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Stroke/TBI survival

Post a new topicby livingwith on Tue Aug 28, 2007 6:11 pm

In March of 1983, I survived a Thalamic Stroke - the type of stroke “only one or two percent of people live through” (per my neurosurgeon at the time). Prior to that, I was a businesswoman, managing a small Escrow Company.
After, I had short-term memory loss and, literally, cried at toilet paper commercials! I’d drive down the road and forget where I was going! My left-side was paralyzed, so walking was, to say the least, a challenge.
My attempts to return to work were all f...Read the full article
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Re: Stroke/TBI survival

Post a new topicby CJBLAKE228 on Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:15 pm

Im sooo glad Ive read your story ! My aunt will be 49 this year, I think she had a stroke last night and got rushed to the E.R. I wish there was something that I could do to help but she is still unresponsive! The doctors dont know whats wrong with her and Im no doctor but thats what I think happened!
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