my name is carl nolasco. im 18 years old and i just recently graduated from high school last June. I was very athletic played Varisty basketball & Volleyball, & I was training for the 'o8 LA Marathon.  A week after i graduated i had a hemmhorragic stroke, and i was in the CCU for 8 days, i was paralyzed on the left side of my body. I was diagnosed with MMD. I was transferred to another hospital where they ruled out moya moya said it was AV Mal, and i recently had another opinion where they confirmed it is MMD and now im goin to Dr. steinburg next month for my surgeries.