Stan

So Clarence, what do you think? You know, we've all known somebody that's had a stroke, you know, unfortunately. So Clarence.

Kick in here.

Kick in here.

Let me ask you something. It's like... Okay, first of all, a person wouldn't necessarily experience all those symptoms, okay? So let me play something out. All of a sudden, you lose vision or half of your vision in an eye, okay? So how do you know? How would...

Let me ask you something. It's like... Okay, first of all, a person wouldn't necessarily experience all those symptoms, okay? So let me play something out. All of a sudden, you lose vision or half of your vision in an eye, okay? So how do you know? How would...

How would a person know if it's not like, hey, I should be calling my ophthalmologist because, you know, I might be experiencing a detached retina as opposed to, in this case, a stroke. So there could be some potential confusion there.

How would a person know if it's not like, hey, I should be calling my ophthalmologist because, you know, I might be experiencing a detached retina as opposed to, in this case, a stroke. So there could be some potential confusion there.

Yeah, they're less effective if you lose time.

Yeah, they're less effective if you lose time.

Yeah, of course. So here's an interesting comment. A lot of people are reticent to call 911 or go in an ambulance or this type of thing. Some people even, you know, elderly people will often say things like, you know, an ambulance is really for a real, real bad emergency. Okay, a real bad emergency somewhere, you know, there's whatever.

Yeah, of course. So here's an interesting comment. A lot of people are reticent to call 911 or go in an ambulance or this type of thing. Some people even, you know, elderly people will often say things like, you know, an ambulance is really for a real, real bad emergency. Okay, a real bad emergency somewhere, you know, there's whatever.

But, you know, I'm just, you know, myself, you know, it's no, you know, I'll get to the hospital if I need to, et cetera. Our point, one of the major points so far in this discussion is that's not correct, okay? What's correct is, 911 is for any kind of an emergency, and this is an emergency. Get in, and you know what? Worry about all the expense stuff later.

But, you know, I'm just, you know, myself, you know, it's no, you know, I'll get to the hospital if I need to, et cetera. Our point, one of the major points so far in this discussion is that's not correct, okay? What's correct is, 911 is for any kind of an emergency, and this is an emergency. Get in, and you know what? Worry about all the expense stuff later.

You know, that could be all siphoned out, okay? Expenses aren't life-threatening. What are life-threatening are the symptoms that you're having at this particular point. All right, so we've kind of been focusing our conversation on identification and acute treatment let's go into the another theme here of stroke and namely Prevention. So, all right.

You know, that could be all siphoned out, okay? Expenses aren't life-threatening. What are life-threatening are the symptoms that you're having at this particular point. All right, so we've kind of been focusing our conversation on identification and acute treatment let's go into the another theme here of stroke and namely Prevention. So, all right.

So nobody's, let's just say for a moment, whoever's listening, you're not, you don't have any symptoms and all this kind of good stuff, but how is it that we can truly prevent a stroke?

So nobody's, let's just say for a moment, whoever's listening, you're not, you don't have any symptoms and all this kind of good stuff, but how is it that we can truly prevent a stroke?

So here's, you know, just so everybody is clear, oftentimes, Mark, we talk about cardio vascular disease. Okay. And what basically what we're dealing with is heart disease. And in this case, brain disease, if you, if you want to look at it that way and most people, when they think of cardiovascular, they only think about heart, but the vascular part is really connected to heart disease.

So here's, you know, just so everybody is clear, oftentimes, Mark, we talk about cardio vascular disease. Okay. And what basically what we're dealing with is heart disease. And in this case, brain disease, if you, if you want to look at it that way and most people, when they think of cardiovascular, they only think about heart, but the vascular part is really connected to heart disease.

and brain and the risk factors are complimentary for both both arenas. The thing is, is that as you age, and you mentioned this, there are certain things that are frankly inevitable, there are certain things that are going to catch up with you one way or, or the other in and in keeping having consistent trusted care is also a major component for prevention. And not to compromise on that.