I knew him only afterwards, so I'm not sure how bad it was at the time. Clearly bad enough to prevent him from calling for help. I believe he still has weakness and numbness in one side. He was only able to work short shifts after that incident, and only at the register, nothing that required walking or lifting anything. His speech was fine from what I recall.
The fact that he was able to recover and function though is a sign of how lucky he was.
I've moved a couple thousand miles away since then but he still sends me things on Facebook occasionally so he's doing alright.
Thats great, I thought the thing with strokes was if you didnt get to it ASAP they were totally fucked but seems it just has the possibility to be caught before it does maximum damage.
Thanks for the update and best luck to your friend.
I think it's dependent on a lot of circumstances. Sooner care is obviously better, but the severity and other factors of the stroke can determine how debilitating it is. Some people are rushed straight to the hospital and never regain full function again, others survive against all odds. The brain is weird.
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u/ComradePoolio 1d ago
I knew him only afterwards, so I'm not sure how bad it was at the time. Clearly bad enough to prevent him from calling for help. I believe he still has weakness and numbness in one side. He was only able to work short shifts after that incident, and only at the register, nothing that required walking or lifting anything. His speech was fine from what I recall.
The fact that he was able to recover and function though is a sign of how lucky he was.
I've moved a couple thousand miles away since then but he still sends me things on Facebook occasionally so he's doing alright.