S = SPEECH, or any problems with language
T = TINGLING, or any numbers in the body
R = REMEMBER, or any problems with memory
O = OFF BALANCE, problems with coordination
K = KILLER HEADACHE
E = EYES, or any problems with vision
Stroke Recovery a One Anniversary
S = SPEECH, or any problems with language
T = TINGLING, or any numbers in the body
R = REMEMBER, or any problems with memory
O = OFF BALANCE, problems with coordination
K = KILLER HEADACHE
E = EYES, or any problems with vision
On October 26th, 2015, my wife and I sat down to watch our favorite show, “Blindspot,” at 10:00 pm. It had been a pretty regular day, I had just got up from doing a little work on my laptop, I am a Physical Therapist by trade. In the next 30 minutes my life would change drastically. Over the years, I have been exposed to the worst medical trauma that life can send your way and one of my worst fears was happening, as a blood clot had dislodged from my heart, rapidly running up to my brain. It happened so fast that the last thing I remembered, (several months later) was the loss of vision in my right eye. I had just had a Cerebrovascular incident, better known as a stroke. I was just 49 years old at the time.
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