A stroke sufferer’s wife warns others not to ignore the small, lesser-known signs.

When Jodie Niven’s 41-year-old husband mentioned some symptoms he was having, she thought it was just a case of man flu.

But a niggling feeling that something was not quite right led her to keep questioning him.

It turned out to be a stroke. And her early intervention meant the father of two was one of the “lucky ones”.

Jodie Niven’s post has already been shared more than 250,000 times. Image via iStock.

Now – almost one year since the event – she wants others to benefit from her terrifying first-hand experience.

So, in a Facebook post that has been shared more than a quarter of a million times, Jodie tells her story.

Jodie says he almost went to bed early – a decision that could have been a death sentence – but decided to write one more work email.

When he got up and stumbled slightly, alarm bells began ringing for Jodie.

She asked him follow more directions. He struggled to do so.

He suffered an intracerebral haemorrhage.

But due to the early intervention and quick-thinking medical staff, Jodie says she, her husband and their family were “the lucky ones”.

For more information, head to the Stroke Foundation’s website.

Mamamia reached out to Jodie for comment but did not hear back by the time of publication.

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