Prior to my two strokes in October 2014, I had suffered Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in the late 1970’s and relapsed in the early 1980’s. After remission I had odd side effects from the Chemotherapy and Radiation therapy, but generally I had a healthy life and...
My life as an ex UK Detective Inspector of 25 years, and my current role as a Private Investigator in Australia seemed far away after my stroke on 15 April 2013. I had been gardening, overheated, and drank insufficient water. I was throwing up and...
I had my stroke on November 16, 2016. That whole day I didn’t feel well and had a type of headache that I had not had before. That night, around 7pm, my husband and I were just finishing dinner and I went upstairs. I still...
I am a 32 year old nurse (Service Line Education Coordinator). While teaching new interns about stroke suffered a SAH (subarachnoid hemorrhage) – NOT joking. Went to local ER and was transferred to the SAH wing at Emory shortly after for 11 days in the...
Living with a jumbled brain. I was in a car accident, which really was a case of "wrong place, wrong time". As I slowed for queuing traffic ahead, a bird of prey called a Buzzard smashed into the windscreen of the truck behind me. The driver...
February 6, 2016 changed my life forever. My three-year-old daughter had been up all night crying because of a terrible earache. My husband was out of town to attend his grandfather's funeral, so I was single-parenting. Finally around 3 AM I decided to take her...
Wednesday, July 22 wasn’t supposed to be an extraordinary day by any stretch of the imagination. All I had planned was a quick trip to the grocery store with my kids in tow followed by dropping lunch off at my husband’s office and then that...
Each day is a beautiful gift. I've always been grateful, but sometimes things unfold in your life that multiply that level of gratitude...
Hello, my name is Annette. I had my stroke on April 10, 2004, 13 years ago. I worked for Denny's for 15 years and Long Horn Steakhouse for 3 years. I worked 7 days a week. Craig and I were married Feb. 23rd, 2004. I...
I worked full time at Mercy Medical Center as a medical secretary. I'd also been a resident coordinator for years. I'd been there for thirty years. I was at work [when I had my stroke]. I was at the hospital in the cafeteria. All of...