Ischemic Stroke (Blood Clot Related)
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advocacy / social worker help. vasculitis -> stroke while traveling out of country now being denied services / diagnostics in California
Hello everyone! I'm hoping I could get some tips/pointers on where to go for help. My sister had acute vasculitis that lead to a stroke while working abroad on a work visa. She received care and some rehab before moving back to california. Now she...
read morelatest replyAHAModerator, January 22, 2021 9:02am EST
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Happy Birthday...
Monday is my birthday. The 8th Birthday I've had since I suddenly developed a severe cardiac disorder after a viral infection decimated the electrical system in my heart. The 8th Birthday I've had since we were told, "Without an immediate...
read morelatest replyMattP, January 26, 2021 4:01pm EST
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TIA & PLAVIX
HELLO FRIENDS I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF ISCHEMIC STROKES AND MY PROMARY DOCTOR PUT ME ON PLAVIX75 MG FOR MANY YEARS NOT TO CONTROL BLOOD CLOTS. LATELY I HAVE BEEN HAVING NOSE BLEEDS THAT DON'T STOP FOR SEVERAL HOURS. FIRST TIME I WENT TO THE EMERGENCY...
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Aphasia Recovery and Language Repair: Darning the Damaged Neural Fabric from a Stroke
Dear Friends and Colleagues, Over the years since my stroke and aphasia (loss of language), I have continued to educate the public about how the brain works and repairs itself using metaphorical stories about stroke and aphasia recovery. When I
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Day by Day
Hi everyone, I had an ideopathic ischemic stroke in 2014, and I was treated "within the window" of 3 hours with tPA--thank god. I recovered the use of the left side of my body, but I was thunderstruck afterwards. It literally felt like I'd...
read morelatest replyBobDehner, January 17, 2021 8:00pm EST
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One year and two days
Hello fellow survivors I just wanted to let you know that it has been one year and two days since my stoke. It has been a heck of a ride and even though I have made a lot of progress I still have a bunch of work to do. I am always inspired by...
read morelatest replyMattP, January 14, 2021 12:21pm EST
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Stroke survivor
I am a 44 year old female and I had a stroke. I was in total shock that this could happen to me, I was in good shape I worked out every day and **** it just happened. I am about 6 months out now and I still have some effects from the stroke. I'm here...
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Who Is Your Stroke Hero?
Survivors, we want to hear from you! We are now accepting nominations for the Stroke Hero Awards until the end of January in the following categories: Pediatric Hero, Survivor Hero, Caregiver Hero, Support Group Heroes, and Group Heroes. Take time to
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New Year
Its a New Year, good bye to 2020. A year where politics and Covid were daily topics and where the environment and racial tensions were around every corner and to add to that I threw a Stroke into the mix, lucky me. I am a 65 year old male who...
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Coming home
My 68 yo husband is coming home in January. I am the only caregiver. I’m terrified, of not being able to take care of him properly. I have no idea as to what I’m in for because of covid I’ve not seen him except through a window. Any
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