It's good to put a face to a name

When I first had my stroke and started promoting awareness, something I'd get whenever I'd go to the hospital is

'What's yours name?'

'Umm Elizabeth ashmore'

'Oh!! You're the young girl who had a stroke, I saw you on the news..'

(As they get closer to my face asif there being patronising) 

'Really? Oh that's embarrassing'

Or..

'Oh my daughter reads your blog!'

'Great, it's something I've been writing since day one, it can be depressing but it's all my feelings..'

'No I think it's fantastic, we've had so many younger people visit us to see if they've got a risk of stroke'

'Yeah I usually tell my friends to stop smoking, but it's obviously too cool for them to do..'

I never thought I'd become so 'well known' especially not this...

Sometimes I really regret it, telling the world you're life story, but

I'm so happy I'm promoting that it can happen to anyone at any age ( even animals) believe it or not..

Not just 'over 65's'