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You guys heard about Ray Rhodes, right?
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<blockquote data-quote="IPBprez" data-source="post: 23757" data-attributes="member: 51"><p><em><strong>Seahawks</strong></em></p><p></p><p><a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/PrintStory.pl?document_id=2002506594&zsection_id=2002120007&slug=hawk20&date=20050920" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 26px"><strong><span style="color: yellow">Rhodes back with a new attitude</span></strong></span></a></p><p></p><p><img src="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2005/09/19/2002506479.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Ray Rhodes, on his minor stroke: </p><p>"This was a lot more serious than </p><p>anything that had ever happened </p><p>in my life."</p><p></p><p>By José Miguel Romero</p><p>Seattle Times staff reporter</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">KIRKLAND — Those predawn-to-midnight work days with three or four hours of sleep between them are now a thing of the past.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">So is, if he can help it, getting worked up and stressed out over the things that can go wrong in a football game.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Ray Rhodes' life and lifestyle changed two weeks ago when he suffered what was later determined to be a mild stroke. Yesterday, in his first public comments since suffering the stroke, the Seahawks defensive coordinator detailed how it happened, what it taught him and how he feels.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">"I'm just excited that things weren't worse than what they are," Rhodes said. "I feel pretty good. I'm not 100 percent, I'm not going to lie. But I'm feeling well enough to come back to work and do some things. I'm not going to rush it."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Rhodes came in to work Sept. 3 and felt tired. He went home and went to sleep, then woke up the next morning feeling numbness in one hand, a loss of equilibrium and a temporary loss of vision in his left eye.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Rhodes tried to dismiss the symptoms, never being one to seek medical attention. But this time, he knew something was very wrong, and he checked into the hospital.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">"Was I a little nervous, a little afraid? Of course I was," Rhodes said. "This was a lot more serious than anything that had ever happened in my life."</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">He didn't care for all of the tests he was administered, saying so in his typical gruff fashion. When he was released after two days in the hospital, he wasn't allowed to come back to work until the following week.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Rhodes watched practice — through the windows of team headquarters — last Wednesday. He said that was difficult to handle.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">Rhodes is expected back on the field for practice tomorrow and will be eased back into his normal duties. He'll also have to quit chewing tobacco, watch his diet and exercise regularly.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px">"If I don't have my health, I don't have anything," Rhodes said. "This shook me up."</span></p><p></p><p>José Miguel Romero: 206-464-2409 or <a href="mailto:jromero@seattletimes.com">jromero@seattletimes.com</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IPBprez, post: 23757, member: 51"] [i][b]Seahawks[/b][/i] [url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/PrintStory.pl?document_id=2002506594&zsection_id=2002120007&slug=hawk20&date=20050920][size=7][b][color=yellow]Rhodes back with a new attitude[/color][/b][/size][/url] [img]http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/ABPub/2005/09/19/2002506479.jpg[/img] Ray Rhodes, on his minor stroke: "This was a lot more serious than anything that had ever happened in my life." By José Miguel Romero Seattle Times staff reporter [size=5]KIRKLAND — Those predawn-to-midnight work days with three or four hours of sleep between them are now a thing of the past. So is, if he can help it, getting worked up and stressed out over the things that can go wrong in a football game. Ray Rhodes' life and lifestyle changed two weeks ago when he suffered what was later determined to be a mild stroke. Yesterday, in his first public comments since suffering the stroke, the Seahawks defensive coordinator detailed how it happened, what it taught him and how he feels. "I'm just excited that things weren't worse than what they are," Rhodes said. "I feel pretty good. I'm not 100 percent, I'm not going to lie. But I'm feeling well enough to come back to work and do some things. I'm not going to rush it." Rhodes came in to work Sept. 3 and felt tired. He went home and went to sleep, then woke up the next morning feeling numbness in one hand, a loss of equilibrium and a temporary loss of vision in his left eye. Rhodes tried to dismiss the symptoms, never being one to seek medical attention. But this time, he knew something was very wrong, and he checked into the hospital. "Was I a little nervous, a little afraid? Of course I was," Rhodes said. "This was a lot more serious than anything that had ever happened in my life." He didn't care for all of the tests he was administered, saying so in his typical gruff fashion. When he was released after two days in the hospital, he wasn't allowed to come back to work until the following week. Rhodes watched practice — through the windows of team headquarters — last Wednesday. He said that was difficult to handle. Rhodes is expected back on the field for practice tomorrow and will be eased back into his normal duties. He'll also have to quit chewing tobacco, watch his diet and exercise regularly. "If I don't have my health, I don't have anything," Rhodes said. "This shook me up."[/size] José Miguel Romero: 206-464-2409 or [email="jromero@seattletimes.com"]jromero@seattletimes.com[/email] [/QUOTE]
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