Tag: "hemorrhagic stroke"
Triathlete-in-training powers through stroke rehabilitation
Marie Richter was just moments away from climbing a ladder to help a friend with roof repairs when she felt a sudden weakness in her right arm and leg. By the time her friend could help her inside, the entire right side of Richter’s body felt paralyzed. “I had been training for a triathlon,” she [...]
Professor fights back after rare stroke
Bill Postiglione was used to thinking on his feet. As a political science professor and karate club instructor at Quincy University, he stayed in top form for everything from classroom debates to training students in self-defense techniques. At dinner with his wife in February 2012, Postiglione felt a sudden, severe pain in his head. He [...]
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