Sorry I didn't respond to your post earlier but I just read it today. I too had a stroke at an early age. I was 33. It was this past winter. It would be one hell of an understatement to say that I was shocked. After many yucky tests and too much time in the hospital they discovered that the cause of the stroke was a disease called Benign Angiopathy of the Central Nervous System (BACNS Disease). It causes the blood vessels in my head to spasm. It is a form of Cerebral Vasculitis and is very rare. It only occurs in women between the ages of 30 and 39, they don't know what causes it and they don't know how to cure it. I take calcium channel blockers to stop the spasms and to prevent another stroke and there are certain things that I can't do and certain types of drugs that cannot take. I was very, very lucky as this disease affects all the blood vessels in my head and the stroke could have occured in any part of my brain. It was in the right parietal lobe and affected my memory, eyesight, balance and cognitive skills. Most things have improved a great deal. I still have some memory and cognitive problems but for the most part I'm doing pretty good.

I hope you are well and have gotten some good info and I hope not too much time has passed since your post and that you are actually reading this! Good luck!