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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Life paralysed by migraine - article in NST

THE smile on the faces of Mohammad Noor Mohamad Ishak, 47 and his family belie the trauma they’ve been through. “I had my first stroke in 2005. I was only 39 then,” says the legal advisor in a multinational firm.

“Our life was so stressful,” adds his wife, Roslina Mohd Yatim, 47.

The housewife explains that after the stroke, her husband could not move or drive. “Sometimes, he couldn’t even talk. But I was not going to allow him to stay inside the house. Every day, I would take him for a walk.

“I always encouraged his friends to visit him. Sometimes, he didn’t even know who they were. So, I used to keep a list of all the people who came. When my husband recovered, I showed him this list. He was so happy and said to me, ’People like me. I must be a good man’.”
Mohammad Noor went back to work after his recovery but life was no longer the same. “Many times, I had to take medical leave because of migraine,” he says


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