Still waiting to hear how my niece is going but thank you for your comments. I think the word cancer instantly in stalls fear and conjures you the worst fears.

It's like the word stroke i thought it was an old persons illness, it was not until i can onto this site, i was amazed at the ages of the victims, and that no 2 strokes or recovery is the same.

I'm still confused as to what caused my stroke, was it the medication they gave me at the hospital to clear the blockage at the bottom of the heart or was i experiencing a minor stroke the day beforeafter the walk, all i can remember is that i was doing soccer training when i developed a massive throbing headarch and then six weeks later i came too from a coma. the day before the collapse i had gone for a walk at lunch time and when i got back to the office i felt light headed but didn't thing anything of it. I had been doing gym work at least 2-3 times a week with no side effects.

Since then for the last 2 years i had numbness down my entire right side. Over the past 3 weeks i am finally getting more feeling in my affected side.

the thing i would love to no was is was it the heart problem or the drugs the doctors they gave me in hospital. i guess i will never know, but staying positive i will get better and defeat this set back.