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Survivor Around the Globe, Tara Thornton
In Oct of 2006 I started having memory and balance issues. At that time I was a cocktail waitress in a casino in Las Vegas. An EMT at work suggested I get checked out by my doctor. I made an appointment for the next day. My doctor thought I had a herniated disc and sent […]
Posted on Tuesday, September 5, 2017Read More -
Survivor Around the Globe, Ronald Kratz
I was planned to travel 500 miles to North Carolina and surprise visit my aunt and uncle, but both had plans to go out of state so I cancelled reservations. Since I had off work, I took my mom out to visit my dads grave and stopped in a local casino resort on the way. […]
Posted on Friday, July 7, 2017Read More -
Survivor Around the Globe, Courtney Cuba
I was made aware of my AVM in April 2013 when I was in a car accident. The hospital ran scans on my brain just to be sure I didn’t have a bleed from the impact of the accident and they stumbled upon my AVM. I never had any symptoms in my 29 years of […]
Posted on Wednesday, June 21, 2017Read More -
Survivor Around the Globe, Mary Bratt
I’m a 67 year old AVM survivor who loves to spread awareness! Somehow I made it to age 60 before my AVM made itself known with a rupture while we were vacationing in Albuquerque in October 2009. Our 5 day planned vacation turned into a 2 month stay in the hospital and rehab there. We […]
Posted on Thursday, May 25, 2017Read More -
Survivor Around the Globe, Heather Vedeler
I just turned 15 years old when I had a hemorrhagic stroke caused by an AVM on March 7th, 2016. I suffered from migraines and chronic headaches for almost a year beforehand, but they were always set aside as part of being a teenager. After feeling a migraine come on, I stood up to get […]
Posted on Thursday, April 13, 2017Read More