In 2001, she began to complain of severe headaches. Shortly after the symptoms appeared, the actress was hospitalized and suffered a stroke, which led to a cerebral hemorrhage. Doctors then gave her only a one percent chance of survival.
Sharon Stone recalls her stroke and the doctors’ behavior. They accused her of “faking” a stroke
In her latest interview with Vogue, Stone recalls a difficult time in her life. “I remember waking up in a wheelchair and asking some kid who was taking me where he was taking me. He said I was going to brain surgery,” said the star.
Sharon Stone declares that she was operated on without her consent. “The doctor himself decided that he should subject me to exploratory brain surgery. Thanks to this experience, I know that the medical community rarely listens to what women say, especially when we are not dealing with a doctor but with a doctor,” concludes the famous actress.
“I would die if they sent me home”
The “Basic Instinct” star notes that the doctor previously accused her of fraud. “At the first angiography examination [przyp. red. badanie oparte na medycznej technice obrazowania, pozwalające na wizualizację wnętrza naczyń krwionośnych oraz organów w ciele. Koncentruje się ono na żyłach i tętnicach] they said I was faking it. My friend talked them into repeating the test and they discovered I was having a cerebral hemorrhage. There was a subarachnoid hemorrhage [przyp. red. wówczas krew przedostaje się do płynu mózgowo-rdzeniowego, wypełniającego przestrzeń między oponą miękką, która bezpośrednio pokrywa mózg, a oponą pajęczą] and my vertebral artery burst,” the actress recounts her traumatic experiences. “I would die if they sent me home,” she noted.
The artist said that the bleeding was so severe that “the right side of her face fell off”, she had problems with her left foot and she began to stutter. Stone admits that he still takes medication to alleviate the effects of that event, such as stuttering and epileptic seizures.
“For the first few years after the stroke, I had strange knuckle-like bumps that appeared on the top of my head. I felt like I had been punched by someone. I can’t describe how painful it all was,” says the actress. At the same time, she admits that at the beginning she hid her illness. “I was afraid to go out, I didn’t want people to know. I thought no one would accept me,” she recalls. She admits that when she doesn’t get eight hours of sleep a day, her risk of developing epilepsy increases.
Sharon Stone is a member of the board of the American Barrow Neurological Foundation, which deals with diseases of the brain and spine.
Source: Gazeta
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