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I had a Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis Stroke on Thursday, May 10, 2018, but the signs started on May 6th. It started with a headache that radiated down the back of my head. I began to have an ear ache so I thought I might have an ear infection. It was a Sunday and we were celebrating my moms birthday, so I just took Tylenol.  By Monday, pain started in my neck which felt like I had pulled a muscle. That made since to me because we had been doing a lot of yard work the week before. I just

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2018

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I am 27 years old, I am a stroke survivor and I wouldn't change it if I could. I UNDERSTAND your struggle and at times you may feel alone but YOU ARE NOT alone! If you haven't already, then at some point there's a good chance you'll start asking yourself "why me?", "why do I have to go through this?", "what did I  do to deserve this?". I know this because for a very short period of time following my stroke I asked myself these exact questions. I started thinking back to my childhood,

September

2018

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My day started out as an ordinary day in the beautiful island country Aruba. While on vacation and taking in all of God’s amazing things to see and do there, I embarked upon a 132 feet below sea level tourist Submarine Dive. At the time, I was completely unaware, that this submarine dive would be the cause of my life being changed forever. Immediately following that dive I felt quite dizzy, nauseated, and disoriented and decided to rest. I didn’t give any further thought to the dive and the

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2018

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Luckily I work at a hospital so I didn't need to go far. As we were walking to the ED my friend mentioned that even though it was unlikely I was having a stroke, I should tell the person at the check-in desk that I was having one to be on the safe side. I think I was pretty calm up until this point, but when the doctor said the words "stroke code" I immediately started to cry. Could this be happening to me? I'm only 30 years old, I'm too young to be having a stroke! Is it going to progress to

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2018

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In the summer of 2014, my boyfriend, Paul and I went on a road trip through the Southwest, exploring state/national parks, hiking and climbing rocks. I also toured the University of Colorado and was in the process of applying for graduate programs and studying for the GRE. But less than a month after we returned home from our road trip, I began having strange symptoms that I’d never experienced... Over a series of 3 days, I had been feeling progressively scarier things: they began with subtle

September

2018