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I am 45 and have suffered a similar episode, she needs to stop smoking immediately and lower her cholestrol through correct nutrition, this is what I have done and it should lessen the possibility of another episode
My mother suffered a severe stroke after a heart catherization. She is totally parlyzed on the left side. She is now 87 years old and has been in the nursing home. She suffered from her stroke in May 2007. What is the life expectancy.