Andrew Marr 'lucky to be alive' after major stroke

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[quote]Broadcaster Andrew Marr has appeared on television for the first time since suffering a major stroke, saying he feels "lucky to be alive".

Marr explained he had fallen into the "terrible" trap of believing what he read in newspapers, which encouraged people to "take very intensive exercise in short bursts - and that's the way to health".

He went on: "I went onto a rowing machine and gave it everything I had, and had a strange feeling afterwards - a blinding headache, and flashes of light - served out the family meal, went to bed, woke up the next morning lying on the floor unable to move.

"Beware rowing machines, or at least beware being too enthusiastic on rowing machines would be my message to the nation," he said.

Marr said the stroke had not impaired his voice or memory but had affected "the whole left hand side of my body, which is why I'm still not able to walk fluently".[/quote]

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For some reason a stroke is one of the few things that truly terrifies me, I dunno why but just the concept of what it can do to someone really scares me.

Its why I am amazed by his quick recovery, its only been a couple of months if I remember rightly.

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You can still see it was a bad one, in that interview the left side of his mouth is still drooping down when he speaks. Fucking scary things.

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My grandfather had a stroke he's still hasn't recovered from, can't control most of his muscles on the left side. Makes me very sad to see him like that.