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Shaun Keenan

Derry stroke survivor 'realised something was wrong' days after she lost her mother to cancer

A Northern Ireland woman has told how her life changed "in a flash" after she suffered a stroke.

When Ruby Sutherland, who is from the Waterside in Derry, began to feel unwell in December 2010 she put symptoms down to stress.

Ruby was grieving after the death of her mum to cancer, and had a headache a couple of days after the funeral, which she associated with the agony of losing her mum.

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