TYPE OF STROKE: ISCHEMIC The morning of November 9, 2016 started off fine. I was traveling for business, en route from New York to Boston to attend a dinner. But as I was driving a rental car to LaGuardia Airport,...
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TYPE OF STROKE: Hemorrhagic & AVM Determined and humorous are two terms often used to describe Mariah. Her life-changing experience on September 25, 2018, would require her to use them in a way she hadn’t planned. Mariah was at a…
TYPE OF STROKE: ISCHEMIC Being the Los Lagos Golf Course Tournament Coordinator ensures each day is exciting, and August 20, 2021, was no exception. As I was getting ready for a 1PM golf tournament, I picked up my cup of…
TYPE OF STROKE: HEMORRHAGIC One afternoon in March of 2014, Johanes was assembling a do-it-yourself piece of furniture when he realized that something just wasn’t right. He started feeling very strange. He had a massive headache and then…
TYPE OF STROKE: HEMORRHAGIC One night in March of 2021, Chris and Kate Wilder’s life took on a new path. As Chris got up to get something to drink, and he walked back across the living room to…
TYPE OF STROKE: ISCHEMIC It was Labor Day, 2020, and I reached over touching my wife’s hand to wake her. I said it was time to go to the hospital, I was having a stroke. Given the location…
TYPE OF STROKE: ISCHEMIC It was a sunny afternoon on April 10 in 2016, and I had taken a break from my acting class, and a classmate and I went to enjoy a light lunch at a local…
TYPE OF STROKE: ISCHEMIC Part of my April 2020 stroke story is still a blur, not to mention it occurring at the start of the COVID-19 lockdown. I do remember collapsing on the floor in my home, just…
TYPE OF STROKE: ISCHEMIC It was a normal Wednesday morning in December 2020. I went out for my usual morning run. About halfway through I suddenly felt the worst headache I had ever experienced. Next thing I knew,…
TYPE OF STROKE: ISCHEMIC I had a stroke and aphasia on September 26, 2011. I was an associate dean at The Heller School at Brandeis University when I fell down on Main Street, Waltham, MA. I lost my…
TYPE OF STROKE: HEMORRHAGIC While sitting down to watch a football game in December of 2019, my left hand unintentionally released a bottle of water twice, which was very strange, followed by a very severe headache on my…
TYPE OF STROKE: HEMORRHAGIC This amazing story began at the end of 2011 when Orlena, only 33 at the time and a practicing lawyer, was driving on a California freeway with her 21month old also in the car. ...
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An Ischemic Stroke, and Aphasia, brought me closer to being Brave and enjoying Music The past 14 years have been constant work to overcome my Ischemic Stroke. I have made great progress; however, the challenges were not small. For example,...
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TYPE OF STROKE: HEMORRHAGIC It was an afternoon in October, 2015 and I was at home with my son, and I didn’t feel well. I was supposed to be getting ready to attend a birthday party, but I...
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My name is Juve Alcantara, family and close friends call me Jovy. I grew up in the Philippines and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Tourism. When I was young, my dream was to become a nurse. But since...
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TYPE OF STROKE: ISCHEMIC I woke up early on June 30, 2020 with a light headache and neck pain. I had been having headaches off and on for about a week, but it didn’t feel like anything concerning....
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TYPE OF STROKE: ISCHEMIC A Yoga Teacher and Fitness Advocate, Can Still Suffer a Stroke As I woke up in the morning, I had a hard time moving my right side. Everything seemed a little fuzzy and I...
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TYPE OF STROKE: ISCHEMIC I still get chills when I think of that nightmare morning — I was driving to my real estate office 3 years ago when the nightmare began. I was taking a right-hand turn when…
Life is a journey and the three strokes I survived certainly added some spice to my life experience. Yes, like every stroke survivor, I wish it didn’t happen to me, but after I got that victim thought out of my head, I searched for the lessons learned, and here is what I found.