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Protecting Your Health
Healthy You Saved My Life!
Charles Peters Knew the Warning Signs of StrokeHe avoided permanent damage from a stroke by recognizing the warning signs and calling an ambulance immediately.
Call 9-1-1 and get to the nearest Stroke Center immediately. Time lost is brain lost! “I started talking to myself and realized my speech was slurred,” says the 68-year-old Whitehall man. “I realized something was wrong.” Though he was confused and couldn’t turn off the computer, Peters realized what was wrong. “I remembered reading the signs of a stroke in Healthy You,” he said. “Two and two came together, and I realized I needed to do something quickly.” When the ambulance arrived, Peters asked to be taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital, the only Certified Stroke Center in the region. “I figured they’ve got a great team there.” Within minutes, doctors confirmed that he had had a stroke. Within an hour, the Stroke Team started an IV of tPA, the only FDA-approved clot-busting drug for strokes. Soon, feeling returned to Peters’ arm and hand, but doctors told him he needed surgery to repair a narrowed artery in his neck that had caused his stroke. A few days later, he was home, with no long-term ill effects from the stroke. “Tell people to read Healthy You,” he advises. “Take it from my experience. Healthy You saved my life.”
Want to Know More? For a magnet that lists the warning signs of stroke, call 610-402-CARE. This page last updated 2/12/08 04:08 PM
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