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| Where it all began Middlesex Centre, ON August 2023 This photo originally shared on Instagram |
Did you know that it’s Stroke Month in Canada?
Did you also know that I had one? On a sunny summer afternoon almost 12 years ago, I turned my head the wrong way while riding my bike and accidentally tore my left carotid artery. A few hours later, clots from the injury broke free and migrated into my brain, touching off a stroke that paralyzed me on my right side and zapped my ability to speak.
Thanks to my wife who recognized the signs, I got the help I needed and was able to make an almost full recovery. I’m lucky in ways so many other stroke victims are not.
So I’m once again working with the Heart and Stroke Foundation to raise stroke awareness, primarily by sharing my story with my media partners.
While I usually talk tech with them, this month I’m sharing my experience in the hope that others will learn from it - and hopefully take the time to learn the signs and have important conversations with friends and family. 39% of Canadians, for example, don’t know what FAST is. That needs to change.
So I’ll be joining #CBCRadio programs across the country this weekend, and will continue to share links to interviews with my full range of media peeps in the days and weeks to come. In the meantime, please visit heartandstroke.ca to learn more.
Thank you,
Carmi
Related:
START HERE: So, about that stroke - August 2014
#2: When even "thank you" seems lame - August 2014
#3: More stroke stuff... - August 2014
Stroke survivor shares his story, London Free Press, Aug 14, 2014
Coming up on Canada AM - Lookahead to February 2015 interview
Winding down the day that was - February 2015 - incl link to Canada AM/Heart/Stroke Month segment
Life at the crossroads - April 2015
Two years on... - August 2015
Three bonus years - August 2016
Four years later - August 2017
Five years on - August 2018
Luke Perry could have been me - or any of us - March 2019
The day everything changed - August 2019
Seven years on, August 2020
Eight years on, August 2021
#StrokeAwarenessMonth, the video, June 2022
Nine years on... August 2022
Ten years on... August 2023
Stroke Month, FAST, me, and maybe even you, June 2024
11 years on... August 2024
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