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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Interesting programme on radio 4 at the moment.

Current thinking is to call it brain attack rather than stroke as it's far more complex than the word stroke implies.

Must say that the thought of having a stroke scares me more than a heart attack.

Has anyone had any experience with a stroke?

It's a subject that should be discussed more to educate people more.

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By *issmorganWoman
over a year ago

Calderdale innit

My dad had a stroke a few years ago ,almost killed him and happened really fast.Thankfully nhs was brilliant and he survived another 5 years with minimal damage.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I know more people that have had strokes than heart attacks. The after affects can be horrible.

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

One of my gentleman friends had one about 15 months ago, he was ,39.

Thankfully made a full recovery apart from one of his arms are weak.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My stepdad had a stroke three years ago. Scarey as hell

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Angel had a severe right sided stroke 4 years ago while 17 weeks pregnant...lost 20 years of memory that has never come back all her right side ..had to learn to walk talk eat dress wash..4 years on still has some bad days but lots of good..was a very dark and scary time and still can be...but we rebuilding our lives and trying to build on old memories even if they are lost..

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

Oh Crikey that's terrible, you seem to be positive despite it.

On r4 they were saying it's very common for people to fall into a deep depression after.

Which I can fully understand after suffering a head trauma myself a few years ago, nothing as serious as a stroke though.

Good to hear thing's are getting better, but as you say 20 year's of lost memories must be awful.

They were talking to Chris tarrant, I was unaware he had a stroke not long ago.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

i care for some people that have had strokes mostly tias (mini strokes) - it really is the quicker you get them to hospital the better the recovery - memory loss/ inability to recall words seems to be the worst thing for people to deal with as they adjust to not being able to move as fluidly as before -

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes I know someone who has been left heavily brain damaged and severely disabled - just awful - he's also relatively young.

He was one of the fittest people I knew at the time, it can happen sadly

On the plus side - many, many people generally make a great recovery

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By *ere-for-my-convenienceWoman
over a year ago

Tenbury Wells

I've nursed a lady who had a severe stroke

And she had small malls most days

I loved caring for her and I ensured that she had a very full social life as she did previously

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By (user no longer on site) OP   
over a year ago

And the discoveries they are making about brain plasticity is making rehabilitation quicker than before.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

my new job (when i eventually start it) has an acquired brain injury unit - i cant wait to get more involved

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By *uby0000Woman
over a year ago

hertfordshire

hubbys mum had a stroke when we first met was years in a wheelchair and unable to talk was a relief when she died

my dad had a stroke very sudden in 2013 he wouldn't have wanted to live being helpless

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes - so much we (including the specialists) don't know/understand about the workings of the brain and neural pathways - research is key!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"i care for some people that have had strokes mostly tias (mini strokes) - it really is the quicker you get them to hospital the better the recovery - memory loss/ inability to recall words seems to be the worst thing for people to deal with as they adjust to not being able to move as fluidly as before - "

Now has aphasia and anxiety...Other things also...I found her lying slumped downstairs ..happens while I was in shower no telling how long it was...

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