"I tried to hop back up again, and I couldn't. I realized I had 'fallen and I can't get up!' It was this point I thought, 'Oh shit, I'm having a stroke!'"
"I still have a lot of great stuff in me, but right now I gotta lotta of rehabbing to do."
Jello Biafra, the 67-year-old former frontman of punk band Dead Kennedys, experienced a hemorrhagic stroke caused by high blood pressure. He collapsed after getting out of bed and lost feeling in his left leg and arm, immediately recognizing the symptoms as a stroke. Biafra is currently hospitalized in stable condition and posted about his experience on Facebook, noting he has significant rehabilitation ahead. He expressed optimism about his recovery despite the challenges. Fans and fellow stroke survivors responded with thousands of supportive comments on his social media post.
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