Alex Murphy is Ready to Talk About Her Stroke

[@liannamackie]

You were meant to come here to meet Kleiny! ❤️

[@DeniseWalker-f4p]

Its weird that I am watching this but have seen her marriage

[@mrsljp3610]

What an inspiration!! Still can’t believe DOI has dropped you, so gutted! X

[@leejohnstone5167]

Don't stop doing something that you love doing

[@OhioSally]

Alex, never give up. The sky is the limit.

[@shardyphotographic]

What an inspirational young lady. You are our favourite skater on Dancing on ice UK and we absolutely adored you on Celebrity Coach Trip

[@louisecrane1072]

This is so weird this video as just popped up on my KZbin after just watching you and joe smash dancing on ice congratulations to you both you should be so proud of yourself,I'm just recovering a stroke it happened in September last year a day before my 39th birthday I was lucky enough that I recovered pretty well from the stroke but after 4 days from the stroke it triggered me to have seizures I've just gone 3 weeks seizure free listening to your story has made me feel I'm not alone in recovering I found it tough thinking people dont understand me and when I have the seizures I'm faking it as sometimes I would have more that 30 a day I honestly felt like life wasn't worth living anymore due to the quality of life the stroke had left me with but now I feel so lucky to of over come it ,thank you Alex for your story spreading the word is important ❤

[@DifferentStrokesUK]

Wishing you well with your own recovery ❤️

[@eamondelaney3287]

Does cbd not work to stop seizures like it does in children

[@charlottequ8764]

I completely understand the guilt is real. Helping other people really does help and spreading awareness and knowledge.

[@llso-lovelightsoundoneness1606]

I know what you mean when you say your heart is faulty but I have to just make it loud and clear your heart is not faulty you and your parents are angels at I wish I had as much grace as you have in your pinky finger. It's so nice to find people with Fame who still have such good solid hearts. Much love and many blessings to all...

[@carawemissyou8901]

Strong Girl 🙌

[@sharondonkin2708]

Wow, what a incredible young woman you are xxx

[@jcampbell6553]

Awareness is so important, well done Alex, Different Strokes keep up the great work you do.

[@DifferentStrokesUK]

Thank you! Will do! ❤️

[@74maverick]

You’re an inspiration girl!! Keep it up.

[@wendyrichardson3668]

Thankyou x

[@user100-99]

Wendy Richardson wth

[@lynnepurdue6743]

Amazing story interesting to hear how different yours was, I’m 43 and had one as a baby it has left me with left hemiparesis and cerebral palsy thankfully I’m not in a wheelchair in fact you don’t notice it unless I’m not using my left hand or see me walk and fall flat on my face thank you for sharing your story

[@DifferentStrokesUK]

Thanks for your comment Lynne. I hope you're recovery is going okay. Check out our website www.differentstrokes.co.uk for other ways we can help :)

[@emma_gacha244]

Wow Alex I had no clue your one of my favourite ice skaters on dancing in ice uk and do u know what hun I felt every word in this video because I’ve been there I had a stroke 6 years ago I gave birth to my gorgeous daughter and a week later I had the stroke I was took to hospital and one in a n e to 2 weeks after the stroke I had a seizure I’m left with post stroke epilepsy I had high blood pressure while pregnant it caused a blood clot that traveled to my brain and cut off the oxygen I know what it takes to come back after a stroke to from one survivor to another I commend your strength and positivity much love to hun xxxxxxxx

[@anonymouspeacefulperson6199]

Emma Lake wow Emma. Didn’t realise it happened to my hairdresser as well. Must be a theme here.

[@emma_gacha244]

Anonymous Peaceful person yeah since me having mine I’ve learned of it happening to many young people xxxx

[@clairepedersen9296]

How scary that it took so long for Alex to be hospitalised. Very lucky.

[@ericabates5361]

Hello Alex, I never knew this until now. You are a true inspiration to all. & I am so very pleased you are ok now 💜 Erica x

[@DifferentStrokesUK]

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[@natalieelizabethdonaldson4187]

Amazing and inspirational women ❤️

[@audreybee5061]

Ye I’ve just watch you & joe win last weekend and Waow , you are a trooper girl. To come back to the ice and do what you do after all that you had gone through is utterly, absolutely amazing. Onward and upward girl, I soooo admire you ❤️❤️

[@DifferentStrokesUK]

She is amazing! ❤️

[@ericabates5361]

Hello Alex, I should of continued watching before commenting 😉Firstly thank you for sharing! 💙 I am so very happy you found Different Strokes & being able to talk about your Stroke & how you had been feeling in the last 5 years & also talking to others 💕 you really are such an Inspiration 😁 much love sent to you 💜 Erica x

[@DifferentStrokesUK]

Thanks for sharing!! ❤️

[@wendyrichardson3668]

I had my stroke when I was 7 months pregnant with my daughter 27 years ago and I had 5 more children after she was born

[@TheHendogga032888]

HI Alex! Still remember me? I admire your courage and glad to hear about your journey through it all. How are you now?

[@holliebenson7433]

Wow this is insane! I’m a student nurse and I work on a cardiology ward and I know the process of a heart surgery and how long it can take. Honestly you are amazing Alex, absolute inspiration! Xx

[@garethdavies418]

My grandmother had a stroke he has passed away now but after he had his stroke it made him a completely different person he went from being a activ guy to not being able to do anything it was hard to see him go like that

[@DifferentStrokesUK]

So sorry to hear this- sending love to you all

[@garethdavies418]

@@DifferentStrokesUK it hits you hard but for her to get to where she is after one totally amazing

[@Melaniasky]

Your amazing and such an inspiration.💖💖💖

[@BillGasiamis]

Great to hear that you are all getting back on track.

[@territurner8691]

omg thank you, i had the same happen to me at walmart,i worked for them my question were you thirsty i couldnt get enough i,, theater and i even drove my jeep home this is too weird

[@71Bopper]

Wow! Alex you are one of my face s8r's. Inspirational!!

[@DifferentStrokesUK]

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[@Kari_B61ex]

I had a stroke in late August 2012. I was on a caravan holiday in Cornwall with my family... One morning I went to get out of bed and fell on the floor. I had no feeling or movement on my lower right side and right leg, I also had a 'fizzy, numb tongue'. I thought it was caused by a trapped nerve! But my family drove me to the hospital to get it checked. I had an MRI, and was admitted on to the stroke ward. Even though at the time they originally diagnosed MS. I spent 11 days in hospital and 6 months doing intensive physiotherapy. I was afraid to go out alone for nearly a year as I was worried it would happen again, so I saw a psychotherapist. During all this time I was convinced that I didn't have MS - I thought I was going crazy! I then moved, and one morning woke up with a massive blood clot on my hand, it was red hot and the size of my hand. I went to see my new GP who took bloods and then a week later I received a letter from the haematology dept saying to make an urgent appointment. They also ordered another MRI - 18 months after the original stroke I was re-diagnosed with having a stroke in 2012 and also a blood disorder called polycythemia rubra vera (my bone marrow makes too many red blood cells) so it's thick and sticky. The relief of receiving the correct diagnosis and treatment was amazing! I agree that spreading the word is so important!

[@DifferentStrokesUK]

Wishing you well with your own recovery ❤️

[@carawemissyou8901]

I.had a Stroke in 2012 too. Feel huged 🤗

[@krystingrant6292]

Wow

[@user-bm4mu8dc6o]

Hi name is louise I had a post operative stroke in 1997 they told me that I beat 1/3 cause I lived 1/3 beat me cause I had a stroke and I was in the middle of 1/3 cause of the result of having a stroke

[@DifferentStrokesUK]

Thanks for sharing Louise ❤

[@edwardgeorge4881]

I had a stroke: the most frustrating thing is not being able to communicate. I understand that (forgive me if I'm wrong) your heart developed in it a clot, and the clot travelled to your brain, which resulted in the damage to your brain; you dodged a bullet.There is a guardian angel watching over you.

[@DifferentStrokesUK]

Thanks for sharing Edward. Wishing you well with your recovery! ❤️

[@sianp5227]

Who thumbs-down this? 🙄

[@territurner8691]

i believe people need education ,i went to my doctor and told her what happened to me first thing she said not a stroke but a seizure and all these years later no meds,actually it was a stroke still no medication,i want to get well now!!!!!!

[@jaxmusic8459]

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[@DifferentStrokesUK]

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[@helenlinskey3871]

Omg I honestly had no idea that you had had a stroke. I was just 16 when I had my first minor stroke which at the time wasn’t diagnosed. They doctor did say if he didn’t know better he would say I had a stroke but because of my age it wasn’t a possibility. ( how wrong was he) it was a couple of years later when I was working at a nursing home and was told that until I had seen a neurologist then unfortunately I couldn’t work there as I was scarring the residents. So long story shorter I saw a neurologist who wasn’t great, got a 2nd opinion who sent me to see a cardiologist and at the age of 20 I was diagnosed with cctga ( congenital corrected transpotion of the greater arteries). I had a child when I was 22 and 5 months after she was born I had a 2nd stroke. Which was diagnosed at doctors and by the hospital. I was then put on lots of different tablets for heart and blood thinners. I turned 40 had another minor stroke but coz it only lasted a few hours they put it down to a water infection then at 41 the week before I turned 42 I had a cardiac arrest at home, luckily for me my husband was here and he saved my life. Yes I still suffer with horrendous memory lose and still have a weaker right side because of the stokes but like u I am still alive. So glad you are still here and think you are amazing.

[@DifferentStrokesUK]

Sounds like you have had a really difficult time Helen. Thanks for sharing your story. x

[@helenlinskey3871]

Different Strokes UK thank you and it’s still continuing just like me but at least I am still here

[@annmorrison1870]

Disappointing that the nurse didn’t recognise it as a stroke and organise for you to get admitted ASAP. Ideally you need to get to hospital within a few hours not 12hrs later

[@anonymouspeacefulperson6199]

Ann Morrison yes that can be a problem. The last time it happened to me, I was at work and went immediately downstairs to A and E. Mamood a nurse was extremely rude and thought I was doing an audit for management rather than an authentic patient. A patient feels really intimidated when the nurse says, oh no, why is she here! She will have to wait!” Eventually they found a heart arrhythmia but I had to wait a while because he was presuming I wasn’t really ill! It was the same experience when my eyes were attacked in a hotel - I went straight away to A and E and they were extremely unsympathetic towards my pain in my eyes and said they had no machines to test them. When I was brought in by an ambulance after a severe reaction to eating a pizza and nearly in a coma, it was a 6 hour wait in the waiting room after the Greek nurse and black nurse triaged even though the paramedic said to me that the protocol was that because I was a priority 1 call out, I should never have been placed in the waiting room area as I had nearly lost consciousness. The ambulance crew were very patient and professional and did everything to the book. I don’t have a lot of faith in our local health care A and E department. When I had drug poisoning from a coffee, the A and E department refused to give treatment for a collapse or to test for drugs in my urine to be able to get evidence to sue the company for negligence, even though I had a management permission to be tested and the police asked for me to be tested by the hospital pathology department. It’s a terrible experience to go through!

[@CynergyDiva]

Ann Morrison Yeah I was thinking the same thing I mean they teach the average person to recognize a stroke, so why wouldn’t a trained medical professional see the signs?

[@anonymouspeacefulperson6199]

The Cynergist it’s called following protocol. If the police have asked for the patient to be tested for food tampering with prescription drugs, so they get evidence, they shouldn’t just say the machine broke down on the day of the pathology tests. Same with a patient who was semi conscious falling unconscious, numbness in extremities and blue lips, protocol says they shouldn’t leave them in a public waiting room area - they shouldn’t be told to wait in the waiting room area when they are already on the wheelchair or should be in a cubicle until a doctor is free as coma and unconscious people are classified as category 1. Then when the nurse has told them to wait for 5 hours, told they won’t wheel them into A and E and they have to walk, even though they nearly fell over. There is something not quite honest about that! Having worked in a clinical setting, you tend to get to know what the protocols are, like breeches and bed state.

[@lyndamurphy2]

Alex was performing on a cruise ship near Tenerife, The care she received was wonderful on the ship and they got her to the hospital as soon as the boat docked. My husband also suffered a stroke and because I knew the warning signs he was rushed to the hospital within 11 minutes. Time is of the essence! Please spread the word and Learn the signs!

[@MichelleIzzo]

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[@Q-ey2jk]

How are you now

[@loulabelle9120]

This channel is called Different Strokes? How hilarious and equally horrendous.....

[@DifferentStrokesUK]

We are charity founded by a stroke survivor in the 90's - it was quite the pun back then!! ❤️