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May 5, 2023 at 8:54 pm
May 5, 2023 at 8:54 pm
Some people can’t avoid the stroke. Take me, for example. I was a runner, didn’t smoke or drink, and had great results from the doctor. But I also had, unbeknownst to me and found 10 years post-stroke, Protein C and Protein S deficiencies which ultimately causes blood clots. And the clots found their way to the brain where I had clots in every extremity. So bottom line: