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Linda Carroll TODAY contributor
June 19, 2014 at 10:29 AM ET
If youve ever had trouble convincing a doctor that you really are sick, youll have no trouble understanding what happened to Stacey Yepes, who finally made her point with a selfie video.
Yepes, 49, clearly remembers that day in March when her left side went numb and her speech started to slur.
Every public service announcement Id ever seen kept flashing through my brain, she said. I thought, you just had a stroke. But then I thought Im just 48, I cant be having a stroke.
The bizarre feelings passed within 10 minutes and Yepes headed for the emergency room. But after examining her, doctors there told her it was just stress and she should practice breathing techniques.
On the way to her car, Yepes once again had the same strange symptoms. Once again they passed quickly. She considered going back to the ER, but figured theyd just tell her the same thing.
The next day as she was driving her car, she started to feel tingly again as her her left side went numb.
I pulled the car over and took a video, Yepes says. I could hear my voice slur and could feel my face was frozen.
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