Hi @Gayle_d
Welcome to the forum and the community that uses it to share support for each other 
EE has already covered the basics
I’m glad you’ve managed to get some comfort With you’re reading the backlog of posts - while it’s true no two stroke journeys are alike It’s equally true that every stroke journey shares many many similarities with many other people’s so any questions you’ve got are very likely to have been answered and can be discovered with the magnifying glass or by just shouting out to us and we will signpost
Some pics of Maisie would be welcome just use the icon
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In view of of your reinterpretation of previous possible near misses You might like to vote on Did ANYONE have classic FAST symptoms