I wasn't embarrassed that I'd had a stroke, but I just didn't want people to think I was milking it or looking for sympathy. It happened, and I dealt with it. Afterwards, I tried to do what I could for other people who had strokes, speaking at hospitals that treated stroke victims.
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I wasn't embarrassed that I'd had a stroke, but I just didn't want people to think I was milking it
I wasn't embarrassed that I'd had a stroke, but I just didn't want people to think I was milking it
I wasn't embarrassed that I'd had a stroke, but I just didn't want people to think I was milking it
I wasn't embarrassed that I'd had a stroke, but I just didn't want people to think I was milking it
I wasn't embarrassed that I'd had a stroke, but I just didn't want people to think I was milking it
I wasn't embarrassed that I'd had a stroke, but I just didn't want people to think I was milking it
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