped the arterial bleeds. At that point it was decided to remove half the skull (don’t know exactly the terminology of that) and

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The room was spinning. I was seeing stars but the words I needed to speak that would tell someone what I was feeling weren’t coming out clearly (if at all). Fortunately, almost immediately, my sister recognized the change in my speech (slurred)and in my appearance (face droop). Her call to 911 literally saved my life and preserved the quality of life I have today. I remember being whisked away by ambulance to a stroke certified hospital and later being given an MRI which confirmed  the

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