Tony Moore

Well, hello and thank you. So this is new to me. I have friends that do podcasts, but it's a little bit different because I don't know where to start here. But I want to say thanks to everyone for even inviting me to come and share my story in some narrative once again. So, yeah.

Well, hello and thank you. So this is new to me. I have friends that do podcasts, but it's a little bit different because I don't know where to start here. But I want to say thanks to everyone for even inviting me to come and share my story in some narrative once again. So, yeah.

Absolutely. So, um, was actually on a walk with my significant other. We were going for, you know, the, um, Hey, we should go for a walk. I was like, I don't want to. And then I'm like, maybe I should. So, um, we decided to go for a walk in the neighborhood.

Absolutely. So, um, was actually on a walk with my significant other. We were going for, you know, the, um, Hey, we should go for a walk. I was like, I don't want to. And then I'm like, maybe I should. So, um, we decided to go for a walk in the neighborhood.

And about maybe five blocks down the road, so 10, 15 minutes down the walkway, I started feeling my left foot kind of going a little bit numb. And, you know, I was thinking that old athlete, you know, it's kind of, you know, maybe it's one of those kind of things that your foot's just acting up. But, you know, and so... We continued on and we crossed the street.

And about maybe five blocks down the road, so 10, 15 minutes down the walkway, I started feeling my left foot kind of going a little bit numb. And, you know, I was thinking that old athlete, you know, it's kind of, you know, maybe it's one of those kind of things that your foot's just acting up. But, you know, and so... We continued on and we crossed the street.

And by the time we crossed the street at the corner, that numbness had gone to the bottom of my knee down. And so I felt instead of walking, I was more like throwing my leg forward. And I was telling Julie that, no, this is something a little bit different. And about halfway up the next street, it now had sort of gotten to my hip level. And at that time, I'm thinking, so...

And by the time we crossed the street at the corner, that numbness had gone to the bottom of my knee down. And so I felt instead of walking, I was more like throwing my leg forward. And I was telling Julie that, no, this is something a little bit different. And about halfway up the next street, it now had sort of gotten to my hip level. And at that time, I'm thinking, so...

About, so this was last year. So five years ago, one of my good friends that I played football with, just a, we call him a fawn, a freak of nature athlete, played for Dallas Cowboys, went to school, ran a, was as fast as me, weighed more than me, but he ran a 4.3, could lift out the gym, all the things from an athletic perspective that you would just say, this guy is the one. And

About, so this was last year. So five years ago, one of my good friends that I played football with, just a, we call him a fawn, a freak of nature athlete, played for Dallas Cowboys, went to school, ran a, was as fast as me, weighed more than me, but he ran a 4.3, could lift out the gym, all the things from an athletic perspective that you would just say, this guy is the one. And

We were going to go back to our alma mater and unfortunately he couldn't make it because he had a catastrophic stroke where they had to do some surgery and he's now in a home. So at the time that I started feeling this, I'm thinking like, am I starting to have a stroke? So I sat down.

We were going to go back to our alma mater and unfortunately he couldn't make it because he had a catastrophic stroke where they had to do some surgery and he's now in a home. So at the time that I started feeling this, I'm thinking like, am I starting to have a stroke? So I sat down.

because I didn't want to do one of those things where you get full paralysis, if it is a stroke, and then you fall flat. So I sat down and I'm holding my arms out, you know, doing, you know, trying to move and everything like that. And then once it hit my arm, I told Julia, I said, I think I'm having a stroke. And I got to say that maybe about three times.

because I didn't want to do one of those things where you get full paralysis, if it is a stroke, and then you fall flat. So I sat down and I'm holding my arms out, you know, doing, you know, trying to move and everything like that. And then once it hit my arm, I told Julia, I said, I think I'm having a stroke. And I got to say that maybe about three times.

And then I lost my tongue and the face droop and everything happened. Wow. And from there, that's kind of where a little bit of the panic and more the real panic sort of set in. And, you know, it's funny because the stream of consciousness, what I was thinking about that time is. So I used to have a motorcycle back in the late 90s, early 2000s. Stopped riding.

And then I lost my tongue and the face droop and everything happened. Wow. And from there, that's kind of where a little bit of the panic and more the real panic sort of set in. And, you know, it's funny because the stream of consciousness, what I was thinking about that time is. So I used to have a motorcycle back in the late 90s, early 2000s. Stopped riding.

And then that year, I think I just had bought my motorcycle. And so my whole thought process is I just bought a motorcycle and I can never ride it again because I'm having a stroke.

And then that year, I think I just had bought my motorcycle. And so my whole thought process is I just bought a motorcycle and I can never ride it again because I'm having a stroke.

When you say knowledgeable, I would say that because of my buddy Rodney, I sort of versed myself as to what a stroke looks like. Yeah. Okay. But I don't really think that I went down into the trenches of salt, meat, all the other kind of things. And from that standpoint, because they were my lifestyle was one that, you know, I was proud of myself for my age, for my age.

When you say knowledgeable, I would say that because of my buddy Rodney, I sort of versed myself as to what a stroke looks like. Yeah. Okay. But I don't really think that I went down into the trenches of salt, meat, all the other kind of things. And from that standpoint, because they were my lifestyle was one that, you know, I was proud of myself for my age, for my age.