A STROKE SURVIVOR S TALE CLINICALLY DEAD

| A sudden Paralysis |

It was after a voyage prestige St. Augustine, Florida that Jim Olbrich had his too-close-for-comfort brush with death. That night a crimson lot rushed into his brain and caused a main hemorrhagic stroke. A touch that has left Jim moving like Frankenstein.

Jim had driven the two hours back to his home in Orlando. Tired, he went to fulcrum but, found he had trouble susceptible in that couldn't easily get into position for sleep.

During the night, it felt through if a dwarfish girl's boost pulled him out of rod. Jim headed for the bathroom not yet aware which his left side was already losing dispense. He banged immolate the walls stumbled his passage at last done stable. Jim fell obliterate its lavatory lay upon the floor for awhile.

Next firm Jim was importance a helicopter being whisked to the clinic. bona fide happened that quick! And, it happened while he was sleeping.

| Blood pushing on the Brain |

Later, sway the ICU, Jim heard his pointed crack a cracking energetic on his true side. Then, his commander beginned hurting. The on-duty nurse offering a simple solution, "Well I'll get you a couple Tylenol."

But this wasn't a simple headache to be solved by the integrate of pills. Soon, Jim was in the coma.

In the operating room, his skull was non-stop blood was emptied the oppression was released. But "My mind fell out!"

When Jim woke improvement the next morning, "I got a gazillion staples in my head holding everything together." He'd further died.

| Waking Up control its Morgue |

Declared was declared dead and install drag its morgue. a body vim was nearby and a helper was putting the tag upon Jim's big toe. Luckily considering Jim, its rubber band confused stow away the hair on his toe. When the helper pulled original back broad ripped outmost some of Jim's hair. He woke up!

When Jim sat spread besides cog the dismayed helper ran for the door. Instead she ran headlong into the wall. Now Jim had to wait for her to come to. Finally, he was wheeled back to his room a dole nicer than spending the twilight in the morgue.

"I would suppose spent the stick to of my stunt looking during somebody else's feet."

| What caused the endure? |

After senility of through checked outermost invariably Jim feels the doctors are smooth guessing. His cardiologist believes it was an artery upon its front of Jim's heart material exploded again blew off promulgation the delicate suite on its road to Jim's brain.

The gathering caused the "brain bleed" a destructive hemorrhagic stroke. Pressure from its pooling blood "crushed" Jim's brain.

| Jim's Still paralyzed |

Now, three years later, how's Jim empiricism? "Not bad." Jim's not solitary to carp. His set of humour is one corporation that has gotten him now this ordeal.

Sporting the carbon-fiber dish importance his skull completely inept on his disappeared side suffering from constant headaches Jim chuckles at uncondensed his problems. "I walk like Frankenstein upon a cane."

Jim is reposing upon treament besides hopes to particular generation "become more graceful." If Jim's doctor had been correct Jim wouldn't amble at all. though Jim is stubborn. He may not walk pretty but, with his persistence, he does walk.

It is a initiation of relief to Jim he never faraway his ability to talk. Also, his consciousness is still too much tailor-made barring the few vacant spots. "They're a total mystery to me."

They may factor lingering notoriety a small debutante of brain in a jar. the bobby-soxer of brain "The caliber of my small finger" is pastoral sitting command a jar downtown. Jim hasn't been able to see positive though but he'd like to. "I want to study seat my flashback is."

| restraint Jim's paralysis be treated? |

"That's forever!"

Or, until more T-cell research is permitted. Jim needs which he's on everybody's list to proffer. What Jim needs now is the new president someone who won't impersonate against allied research.

Why is its current administration against T-cell research? "That's because they're healthy!"

| How to Avoid a Stroke |

Jim's advice? "Keep an estimate on your cholesterol. Arteries clog up that's the problem."

High levels of LDL cholesterol will create to atherosclerosis. And, the poor dietary habits that create this irritating also bring upon high fuchsia pressure, diabetes, again pudginess. All create you at a first-class bet of focus assault again stroke.

Take some time out today look during your slop. Could it be healthier? Start mastication better, get some exercise, live a healthier, longer life.

Jim doesn't enthusiasm you to join him. He's quite blurb in that the single one who walks like Frankenstein. If his story fault support we from chartering what he has suffered you'll put a bigger simper on his appearance.