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Stroke Took Place One Year Ago Today

Submitted by fire with fire on Wed, 07/26/2023 - 6:48pm

I first noticed that something was amiss when I got out of the shower and looked in the mirror -- my face was beet red and my eyes were as big and round as silver dollars. The least disruptive part of the experience is that there has never been so much as a hint of physical pain. I did not know it was a stroke for two days as I inexplicably kept bumping into immovable objects. While driving, I found my car rolling on the left side of the road.

inside the Belly of the Beast

Submitted by fire with fire on Mon, 09/19/2022 - 1:10pm

As best I can figure, I had a stroke on July 26 of this year. I started to bump into immovable objects and tumbling to the ground. I naively thought it was simple vertigo, but two days of clumsiness from hell convinced me to call 911. The paramedics took my blood pressure which was astronomical and they took me to Cedars Sinai hospital where I spent a week before being moved to a rehabilitation hospital.