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Survivor Stories

Tasneem Kriel – The miracle girl!

19 October 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…

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Robyn Leary – Stroke survivors still have everything to offer!

19 October 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.…

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Neville Harvey

19 October 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…

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Mpho – My stroke story

19 October 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…

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

19 October 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…

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Kay Subramanian

19 October 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…

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Jenni Gault

25 September 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…

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