On Saturday morning go out and do the washing,
Raise your hands to hang the clothes on the line,
You will hear a crack in your neck, like a small twig breaking.
After a few seconds your left arm will drop but your right arm will be fine.
Then your left leg will not support you very well.
You’ll need to get to a chair as quick as you can and ring an alarm bell.
In the chair you will be paralyzed down the left side.
The left part of your face won’t move and you will find it hard to talk,
You won’t be able to get out of the chair once you are inside.
You have about 2 hours before permanent damage makes it impossible to walk
Use your right hand to make any noise you can like tapping a glass with a spoon.
If you have some one there tell them there is something wrong.
Tell them to ring Emergency soon.
Don’t what very long.
At emergency they will put you in a CT scanning machine.
They will call it an Ischemic Attack or a Mini Stroke.
They will then begin medication that lowers blood pressure
and prevents clotting of the blood.
Days will pass and you will recall that years ago
you were at a party and started talking nonsense.
You thought it was just the alcohol. It wasn’t it was a warning sign
Years later you feel dizzy and have to sit down and can’t talk for a minute.
Another warning sign.