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Suffering a stroke is a traumatic experience for both patients and their families. This experience becomes even more difficult if the person affected by a stroke has never had any health issues. Although everybody reacts differently to this condition, there are some helpful that can be applied to most patients. In my work with people who survived a stroke, I’ve come to some revealing conclusions. So, here are five basic strategies for successful post-stroke recovery. 1)Mind the symptoms

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Friday, May 29, 2015 started off for me like any other day of the week.  My alarm went off, I grabbed my phone, my glasses, and I went to start getting ready.  Once in the bathroom, I realized that my entire right arm was without any feeling to it and that I had a bit of a headache.  I immediately thought I had woken up with a migraine, and that it was already so intense that it caused my arm to go numb (this is a pretty common side-effect for me with my migraines).  After a few moments of

March

2019

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I was a very healthy 39 year old mom of two, who became a gym rat and started running after my son was born. On March 24 2011, I was at the gym in the early morning, training for my 1st marathon - July 10th – my 40th birthday. I had a sudden, “the worse headache of your life.”  My vision was blurred, my head felt like it was splitting in half. I thought I was dying.  I ended up in a Trauma Center where they discovered my brain was hemorrhaging.  I woke up 17 hours later in ICU, to a room full of

February

2019

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It’s such a simple word for a 4 year old to say, but in Solly’s case, he wasn’t supposed to ever be able to say “hi” or any other word. He wasn’t supposed to see, hear, eat orally, or be independently mobile. At birth, Solomon – known to all as Solly – had 3 massive strokes which destroyed over half of his brain. It’s a miracle that he can say “hi”. It’s a miracle that he’s alive. Solly is a pediatric stroke survivor. I’m Camie, Solly’s Mom, and this is our story. Rewind to October 9, 2014. It

February

2019

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I have to often remind people that I am not a stroke “Victim,” but I am a survivor and a conqueror! Most of us are conquerors, not allowing the stroke to defeat us. My name is Toni Hickman, and before I had 2 brain aneurysms and a stroke, I was signed to a major record deal, and have been featured on gold and platinum albums. The first brain aneurysm happened in 2004, but I was just pulled out of the music game for three months, then the 2nd brain aneurysm started leaking in my brain in 2007,

February

2019