'The first stroke happened when I was playing football, but I didn't know it at the time, it just felt like I had a headache.'
was turned upside down when he was hit by the devastating condition again at a family barbecue.
"The following day I picked my toddler son up from nursery and carried him home on my shoulders. It was such a nice day that I lit the barbecue so we could enjoy a family dinner outside that evening. Then everything changed. My wife and children watched me have a stroke right in front of them. "Thankfully I survived, but from that point on my battle to recover began. The stroke left me with left-sided paralysis. I couldn't do anything for myself.
Tim was in hospital for three months and had to learn everything again – how to swallow, how to sit, how to stand and eventually how to walk again.He recalled:"My mind was affected too. I struggled with my memory and my emotions, and I suffered from terrible stroke fatigue. I had gone from an active family man to someone who simply couldn't do anything at all.
Tim, who now works as a peer support coordinator for CHSS, is urging people across the country to donate to the charity's summer fundraising appeal with the hope of raising vital funds to support more people living with chest, heart and stroke conditions to live their lives to the full.
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