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• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 21-45 >> Interview 51 >> He was given sheets of cartoon drawing to help him communicate.

He had a stroke due to a clot aged 38 which caused severe aphasia and right paralysis of his leg and arm. Medication: dipyridamole (blood pressure), aspirin (antiplatelet), simvastatin (cholesterol).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 66-75 >> Interview 17 >> A speech therapist suggested he practice speaking in time with a metronome but he didn't find this helpful.

He had a stroke owing to a blocked left carotid artery aged 66 which caused aphasia and reading and writing problems. Medication: amlodipine, bendroflumethiazide (blood pressure), simvastatin (cholesterol), aspirin, dipyridamole (antiplatelet).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 66-75 >> Interview 17 >> He was given help with reading and comprehension and writing cheques and letters.

He had a stroke owing to a blocked left carotid artery aged 66 which caused aphasia and reading and writing problems. Medication: amlodipine, bendroflumethiazide (blood pressure), simvastatin (cholesterol), aspirin, dipyridamole (antiplatelet).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 21-45 >> Interview 02 >> Her speech therapist explained that she had been left with a communication problem which made it difficult for her to find alternatives for words.

She had a stroke after an operation to remove a malignant melanoma. The stroke caused right weakness of her arm and problems with speech. Medication: aspirin (antiplatelet).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 56-65 >> Interview 53 >> He would have liked more help from speech therapy and felt it stopped because of lack of funding.

He had a stroke due to a clot which came from his heart aged 55. The stroke caused right sided weakness and aphasia. Medication: perindopril (blood pressure) simvastatin (cholesterol), warfarin (anticoagulant).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 56-65 >> Interview 01 >> The speech therapist gave him speech exercises to help regain the muscle strength in his face which he described as being like a musician warming up t

He had a stroke due to hemorrhage aged 57, which caused left paralysis, left neglect and some early problems with speech. Medication: atenolol, ramipril (blood pressure), levetiracetam (epilepsy), paroxetine (antidepressant), omeprazole, (gastric resistant tablets).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 21-45 >> Interview 02 >> At the start she could not speak at all and had to go back to being like a child and practicing making word sounds. She also went onto have some help

She had a stroke after an operation to remove a malignant melanoma. The stroke caused right weakness of her arm and problems with speech. Medication: aspirin (antiplatelet).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 46-55 >> Interview 12 >> Person with aphasia felt that the speech and language therapist was rude and did not care about her as a person.

She had a stroke at the age of 48 due to a dissection of the left carotid artery. Her stroke caused aphasia and epilepsy. Medication: pravastatin (cholesterol), aspirin (antiplatelet), Epilim, Frisium and levetiracetam (epilepsy).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 21-45 >> Interview 49 >> She would have liked more help with reading because she wanted to be able to read more than children's books.

She had a stroke due a clot caused by a hereditary clotting disorder age 29, which caused aphasia, right paralysis and epilepsy. Medication: lipitor (cholesterol), warfarin (anticoagulant), tegretol, epilim (epilepsy), baclofen (spasms in arm).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 76-95 >> Interview 42 >> He felt the speech therapists gave up on him because they couldn't make out what he was saying which made him feel rotten.

He had a stroke during a heart bypass aged 74 which caused right weakness & speech, memory & emotional problems. Medication: perindropril, furosemide (blood pressure) simvastatin (cholesterol), aspirin, dipyridamole (antiplatelet), dosulepin (depression).

• Nerves & brain >> Stroke >> Age 21-45 >> Interview 51 >> They felt the speech therapy had been excellent are encouraging their daughter to train as speech therapist.

He had a stroke due to a clot aged 38 which caused severe aphasia and right paralysis of his leg and arm. Medication: dipyridamole (blood pressure), aspirin (antiplatelet), simvastatin (cholesterol).