Stroke

Overview

In this section you can find out about the experience of stroke by seeing and hearing people share their personal stories on film. Researchers travelled all around the UK to talk to 73 people in their own homes. Find out what people said about issues such as diagnosis, physical changes after the stroke and impact on work and family. We hope you find the information helpful and reassuring.

You may also be interested in our section on TIA and minor stroke.

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Interview 13: I was lying in bed and my partner had gone down to make a cup of tea, but when she came back up, she said I think you've had a stroke. She noticed that my left side of my face was drooping.

Interview 20: And they explained that they thought the stroke was as the result of a blood clot, because I’d got-, they thought it was caused by an unusual heartbeat.

Interview 15: No, the enemy is the way I put it. Yes I've looked up quite a lot of information about stroke, what causes it.

Interview 28: Well, take the tablet you're told to take and do as you’re told to do . That’s what I say is, you know, they wouldn’t be telling you if it wasn't worth telling you would they?

This section is from research by the University of Sterling and the University of Oxford.

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Publication date: June 2007
Last updated: June 2017