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unhappycamper

(60,364 posts) Tue Oct 7, 2014, 08:05 AM Oct 2014

Four-time stroke-surviving veteran making strides to overcome hardships

http://kdhnews.com/military/four-time-stroke-surviving-veteran-making-strides-to-overcome-hardships/article_b4dba588-4d09-11e4-8594-0017a43b2370.html

David Villarreal of Temple practices riding his hand propelled three-wheel bike in his neighborhood. Villarreal, a four-time stroke survivor and a veteran, competes in races and hopes to compete in the Paralympics.

Four-time stroke-surviving veteran making strides to overcome hardships
Posted: Monday, October 6, 2014 4:30 am
By Janice Gibbs | FME News Service

TEMPLE — David Villarreal, 53, is a four-time stroke survivor.

“If I survive one more I get a free set of dishes,” Villarreal, a former Marine, said jokingly.

Villarreal was recently at the Fit4Life challenge at the Olin E. Teague Veterans’ Medical Center.

He had the first stroke at age 50 and it was the big one. He wasn’t expected to live through the night.

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Four-time stroke-surviving veteran making strides to overcome hardships (Original Post) unhappycamper Oct 2014 OP

That has to be hereditary yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #1

yeoman6987

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1. That has to be hereditary

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Tue Oct 7, 2014, 09:05 AM

Oct 2014

I can't imagine after one that he was not on medication and under medical care. I know stroke can be repeated but 4 in 3-years? I don't believe anything could have been done to stop them.

These are just my blabbering thoughts to myself. I have no proof of anything I typed. Just talking out load.

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