{"id":3379,"date":"2025-02-19T21:14:03","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T21:14:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tayloryourbody.com\/?p=3379"},"modified":"2025-02-19T21:47:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T21:47:58","slug":"my-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tayloryourbody.com\/?p=3379","title":{"rendered":"My Story…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So, I\u2019m guessing you\u2019re wondering, \u201cWho is Kim, and why is she out here telling me to make decisions about my health?\u201d Well, let me introduce myself. I\u2019m your classic next-door neighbor type\u2014a girl raised to be nice and kind to everyone (until someone tries me, of course). I worked hard in school, built my career, stayed cute, and had a great time hanging with my girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, and I worked out. Not because I loved it, but because I had to. See, I was the heaviest I\u2019d ever been. Thankfully, I had Brandon, my new trainer at the gym, who seemed like a cool guy after our first boxing class. I was doing the \u201clive, laugh, love\u201d thing in life\u2026until January 21, 2018. That\u2019s when it happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a Sunday. You know how Sundays are for me\u2014lounging, smoothie-sipping, and maybe binge-watching something embarrassing on Netflix. But that day, I didn\u2019t feel good. At first, I thought it was the flu. So, I called out to my younger cousin, who was staying with me, and asked her to make me a smoothie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next thing I knew, my right arm curled up like it was auditioning for a new yoga pose, and I hit the floor. That\u2019s when my cousin sprung into action like an unpaid superhero and called 911.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I remember next is a whirlwind: the ambulance ride, my brother holding my hand, and then being rolled into surgery. After that? Blackout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When I woke up, it wasn\u2019t a dream\u2014it was a nightmare starring me. I had some tubes in my nose and throat. What happened to me? The verdict? I had suffered a massive stroke caused by a blood clot in my brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, let\u2019s pause. A massive stroke? At my age? Overweight, sure, but this? I didn\u2019t see it coming. BUT\u2014yes, there\u2019s a but\u2014thank God I survived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When my nurse told me I\u2019d need to move to a rehab facility to relearn how to walk and function, I immediately responded with a classic Kim line: \u201cI don\u2019t need to go to rehab.\u201d My brother gave me the what-is-wrong-with-you look, and my nurse? She called my bluff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAlright,\u201d she said. \u201cProve it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Challenge accepted. She handed me a walker, and the next thing I knew, I was attempting a full-on power walk through the ICU. Picture this: an overweight woman in her 40s, who just had a massive stroke, trying to break the ICU speed record. I looked ridiculous, but guess what? I walked. No slurred speech. No wobbling. Just pure determination\u2014and maybe some adrenaline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, if you believe in God, this is the moment to praise dance with me. Because when I think back to that day, I know that wasn\u2019t just me walking\u2014that was God carrying me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fast forward, I did compromise. I agreed to outpatient rehab, going a few days a week. And as much as I thought I didn\u2019t need it, I knew deep down that my life needed a change. A serious one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s been seven years since that day. As I write this, I\u2019m tearing up\u2014not from sadness, but from gratitude. I survived something that could\u2019ve ended me. And looking back, I know it was all part of God\u2019s plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, here I am, seven years later, still standing, still walking, and still trying to inspire others. Because if a woman who had a stroke and tried to power walk through the ICU can change her life, so can you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To be continued\u2026 because this is just the beginning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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