Ellis Dawson, 31, suffered two strokes, highlighting the risk of stroke for young people. Despite initial misdiagnosis and lack of adequate rehabilitation, she made a remarkable recovery and now advocates for stroke awareness and better healthcare access.
2023 is a year Ellis Dawson will never forget. Not for reasons like working hard in her career, travelling, leading a busy and full life, but because it is the year she battled through two strokes- at just 31 years old.
“Back home I was referred for an MRI scan and it was after that the doctor confirmed I had had a TIA, which was the biggest shock of my life. I didn’t think anything like that could happen because of my age. I was just 31, and I was fit, active, at the gym all the time, walking the dog every day. I couldn’t believe it.”
“I was rushed to hospital for a thrombectomy, which is a procedure to remove blood clots and help restore blood flow to the brain and other organs. The not knowing how things would turn out was so frightening, especially as the whole left-hand side of my body was paralysed. I was told my mobility might only come back to about 80%, and the best-case scenario was 90%. To hear that was just unbelievable.
“It would be scary enough navigating recovery after a stroke when you are under the care of a hospital team but being left to navigate that by yourself and wondering ‘am I doing the right things?’, knowing how to do enough but not too much, was a very difficult experience. I am so lucky however and I know I represent the best-case scenario of a recovery after stroke.”
“I had my surgery on May 16. I was really nervous beforehand but thankfully everything went well, and my recovery was brilliant afterwards. It is good to know the cause of my stroke has been fixed. It helps take away that feeling of being at risk. It also meant I was able to return to work in July and I am so happy to be back.”
“I want people to be aware that stroke can strike anybody at any age, even if they are fit and seem perfectly healthy, that’s really important to me. Just because you are young doesn’t mean you are immune to stroke. I never thought it could happen to me, but people need to take their health seriously and get things checked out if there’s something they aren’t happy about.
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