Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Ray Luján reflect on their experiences recovering from strokes.
in May. His circumstance has sparked a conversation with other lawmakers who've also had strokes about the pressures of working in today's fiercely partisan and divided field.
"We do have very stressful jobs," Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland told CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane."We're running in a million different directions.""I felt lightheaded," he recalled."I had a pain in my neck and my ears were popping." Doctors later found a tear in one of Van Hollen's veins in the back of his head and found bleeding in the brain. While he did not undergo surgery for the stroke, he was hospitalized and took time away from work. Sen. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico also suffered a stroke this year. He underwent"I couldn't get a few words in before my doctor said 'You need to get to the emergency room,'" he recalled.
Van Hollen agreed and encourages people to be aware of the warning signs of stroke, which include lack of balance, dizziness, vision problems and slurred speech. "When you're feeling these strange symptoms, don't just brush them off, which we so often do," he said.
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