<span itemprop="author">Joanne Loethen, MD

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After a stroke, a physician experiences true vulnerability

“I think I’m having a stroke.” The words struggled to leave my mouth as I spoke to the 9-1-1 operator. Emotionally in disbelief, the words seemed so unusual to say in the first person. Ten minutes earlier, overwhelming nausea and drenching sweats woke …