When Lillian Wong experienced her first ministroke more than 20 years ago, she didn't realise the impact it would have on her life.
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Having lived through three ministrokes in total, since 2013 Ms Wong has been using her experience to help inform others about the signs of stroke, treatment and prevention.
As a StokeSafe Ambassador for the Stroke Foundation, Ms Wong said she felt privileged to be in a position where she could potentially help others.
"On paper I have perfect health. If you met me, you wouldn't think I was someone who had three ministrokes," she said.
"I wasn't living my life like I was in danger of falling off a cliff one day."
Tasmania has the highest stroke rate per capita in the country, with about 1500 people experiencing a stroke each year.
A ministroke occurs when the brain experiences a temporary lack of blood flow.
While causing stroke-like symptoms, ministrokes usually resolve within 24 house and on its own will not cause permanent disabilities.
However, about one in three people who experience a ministroke will later experience a stroke.
Ms Wong said she considered her ministrokes as three big warning signs.
"When it happened, I was right in the middle of talking to someone and then suddenly it was like I couldn't understand what they were saying," she said.
"Suddenly I would say something irrelevant, like I was talking in my sleep. I went straight to my GP, who said I had just described a textbook ministroke.
"The next day my symptoms had completely disappeared, so the danger for many people is to just forget it ever happened. Even after my ministrokes I was still quite ignorant of how serious it was."
The Stroke Foundation is recruiting volunteers to become StrokeSafe Ambassadors, with a training session to be held in Launceston in June.
Ambassadors do not have to be stroke survivors. For more information call 1800 787 653 or email volunteer@strokefoundation.com.au.