Strides not Strokes

At 26 years old, my world changed when I suffered a stroke due to a Vertebral Artery Dissection. The cause of this dissection remains unknown, and I quickly learned I was not alone in being a young stroke survivor. I lost functioning of the left side of my body, but clung to the hope my doctors gave me when they told me it would be possible to make a full recovery. Since taking my “first steps” for the second time in my life, I’ve regained a significant amount of strength back and have started to run again. I became determined to reach a goal of completing a 5K on October 21st and conned some supporters into joining me. Since nobody likes to run without a t-shirt involved, I began to brainstorm. I sent a text message to a wonderfully artistic friend of mine with the best description of the image in my mind, and she so perfectly turned it into the design you see.

Following my stroke, several people have asked how they can help and it has been hard to push my pride aside to accept what is being offered. Here is my offering: Buy a shirt if you feel so inclined— Custom Ink will share a percentage of the profits made. Here is what I ask of you if you do so: Share a helpful prevention tip, a part of my story, or the simple fact that you know a young stroke survivor when someone asks you about the shirt.

The more shirts sold = larger percentage of profit shared. Even better than that, the more shirts sold = more awareness spread about young strokes. Thank you for joining me in my come back!