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Doctors Said Her Strokes Were Just "Stress," Until She Caught Them On Tape

<div><p>When Stacey Yepes from Thornhill, Canada started experiencing odd symptoms, she knew right away what was wrong with her. It just took a little longer to convince her doctors.</p><p>Yepes would experience 10-minute periods when her face would freeze and her arms would feel weak. She recognized from a commercial she'd seen that these were the signs of a stroke. She visited the hospital but doctors there said she was just stressed, and gave her some breathing exercise to use.</p><p>But just days later her symptoms were back, so Yepes pulled out her phone and proved she wasn't imagining things.</p><div><amp-youtube height="9" width="16" layout="responsive" data-videoid="D7YYWVNG4jA"></amp-youtube></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>You can see in the video that Yepes' face is paralyzed on one side, and her arms become extremely &nbsp;weak. When doctors saw this they knew that she had been right all along, and sent her to another hospital for more tests. </p><p>They discovered she was suffering from a condition called Transient Ischemic Attacks (TIA), also called "mini-strokes," caused by a clogged artery.</p><p>Today Yepes is healthy, and she helps others learn the signs and symptoms of a stroke, which helped to save her life. You can easily remember them by thinking FAST - <strong>F</strong>acial drooping, <strong>A</strong>rms weak, <strong>S</strong>peech (slurred) and <strong>T</strong>ime, because you'll have to act fast!</p><h3>Share this video so everyone can see it!</h3></div>

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