Sharon Stone recalls her near death experience after brain bleed

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Even before her most recent near death experience, the US actress has also been struck by lightning and suffered a cut to the throat, inches from her jugular vein. These series of unfortunate events have not slowed down the actress or impacted her career. She is set to receive a Golden Icon Award at next month’s Zurich Film Festival in Switzerland.

The Basic Instinct star who is now 63 years-old, described her bizarre experience on The Late Late Show with James Corden earlier this year.

She said: “They put me on this gurney… and all of a sudden that was it and I was just gone.

“I was swooping up through this tunnel of light and at the top of it was kind of this hole and several people that I had been very close to or I had been their caretakers until they died were kind of looking down and I felt like they were telling me this is all great.”

Taking her time to recall what happened she continued: “And then all of a sudden I felt like – and I don’t know if they defibrillated me – but I felt like I got really kicked in the chest, really really hard and I gasped and sat up and I was back in the emergency room.”

The experience which she said herself was “very beautiful, very strange,” was caused after the icon collapsed at her San Francisco home.

After being rushed to hospital doctors said she had suffered a cerebral haemorrhage stroke and bleeding on the brain.

Even after waking up from her encounter with death, the star bled for another five or six days before having more surgery.

Doctors initially thought she might be “faking it”, urging her to go home- but little did they know the actress had a ruptured artery and was in need of seven hour surgery.

All of this occurred ten days after the 9/11 disaster.

Recovery was also a painstakingly long process for Sharon.

Talking to Variety about her recovery journey she said: “People treated me in a way that was brutally unkind.

“I don’t think anyone grasps how dangerous a stroke is for women and what it takes to recover — it took me about seven years.”

According to the Stroke Association, only 15 percent of strokes are due to bleeding in or around the brain.

85 percent are instead caused by a blockage of blood supply.

Symptoms of haemorrhage strokes are extremely rapid and sudden.

They can begin as commonly as a headache or stiff neck, but the most important signs to look out for are those stated in the FAST test.

Facial weakness- Has the person’s mouth dropped or are they having trouble smiling
Arm weakness- Can they raise both of their arms with no trouble?
Speech problems- How well can they speak, is it clear or slurred?
Time to call 999- Time is of the essence when you spot any of these symptoms

What causes hemorrhagic strokes?

The main cause of this type of stroke is high blood pressure, which may be caused by a variety of factors including smoking and unhealthy diets.

However, other causes include a burst aneurysm (weak spot) on the brain, those on blood-thinning medication and those with abnormal blood vessels.

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