for six years i've been an elementary
special education teacher in new york i
love what i do and truly enjoy being a
part of my students lives every day
january 19 started out like any other
morning at school i was giving a math
lesson when i noticed something strange
i was trying to say the word numerator
and i started slurring my words
i felt dizzy and i quickly lost all
feeling in the left side of my body
thankfully my colleagues jumped into
action and called 9-1-1
before i knew it i was taken to mount
sinai stroke center
the doctors confirmed i suffered a
stroke and treated me right away
as a young and healthy person i never
thought in a million years that could
happen to me
after a scary ordeal i'm now recovering
and doing well
and i can't wait to go back to teaching
again very soon
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wow and erity joins us now along with dr
sharon majidi good morning to both of
you
hi good morning and erity we're so glad
you're doing well now we know you're
recovering successfully but can you take
us back to that day when you were in the
classroom
were you conscious were you aware of
what was happening in that moment
oh yeah i i knew everything that was
going on um
there was no no loss of consciousness it
was it was just really scary
but when you so when you were
experiencing those those uh symptoms
already uh did you did you have a
feeling that something was wrong that
you maybe suspected a stroke or it was
just you were wondering what was
happening
yeah i
you know in the moment i
could not have told you what was
happening i i you know i knew the
symptoms of the stroke i just
didn't think it applied to me as a young
healthy person it didn't um
you know it didn't cross my mind at all
until
i was in the emergency room and someone
from the team um came up to me and said
you know that you're having a stroke
right now
geez what a scary way to learn about
that doctor you actually perform the
procedure
that removed the blood clot that caused
this stroke can you tell us a little bit
about that and also what are some of the
warning signs that people should know if
they find themselves in similar
situations
yeah the
procedure that we did is called
endovascular thrombectomy it's a
minimally invasive brain surgery then we
navigate the catheter
through the vessel up to the brain to
the clot and use certain technologies to
capture the clot and restore the blood
flow to the brain
and doctor i'd imagine time was very
important in the success of of this case
but at 28 years old i feel like at the
same time this this kind of happens and
you don't think to go to the emergency
room right away so but i mean that's
really what you need to do time is of
the essence
when it comes to stroke time is up in
essence the time is brain time loss is
brain loss
every 40 seconds someone in the united
states has a stroke stroke is the
major cause of disability in the nation
however there is a treatment for a
stroke if the patient arrives to the
hospital
in a timely manner
doctor you know when we hear about you
usually you hear about stroke we think
it's usually older people arity is of
course young she's healthy uh
what are the symptoms and is it unusual
for somebody her age having a stroke
so uh
in regards to stroke symptoms uh fast
acronym is the easy way of remembering
stroke symptoms f stands for facial
drooping observe the patient's face and
ask the patient to smile is there any
droopy smile
a stands for
arm weakness ask the patient to raise
the arms up is there any drifting in the
arm
s stands for speech
observe the patient of speech is there a
cleary speech or is there any word
finding difficulty ask the patient to
repeat a sing a simple sentence like uh
today is a sunny and bright day is there
any difficulty in that those are signs
of a stroke and t stands for time call
9-1-1 right away never
never wait never go to bed take a nap
that the symptoms will go away because
time loss is brilliant
okay
well we are so uh happy auritie that you
are doing just fine and we're so happy
you're here to tell us your story thank
you so much
thank you thank you so much and for more
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