Youth

Babies / Wellcome Images

"You are so young!" people say when they find out about my stroke. Miss Manners does not have a good answer to them. "Yes?" "Thank you?" "You are so old?"

But young people's strokes are increasing:

Strokes are rising dramatically among young and middle-aged Americans while dropping in older people....

Apparently I have lots of young stroke buddies. Put your canes in the air!