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Tasneem Kriel – The miracle girl!

19/10/2017

The “Miracle girl!” Before my stroke I was a very happy healthy and in love 23-year-old woman excited for my pending wedding day. My world came crashing down on the 13 June 2009 while out with my “then” fiancé having...


Robyn Leary – Stroke survivors still have everything to offer!

19/10/2017

Stroke survivors still have everything to offer! “I think this is going to be the most difficult thing I’ve ever done,” I remember whispering to a friend. It had been two weeks since my stroke. I was still in hospital,...


Neville Harvey

19/10/2017

Neville Harvey, a stroke survivor who I recently was in contact with for a radio interview. It would be great to add his story to our survivors page on the website, and perhaps use his story in some way for...


Mpho – My stroke story

19/10/2017

The 12th of December 2015, will be etched in my memory as the day that changed my life, more than the car accident I was involved in in 1991, where doctors had said to me upon admission to Baragwanath Hospital,...


Lloyd Jacobs – From running out of time to running the Two Oceans Marathon

19/10/2017

July 2015 On the evening of 31 July I had a raised heart rate (140 -150bpm) while trying to sleep, the hospital chalked it up to anxiety so I went home with some pain medication and rested at home that Friday....


Kay Subramanian

19/10/2017

On 28 September 2014 I was invited to my son’s home for a birthday party. I was totally well but after an hour I felt hot & tired. I told them I am going upstairs to lay down. I battle...


Jenni Gault

25/09/2017

In June 2007, 41 year old Port Elizabeth jewellery designer and health and fitness fanatic Jenni Gault thought she was about to go into anaphylactic shock after being stung by a bee. She had no idea she was having a...


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