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At age 32, Bethany Gaul thought she was too young to be at risk for having a stroke. She wasn\u2019t. Bethany experienced disorientation, got lost inside the building where she has worked for years, and dented her car several times trying to get into a parking space. She said she was \u201cjust kind of confused.\u201d Bethany got to the University of Colorado Hospital Emergency Room right away where a scan revealed that she’d had a stroke.<\/p>\n

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