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As she was then unaware it was a stroke, she chose to return home although she believes in hindsight the hospital should not have released her as she was "not able to talk properly or see straight or walk properly". She started a new job as a teacher soon after but struggled with "cognitive issues". The hospital requested her to attend an outpatient appointment for a scan, which she drove to. "I shouldn't have been doing that because obviously, I've had a stroke but I'm not to know. "Two weeks after I've had the stroke, they ring me up at home and they're like, oh by the way, you've had a stroke - just blunt like that on the phone. "It wasn't till I hung up the phone, I burst into tears." She said she was later called by a nurse who asked if she could feed and wash herself before being officially discharged. "That's all the support I got." Ms Vachon said she is "fine" now although her health can "ebb and flow". She described strokes as "a life-changing event", adding: "It is a traumatic brain injury and I'm a completely different person now. "That's not necessarily a bad thing - you know, change who you are and make it kind of for the better."
