Our daughter Gabriella was diagnosed in April with a severe and irrepairable case of Myocardial Bridging which is causing Secondary Restrictive Cardiomyopathy. September 25, just before being listed for her new heart, she suffered a left MCA stroke, imparing her right arm abilities and taking away her speech. She was put on the United Netwoek for Organ Sharing transplant listing on February 11,...
In August 2006 I had a stroke which ended up with aphasia, appraxia and dysathria. Now that I have almost recovered, I want to share my experience with fellow stroke survivors, their caregivers and the medical community. My blog is about day by day account of what happened with me. And various treatments of Aphasia, Apraxia, Dysarthria that went well.
The mission of the Nutritional Magnesium Association (NMA) is to disseminate timely and useful information on the subject of nutritional magnesium so as to improve the lives of all people affected by the widespread deficiency of this mineral in our diets and the related health issues associated with this deficiency.
We believe that Magnesium is the one safe, inexpensive and simple nutrient...
I am om to 4 wonderful children. My oldest son Philip was born healthy or so we thought. At the young age of 6 weeks old he has his first brain operations, followed by his second one at 6 months old and suffered a stroke. He has now had over 18 brain operations, a stroke, over 23 orthopedic operations, pseudotumor, shunts, slit ventricle syndrome, syrinx, Central nerve disorder. I am just a...
I pastor New Covenant Church in Knoxville, Iowa. I am 39 years old; my wife and I have been married for nearly 19 years. My oldest son, Brendan, will be 18 in June. My oldest daughter, Shaylee, is 12 and my youngest daughter, Madelyn, is 9. I had a stroke in December, 2008. I had to have surgery to remove 75-90% of my cerebellum and 3 strokes in my brain stem. The Doctors told my family to...
I'm a huge beauty buff! Got bitten by the beauty bug ever since I nicked my little index finger with my mom's eyebrow razor; when I lovingly stroked it, thinking it was an eyebrow brush. I was just a young kid then
The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is: "Building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke."
All the information posted by this user is taken from the American Heart Association's website. The user, however, is not herself affiliated with AHA.
