Tyrone joint manager Feargal Logan has spent four months away from sport after collapsing at home.
Tyrone GAA's Feargal Logan collapsed at his home as he was getting ready for his county's Allianz football league clash with rivals Derry
He said the stroke had injured the balance centre of his brain and that he felt like "the big blown-up pencil thing you see at events when the air is taken out of it". He is thankful for the "professionalism and calmness" of everyone he dealt with in the health service, in particular Dr Ivan Wiggam and the Acute Stroke Unit in the Royal Victoria Hospital.
"The biggest message, and maybe I'm guilty of it, is you think you're invincible and none of us quite are."The thought, which I would have had plenty of times, was 'it'll never happen to me' - so just be cautious and careful."Reflecting on the past 16 weeks, Logan said he has had a lot of time for thinking and "hopefully not too much time for self-pity".
Gaelic football has been central to his life, and it is a hobby and a passion he is keen to get back into.
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