Deans' stroke musings: U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján Delivers Keynote Address At International Stroke Conference

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

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My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Saturday, February 11, 2023

U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján Delivers Keynote Address At International Stroke Conference

He totally missed the opportunity to deliver the truth: That everything in stroke is a fuckup. The message should have been. 'Stroke survivors want 100% recovery. The research is out there that will get us close to that and if we create a decent strategy we can get there.' A completely missed opportunity since stroke conferences almost never hear from survivors.

U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján Delivers Keynote Address At International Stroke Conference

Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on February 10, 2023
- 6:08 pm

Luján Delivers Keynote Address at International Stroke Conference. Courtesy/BRL

From the Office of Ben Ray Luján:

DALLAS, Texas – Today, U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) delivered the keynote address at the International Stroke Conference in Dallas, Texas – an annual conference dedicated to the science and treatment of cerebrovascular disease and brain health.

Since recovering from a stroke, Luján has used his platform to raise awareness about the warning signs of strokes and the importance of seeking medical care.

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Last May, Luján introduced and unanimously passed a resolution to recognize May as Stroke Awareness Month. The resolution encourages continued coordination and cooperation between the federal government, researchers, families, and the public to improve prognoses by increasing access to timely treatments for individuals who suffer strokes.

WATCH: Luján Delivers Keynote Address at International Stroke Conference

An excerpt of Sen. Luján’s speech is below:

One of the reasons I have been willing to speak about this [stroke recovery] is that I was encouraged by so many to share this story.

What it was like going through this, especially in a public way.

Because so many are discouraged from coming forward.

Because they believe they will be treated differently.

That’s why this public education matters. We have to change this.

One of the priorities that we are working on is to ensure that in more rural parts of America, that you are able to get post-stroke rehabilitation.

It doesn’t matter where you live, what your area code is, how much money you make if you need help because you feel a stroke coming on.

The only way that those of us that are feeling this will be able to stand in front of others to speak is if you have the tools you need, if your research is funded, if we can change the stigma, if we can provide more support for rehabilitation every step of the way.

So, while I’m here because of the stroke that I survived, I’m grateful for every one of you that I have learned from, and will continue to learn from.