She Had a Hemorrhagic Stroke and Became a Super Survivor | #207
Judy Cage had a massive hemorrhagic stroke at 39. She walked out of the rehab hospital two months later. Her colleagues thought she'd been on a leave of absence.
What was actually happening: she was working four hours a week, on doctor's orders. She was doing Wordle and Sudoku every day to keep her attention and processing sharp. She was sitting down in airport skylinks because she needed to preserve her energy and stay upright — and getting looks from strangers who saw a healthy-looking woman taking a seat she didn't "need."
That is ableism. And it follows stroke survivors everywhere.
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