Stories - Champion the Challenges

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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, I didn’t speak for two years, and was determined to beat my Aphasia. The…

JudyAnn EdwardsJune 17, 2021

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An 8th Grade History Teacher
wants to Grade Papers not Have a Stroke

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 couldn’t. My headache was so painful…

Petra MoralesJune 10, 2021

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“My Passion of Being a Great Caregiver
Motivates Me Every Day”

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…

Juve AlcantaraJanuary 14, 2021

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“Hello hello… I’m at a place called Vertigo”

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. I got ready for work and jumped…

Danny HalvorsonJanuary 14, 2021

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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 knew something was wrong. It was determined by the doctors that I had a stroke. But wait…

Gregory WongDecember 14, 2020

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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

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, my speech stopped and…

Tom, a California Stroke SurvivorDecember 14, 2020

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Clear my Calendar, I’m driving and having a Stroke!

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 the first sign hit me —…

Tom YoreDecember 14, 2020

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My Strokes that Started “Champion the Challenges”

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…

Deb ShawSeptember 19, 2020

Stories of Stroke Rehabilitation — Reimagined