A Dublin woman is urging other stroke survivors to join a series of live and recorded talks offering supports ahead of World Stroke Day.
The Irish Heart Foundation is co-ordinating a series of expert-led online talks to provide vital support to the 25,380 stroke survivors in Dublin who need help coping with the after effects of stroke. The charity is also holding its monthly in-person talks stroke support group at the Young Survivors' Network gym class, Dun Laoghaire, Rua Red Arts Centre in Tallaght, St Bernadette's Community Centre in Crumlin, Mount Merrion Community Centre, Beech Park Parish Centre in Castleknock, Ballygall Community Centre and Young Stroke Survivors' Network in Kilmainham.
One Dublin survivor has told how “in an instant, my whole world was taken from me” and is backing the information campaign as an essential tool in the recovery process. Teacher Fiona Bardon, from Terenure, woke up feeling sick in August 2019 and suffered a seizure at home, breaking her shoulder as she fell, before being rushed to A & E and told she had a stroke.
