Jeremy Bolin is one of the 800,000 people in the U.S. a year who have a stroke, according to the American Heart Association.
INDIANAPOLIS — May is American Stroke Month and Indianapolis-based neurologists want to make Hoosiers aware of the potential risks.
“Indiana is one of those states that’s in the stroke belt so we definitely see smokers here in Indiana, as well as obesity. Those are two big factors," neurologist Dr. Jerry Smartt said. “My vascular system, especially in my brain, is that of an 80-year-old because I had undiagnosed long term hypertension, that I was unaware of," Bolin said.“I suffer from chronic dizziness and pain in my left side is affected," Bolin said."It affects you mentally quite a bit. Going from being a hard working individual to someone who now can’t work.”He spent 25 years working as an environmental engineering consultant — something he says having a stroke took away from him.
“I’m in the works of creating a nonprofit for folks that had this happen at an age, in their prime earning years," Bolin said. “Take away their ability to work, they start losing cars, homes, property, everything.”
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