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\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Sharon Stone<\/strong><\/a> is opening up about the brain hemorrhage she suffered in 2001.<\/p>\n The 65-year-old Emmy winner had a stroke, which caused her brain to bleed for nine days. Afterward, she took a break from acting, though back in June, recalled being \u201cdropped\u201d from Hollywood<\/a> since.<\/p>\n Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n In a recent interview with Vogue<\/a><\/em>, Sharon<\/strong> spoke about her stroke and brain hemorrhage, remembering the lightning bolt-like\u201d pain she felt in her head. <\/p>\n \u201cI remember waking up on a gurney and asking the kid wheeling it where I was going, and him saying, \u2018brain surgery,\u2019\u201d Sharon<\/strong> said. \u201cA doctor had decided, without my knowledge or consent, that he should give me exploratory brain surgery and sent me off to the operating room.\u201d<\/p>\n The Casino<\/em> star then shared that doctors \u201cmissed\u201d her brain hemorrhage \u201cwith the first angiogram and decided that I was faking it.\u201d<\/p>\n Sharon<\/strong> continued, \u201cWhat I learned through that experience is that in a medical setting, women often just aren\u2019t heard, particularly when you don\u2019t have a female doctor.\u201d<\/p>\n The actress also detailed her challenging recovery process and explained that she struggled to walk and lost weight during that period.<\/p>\n \u201cI bled so much into my subarachnoid pool (head, neck, and spine) that the right side of my face fell, my left foot was dragging severely, and I was stuttering very badly,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n Sharon<\/strong> added that she was initially hesitant to go public with her health scare and that she \u201chid\u201d her disability. <\/p>\n \u201c[I] was afraid to go out and didn\u2019t want people to know,\u201d she said. \u201cI just thought no one would accept me.\u201d<\/p>\n Earlier this year, Sharon Stone<\/strong> talked about the pay disparity and disrespect she experienced on the set of Basic Instinct<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n