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26.09.2023 - 05:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Joanna Whitelaw was on a hen party night out when "one whole side" of her body "went numb." The "perfectly fit and healthy" 27-year-old thought her drink had been spiked when she alerted her friends that she was "seeing double" - before discovering her symptoms were actually caused by a stroke.
While celebrating her friend's upcoming wedding in her hometown of Edinburgh in May of this year, Joanna feared her drink had been spiked when her body "suddenly went numb" and her vision blurred. Friends rushed her out of the bar and helped her call boyfriend, Callum Elliot, 33, to take her home where - she spend the rest of the night being sick.
She said: “The lights were flashing and I thought it was playing tricks on my eyes. I told my friends and when we got outside, one whole side of my body felt numb. I couldn’t feel my bag on my shoulder and kept asking if it was there.
"I told my friend I was seeing two of her. We all worried I had been spiked and they got me home ASAP."
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The following day, Joanna went shopping but grew concerned when the vision in her right eye didn't return. She was also experiencing pins and needles down the right side of her body, so took herself to A&E.
She said: “When I woke up, the feeling had come back in right side, so I thought I was fine and had slept it off. But my vision still wasn’t back to normal – I had no peripheral vision in my right eye."
At first medics couldn’t find the cause of her symptoms but kept her in overnight on the stroke ward, suspecting she had suffered one. During her three-day stay, Joanna
Don’t say the ‘M’ word.
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