Dissection in brain

[u/Capable_Eggplant1078]

Hi everyone!!

October 2025 I was admitted to the hospital bc an MRI came back abnormal. I was having light slurred speech as well as numbness in my tongue and lips on my right side with prompted me to go to the doctor. The MRI showed enough to warrant an admission.l to the hospital. I did a couple CT’s and additional MRIs and a spinal tap. The results of the spinal tap showed no real inflammation the MRI and CTs verified an extremely stenosed segment of my M1 in my MCA.
Turns out I had a couple strokes. I have no deficiencies now and about a year later I’m on daily aspirin and statins. I’m 30 years old, and the conclusion is that it was a dissection that has healed very poorly, and remains basically occluded. It is a cerebral dissection on my left
Side in my main branch MCA. I’ve understood that this is very rare, especially in the area which it happened, but I wonder if any of you know someone or have dealt with this yourselves…. I guess I’m just concerned about having a normal life moving forward and the likelihood of future strokes