Tasmanian woman remembers experiencing signs of stroke for a month leading up to her stroke

Fiona was just 24 years old, married and working as a nurse when she had a stroke.
Fiona remembers some early signs of stroke in the month before it hit her, “I had a pretty severe headache and blurred vision. I was pregnant at the time and told not to worry about it. If only I knew then what I know now.”

It took Fiona nearly 13 years to recover from her stroke. It was a long recovery to learn to walk and talk again. Fiona still doesn’t have the use of her right arm which remains paralysed.