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Rocky Miller in full recovery from stroke, calls it a “blessing in disguise”

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Rep. Rocky Miller, R-Osage Beach, is calling his stroke just over a week ago a “blessing in disguise.”

After several days of severe headaches, vomiting and vertigo, which was originally misdiagnosed as an inner ear infection, Miller checked into the Capital Region Medical Center in Jefferson City. The doctors found a “severe” cerebellum stroke and immediately put Miller on a number of medications.

“I was so lucky, because it was a serious thing,” Miller says. “But we were able to catch it and treat it before I had any long term issues.”

Miller’s family has a history of stroke, so the early catch has triggered medical attention and regular checkups, something Miller says he “should have been doing anyway.”

“They’re going to be looking at me now, keeping an eye on me,” Miller says. “And I’ll be healthier ultimately, it’s stuff that I should have been doing anyway.”

Miller says he currently feels “fantastic,” and other than the occasional dizziness, his symptoms have subsided. He doesn’t anticipate missing any work and has already visited his offices in Jefferson City and in Osage Beach since the incident.

The 13-year Osage Beach school board member and former director of the Missouri School Board Association said he looks forward to the next session, but that’s he’s “extremely appreciative,” of how lucky he is.

“It’s a serious situation, it can be, and my family and I are jus thrilled that we were able to catch it and take the steps we need to take,” Miller says. “It was a blessing in a way, and I feel much better for it all.”