Truly one of lifes Hard blows. Known a few who have gone thru this process. One, a man in his early forties with wife and two young children, before the nearly fatal blow, had a series of strange moments in the previous days and ignored, but the real nasty one, happened when driving home and had an accident and the Police took him for drunk, and after a few hours in waiting for process finally sent to hospital where they gave up, and sent him to Hospice , where his wife would not give up , was repatriated to his own country for final days in the care of a rich Brother, whom then was able provide the necesssary care to have some recouvery, in speech eating and being even ambulatory. Question : Is there any guidelines for a layman to use in recognising some of the symtoms, there seems to be two major versions , a; blockage due to clots, and b; leakage or break in the blood flow.? In the first type, it has been said that an asperin would help, and in the second an asperin could be fatal. It also be stated somewhere if the victim gets to the correct diagnosis within a few hours , like another of my friends, the result be less tragic and can have some reasonable life .