My Stoke of Insight Project

By: Carter Pike

 Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in America, killing about 140,000 Americans
each year that’s 1 in every 20 deaths
 A stroke sometimes called a brain attack, occurs when a clot blocks the blood supply to
the brain or when a blood vessel in the brain bursts
 Someone in the US has a stroke every 40 seconds. Every 4 minutes someone dies of a
stroke
 Every year, about 795,000 people have a stroke. About 610,000 of those are first of new
strokes; 185,000 are recurrent strokes
 Stroke is an important cause of disability. Stroke reduces mobility in more than half of
stroke survivors age 65 and over.
 Stroke costs the nation 34 billion dollars annually, including the cost of healthcare
services, medications, and lost productivity
All of these stats could’ve easily varied over the years considering Jill’s book was
published in 2008 the Ted Talk was in 2008 and the article “Superhighway to
Bliss” was also published in 2008 and the “Right Brain, Left Brain” was
published in 2014. Since now it is 2019 and the world hasn’t gotten any better.

 You cannot control some stroke risk factors, like hereditary, age, gender, and ethnicity.
Some medical conditions including high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart disease,
diabetes overweight or obesity, and previous stroke or TIA can also raise your stroke risk.
Avoiding smoking and drinking too much alcohol, eating a balanced diet, and getting
your exercise are all choices you can make to reduce your risk.
This fact varied over all four sources mostly between the “Right Brain, Left
Brain” article and the “Superhighway to Bliss” article because they are written
with different styles and subjects in mind.

 Common stroke signs and symptoms

o Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm, or leg especially on one side of
the body
o Sudden confusion, trouble speaking or understanding
o Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes
o Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination
o Sudden severe headache with no known cause
In Jill’s book she also adds problems with memory, but her acronym repeats the
same stuff said here. And she said to call 911 immediately for the longer a stroke
goes on the more and more damage it causes, especially if it is hemorrhagic since
blood is poisonous to neurons.
Position Statement
People cannot properly recall
an incident that occurred in
the midst of a medical crisis
A person’s cognitive ability
can be defined by left or right
brain dominance
A person can change aspects
of their personality by
focusing on more right or
left-brain tasks.
People who have mental
illness or brain trauma should
donate their brains to science
upon their death
The medical community
should revisit its policy
toward how to treat stroke
survivors
Support for Position
For some people with
psychological disorders such
as bi polar they cannot recall
what they said or really did
during a manic episode.
For the majority of the time
most people who are right
brain dominant are left
handed and creative like a lot
of actors and artists. On the
other hand, people who are
left brain dominant are often
right handed and are better
with logic.
If you aren’t really to good
with logic, but then you
practice plenty of logical
puzzles and analyze logical
situations it is possible to
rewire your brain to become
more logical (left side) trough
practice
Just look at how much we
have found from people who
have donated their brain to
science for research like CTE
that would’ve never been
found if it weren’t for those
athletes who donated their
brains to science. How far
what other things could we
find if more people donated
their brain.
Doctors and other medical
professionals should try and
take more pictures of the
brain to exactly what part of
the brain was damaged and
how to most effectively
rehabilitate that part of the
brain to help try and restore
function.
Support Against Position
In the case of Dr. Jill Taylor,
she was able to successfully
recall every detail on the
morning of her stroke and
was able to tell the world
It is only for the majority of
the time that this is true
however according to
research the numbers are only
like 70/30 or 80/20 in
occurrence.
But in some cases, you are
born a certain way and cannot
change that part of your brain
no matter how hard you try
and practice something, you
are either born with it or you
aren’t like prodigies or
geniuses.
It should be their choice and
should not be pressured into
giving their brain to science
they should just be asked
once and have total control on
where their brain ends up.
Going back to Dr. Jill Taylor
even in 2008 if you were to
meet her you would’ve never
had thought she had had a
major hemorrhagic stroke
only 12 years prior, she is a
high functioning intelligent
neuro scientist again.