Keeley Murdock from Ballyclare is now raising awareness of aphasia and its impact on stroke survivors
A young stroke survivor from Co Antrim has opened up about how a stroke at just 24 years old left her unable to speak.
“If I’m speaking with someone I might get muddled up and not be sure what someone is saying to me. To start with, I thought people wouldn’t want to speak to me because I’d had a stroke. “When I got to see her, she just looked at me and she couldn’t communicate with me. It was absolutely heart-breaking. We were in shock with the whole thing.
Keeley said: “After my stroke, nothing made sense to me. I didn’t understand that I’d had a stroke until the day I was leaving the hospital. I didn’t know anything about aphasia. A sociable, confident person before her stroke, Keeley says the impact of it all hit her self-esteem. Keeley’s family rallied around her, however Lesley recalls how difficult it was to adapt and learn how best to support her daughter with communication so deeply affected.
She also received counselling via the Stroke Association’s Emotional Support Service to help her come to terms with the impact of her stroke.
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