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October 4, 2018, I had a stroke. I had just bought a new car and was driving for Uber. I was also halfway through an Anatomy & Physiology course for school. I was very excited about where my life was heading. That day I woke up around 8am. I was home alone so the house was quiet except the dogs. I tried to work on some schoolwork, but my brain was fuzzy. I took a break and did some yoga outside in the grass. I noticed my right eye was a little funny. The vision was blurry. After a few minutes

January

2019

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Woke up to a beautiful new year with a heart overflowing with gratitude. I wake up grateful every day. Today especially so. Along with a new year of added hopes, possibilities and dreams...it is our choice as to how we view, respond and react to everything that comes our way. Six years ago I was strapped down to a hospital bed with just about everything going wrong. I had died twice, and nearly a third time. Cardiac arrest, stroke, organ failure, ECMO with a week in a coma, a deadly tumor,

January

2019

29

Are you joking? I was fully stressed unhappy working mother at the time. Looking from outside I looked like everything was going smoothly and life was good. Then it hit me. After two days of having bad headaches what I normally never had. I supposed to be driving in morning traffic at the time it hit me. Luckily I was at home. I didn’t feel good and thought glass of water could help. Water just run out from my mouth – left side of my face was paralyzed. I tried to go to my bed and just fell

December

2018

29

Hi, my name is Anna and my husband, Ryan, had a stroke at the age of 34.   January 2018, Ryan and I were recovering from the flu like many across the nation. Life was good. I was about to start a new job and we were trucking along like a normal couple in our 30’s. Little did I know that just weeks after celebrating the new year, our lives would change forever. What we didn’t know is that Ryan has a rare condition called eagle syndrome. Doctors think he’s had this condition all his life. Eagle

December

2018

29

Stromie Tamsen and I had the opportunity to meet another stroke survivor for coffee today. She lives right down the street from us! Her friend sent a copy of the UK article to her and consequently she reached out on social media. Her stroke was in 2012 and we are the first stroke survivors that she has ever met in person. There were many moments of “we struggle with that too, yes that was from the stroke, you are not alone, we get you”.  Our takeaway was, as it has been before, people need to

December

2018