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My mother had a stroke. The fallout is very, very hard for the patient and their family. Diet and exercise are, apparently, the easiest levers you have to con
by patio11 12y ago
My mother had a stroke. The fallout is very, very hard for the patient and their family.
Diet and exercise are, apparently, the easiest levers you have to control for stroke risk. Trust me: this is the best of all possible reasons to care about those. You do not want to go through it and you do not want your family to go through it. Specifics elided for privacy but suffice it to say that it combined elements of a heart attack, advanced Alzheimer's, and a profound war injury in a compact package that arrived on a normal sunny Tuesday.
- kayoone 12y agoDiet and exercise should really be taken care of by everybody. Lowers the risk of strokes and heart attacks considerably. In most of these young patients the reasons are due to other (most often undetected) issues like PFO though. That's also why i really have issues with health care in the US, as many people avoid checks to save costs. In germany, whenever you feel something is really wrong, you can just walk into ER and costs will be covered, no matter what.
- rmc 12y agoIf you want to do something nice for your family, look after your own health.