After the nurses assembled around me they pinned me down and pulled out a needle. The shot did not fully knock me out but it took the fight out of me. I remember several people rolling me down the hall. They rolled me into another room and transferred me to a hospital bed. People were [...]
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Have you ever stayed overnight in a hospital? They pester you to death with taking your vital signs every few hours! American hospitals are no place to rest. This French hospital was totally different. They let me sleep through the night and I woke up Sunday morning feeling well rested. The day went on and [...]
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I lay back down in my bed and was there for another two minutes when I had to throw up AGAIN! This pattern continued all night until after 6 am. I would lie down for two minutes, maximum, and be back at the sink for 10. I finally dozed off at around 7 am but [...]
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The ambulance arrived in about 10 minutes. It was after midnight when the ambulance attendants arrived in my room. They do not have paramedics in France. These were ambulance attendants and their job was to drive me the hospital. The hotel was a very old building that had probably been renovated during the 60’s. The [...]
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The first signs of my stroke happened on Friday at around 6:00 in the morning. I woke up before my alarm. The room was spinning out of control; REALLY spinning! It was not like being dizzy but it was definitely vertigo. The closest analogy that I can give you is that it was like being [...]
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Just what happens when you have a stroke? Most people only get to see the after effects of a stroke. Few actually get to hear some of the less personal details. Only two people, the stroke survivor and the stroke caregiver get to know it all. They see, hear and live the whole horror of [...]
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Have you ever looked back, since the time of your stroke and tried to count your blessings? I tried to count every blessing and there have been so many I was truly amazed. I know I could not remember every one. REALLY, my life has been blessed in so many different ways. I will try [...]
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Could you recognize if somebody was having a stroke? You probably think that you will NEVER need to know this! I guess that knowing this information is sort of like the need to know how to do CPR. It is good to know how to do it but chances are remote that you would actually [...]
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Everybody knows that stroke is the number 1 cause of serious permanent disability. They also know that stroke is the number 3 cause of death and every 45 seconds someone has one; between 500000 and 750000 Americans have a stroke every year. These are common well known statistics about stroke but what about the other [...]
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