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Had a good friend have a stroke while eating lunch
with me. Took a few seconds to realize what had happened.
He got his speech back after a few minutes and denied
any thing wrong, but a few simple tests convinced him
and we got him to hospital, unfortunately he had massive
stokes in the following 24 hrs and died.

Ask the person to touch their nose, if they can’t do it,
bad sign.
Have them walk a straight line, can’t do it, not good.
Have them stick out their tongue, if it curves to one
side, another indicator, get them help fast.
Learn the signs of stroke, save someone’s life.

Thank You for those pointers. Just watching the video, you knew something was terribly wrong.

Prayers to God that she’s OK :(

Had a good friend have a stroke while eating lunch with me. Took a few seconds to realize what had happened. He got his speech back after a few minutes and denied any thing wrong, but a few simple tests convinced him and we got him to hospital, unfortunately he had massive stokes in the following 24 hrs and died.

I had something similar happen with a relative. We were talking and they just started looking weird, leaning heavily onto the counter, and talking gibberish. I started asking him what's wrong several times, and he kept looking at me like I was crazy and that there was nothing wrong with him.

It's unfortunate your friend passed away. We were lucky enough that it was only a mild stroke. He radically changed his diet and started exercising regularly, and even quit smoking as a result. He decided he wanted to be around for his grandchildren.

He does not recall slurring words or leaning over and nearly falling down either. It sunk in when he tried to do some of the tests the doctor had him perform, as well as his daughter who showed up, who was 7 months pregnant with his first grandchild. She was in tears for several minutes when she got to the hospital.

I'm not privy to all of the tests and results, but from what I understand, had he not changed his diet, quit smoking, and started exercising, he probably would have been dead within a year or two, or would have been severely incapacitated. The doctors thought that he might have even had a mild stroke before that one, and just didn't realize it.

Looking at the YouTube comments, a lot of people are morons. They won't be laughing if it happens to them or a loved one.

Ask the person to touch their nose, if they can’t do it, bad sign. Have them walk a straight line, can’t do it, not good. Have them stick out their tongue, if it curves to one side, another indicator, get them help fast. Learn the signs of stroke, save someone’s life.

Thanks for posting that. I was telling some co-workers about the tests for stroke last week. Do you have a link for your list?

Regards,

TS