My Story
I had a stroke in April 2016. I didn't realize I had a stroke, I just thought I had slept on my arm wrong. About three weeks later I saw my doctor. He sent me to get an MRI at the hospital. They only did a CAT scan and gave me pain meds for what they told me was a strained shoulder, so he sent me to an MRI center. That was about a week after the hospital. The results were that I did indeed have a stroke. So, he sent me to Florida Medical center. It's another hospital that specializes in strokes. I spent about a month there. From there, I was transferred to Jackson Memorial Hospital. I was diagnosed with MoyaMoya on June 21,2016 which is my brother's birthday. My neurosurgeon was Jacques Morcos. He performed my first STA-MCA BYPASS about two weeks after I was released from Jackson. My second was about two months later. I still don't know an awful lot about this disease, but I remain a MoyaMoya warrior.
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