 What most people may find interesting is that over one-third of patients that come into the Meridian Neuroscience Stroke programs are less than 65 years of age. Recently at Ocean Medical Center, we had a young patient come in. His name was Darryl and he was 36 years old. Unfortunately, he did not follow his blood pressure carefully and present it with a stroke which left him weak on the left side. When I initially saw him, he couldn't move his left arm, leg, and had difficulty speaking. Unbeknownst to him, he had an extremely high blood pressure, which caused his stroke. On Thanksgiving Day, I woke up with numbness on my left side. I felt that I had numbness on my left side of my face. I called 911 and 911 sent the paramedics and transported me to Ocean Medical Center, where it was determined that I had a stroke. I am a 37 year old healthy person. Eat the right foods, exercise every day, and I had a stroke. This can happen to anyone.