207: a stroke, but not out

A really moving and uplifting personal tale today, from BBC online. Dr Satinder Sanghera is a doctor in the UK - but she very nearly wasn't. At the age of just 20, she suffered a sudden and significant stroke, which robbed her of the movement on one side of her body and left her unable to speak for some time. She was told she would never recover sufficiently to continue medical school, but one consultant stuck by her, supporting her recovery and persuading her university to let her recommence training. Satinder threw herself into her recovery programme and, 22 years later, she is a general practitioner - a family doctor - in County Durham and celebrating her fifteenth year in the profession. She says it's only now that she feels able to talk about her ordeal and can feel proud of her achievements. Others seem proud of her, though, with the Stroke Association praising her determination and courage in the pursuit of her goals in the face of huge difficulty. I can only agree. Inspirational.