What Women Need to Know About Strokes

Waking up after a stroke can feel like you have a mountain to climb... When Chris had his stroke in 2017 (caused by an emergency operation to treat a cancerous tumour on his bowel) he knew he had a decision to make: Give up and let himself be defeated, or throw himself feet first into his recovery. Up until his stroke, Chris had been living independently. But as is the case for a lot of survivors with one-sided weakness, Chris found himself in a High Dependency Unit at King's College Hospital, '

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