Scots woman has stroke aged 34 after mistaking symptoms for flu
A Scots dog handler has told how she suffered a devastating stroke moments after writing off her symptoms as a case of flu. Laura Collingwood was only 34, when she realised her 'flu symptoms' were a lot more serious and when she started to feel her arms and legs went numb.Laura from Paisley was able to call 999 and by the time paramedics arrived she found on the stairs unable to move having suffered a stroke.She was rushed to the Royal Alexandra Hospital where she received a scan that revealed the stroke was caused by an artery dissection in her neck.
As Glasgow Live reports she underwent She underwent thrombolysis, a procedure that dissolves blood clots, and then spent a week in hospital.Now, six months after her ordeal, Laura and a group of her friends tackled Scotland's highest peak, Ben Nevis, raising more than £1,700 for Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland.She said: "I’m very stubborn.
I was determined to do something to prove a point, even if that point was only to myself."I’ve climbed Ben Nevis before but in summer.
It seemed like the kind of tough challenge I should. I’m still recovering and I’m not where I want to be, but that wasn’t going to stop me."I know recovery will be ongoing for a long time, but I am still here, and I can still achieve things.“Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland seemed like the ideal charity for me to support when I asked some friends to help me climb Ben Nevis.
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