THE VIEW FROM HALFWAY DOWN - by vincent huang

it begins with the sensation of numbness in your left armpit. you wonder if you pulled something while working out, but wait the last time you worked out was two days ago, or maybe you reached too hard while picking something up off the ground? you can’t recall having done that recently though. over the next few minutes the sensation creeps down your left side; soon your entire left abdomen from shoulder to waist is tingling and you can no longer raise your arm. this can’t be a pulled muscle, you realize, though it could be some kind of neuropathy? pinched nerves often behave strangely you google what does a stroke feel like reddit and start reading firsthand accounts of strokes. it feels a bit absurd to be reading about these things as they happen to you instead of actually doing something about it, but you’re curious, and you figure that a few minutes won’t make a difference here your vision darkens and your hearing becomes muffled. or have they really? are these things happening bec

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