– I couldn’t stand, was dizzy, had double vision and a headache. Stood on a corner, held on tight and got a feel for the next thing. But I fell so much and broke my back several times. This was in Whitsun 2022. Tove Paule was on her way to Kristiansand as a representative of the Viken elderly council. But she experienced what affects approximately 12,000 people in the country every year. She had a stroke. – Before that, I had never been sick. And then I suddenly had a stroke. Something I didn’t take completely seriously, says Paule, originally from Vestfossen. She adds that “when you live alone there are many things you can hide from the rest of the family”. – I crawled around the house for nine days… When she realized she couldn’t get to the toilet, she took action and ended up straight in the hospital. – The doctors told me: You have been incredibly lucky. And I have been, Paule agrees. Success and better quality of life More and more people are surviving strokes in Norway. If you have a stroke, you have a 90 percent chance of being alive 30 days after hospitalization. The percentage of stroke survivors has never been higher. Subject director in Health South-East RHF, Ulrich Spreng. Photo: Vestre Viken health company This is reported by Helse Sør-Öst in a press release on Wednesday 28 June. – Organizing treatment in separate stroke units has been a success – both in that more people survive, but also in that patients receive more appropriate treatment and follow-up. This means that those who survive have fewer late-life injuries and a better quality of life, says specialist director of Health South-East RHF, Ulrich Spreng. – People have shouted and shouted The past year Tove Paule refers to as “motley”. She has struggled health-wise. At the turn of January/February, she got the same symptoms again. – Then I had to call 113 straight away, and then I rushed straight into the emergency room at the hospital! It went very, very well. But people have yelled and yelled. “You who have shown that you have a bit of a knack – here you were stupid!” – I completely agree with them, emphasizes Paule, who comes with the following message: – If you notice these symptoms, please get in touch immediately! Tove Paule cheered after she was elected as the new sports president at the sports council in Skien in 2007. Photo: Birte Susann Ulveseth / NTB The royal couple, Seoul, Zurich and Gran Canaria On 16 May, Paule also had a kidney removed with a “severe tumor in it” and “the operations further forward are in the queue”. – I have clearly now reached what is called the repair age, she comments gallows humor. – But how are you now? – I’m actually doing very well – and take things in good spirits. What happens happens. I am very happy with the life I have had. Tove Paule is perhaps best known as Norway’s first female sports president. But it doesn’t stop there. Furthermore, she has been secretary general of the Norwegian Gymnastics and Gymnastics Association, sports commentator, city council politician, deputy mayor, top referee, has been in more or less every summer Olympics since 1984, she lived three years in Zurich, was an international top referee for 40 years, had a serenade sung in honor of herself in a hot summer Seoul, she has hosted the royal couple several times and she simply loves summer holidays on Gran Canaria! – Now I have struggled health-wise and have not yet made it on one of my annual trips there. But I hope to leave after 10 July, concludes an optimistic Paule. Tove Paule in the stands, together with King Harald, Queen Sonja, during the joint start in biathlon during the Olympics in Vancouver 2010. Photo: Heiko Junge / NTB
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More and more people are surviving strokes – former sports president Tove Paule (72) has had two – news Oslo and Viken – Local news, TV and radio
