A Different Kind of Stroke (PICS)
October 20th, 2009 | Author: Trixie
Normally when you hear “camgirl” and “stroke” you think of masturbation. Unfortunately our online pal UndressJess experienced a different kind of stroke yesterday.
Some of us who follow her twitter account noticed a couple of really jumbled tweets from her, plus one saying she was on her way to the hospital. I finally got ahold of her on her cell phone this afternoon; she is in the hospital BECAUSE SHE HAD A STROKE.
Undress Jess
She was able to speak fairly coherently, though she stopped and apologized a couple of times because it’s hard for her to organize her thoughts. Apparently the main thing is that SHE CAN’T READ and is pretty worried wondering how she’ll be able to work on her site, camming, blogging, promoting herself, etc. when she totally can’t READ. It’s like weird instant dyslexia.
It’s really hard to imagine being so young, living alone and becoming disabled overnight. You never know how long (if ever) after a stroke you’ll regain the function(s) you lost, but if I heard her correctly the estimate is about a year for her to be able to read again. Apparently the only guess being made as to why this happened to her is from her birth control pills. Yes, fuckers, STROKE is one of the risks of being on hormonal birth control. So next time you hear a guy complain about using a fucking condom, pull out this little gem. Risk of stroke isn’t just a bunch of tiny words on a pill pack insert no one reads.
Rad Camgirl Undress Jess
Needless to say, she won’t be on cam or updating her site or doing daily shows the way she normally does so I hope her fans read this and try to be supportive. Her main site is UndressJess.com but she also has awesome booty-shaking vids on shakinit AND a clip site if you can only afford to purchase one or two videos. It’s hard to imagine what an extended hospital stay and disability can do to a single, independent camgirl/site owner financially.
Note: I’m not going to keep calling her while she’s in the hospital and if I do talk to her again anytime soon the conversations will no doubt be brief and about work stuff, so I can’t say that I’ll have updates for you or pass messages along to her, I just want people to be aware of her situation and do what they can to support her work online and be patient while she’s absent and struggling with what happened to her brain. If you have a blog, it would be great if you could repost this.
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hey, babe … just found ya on twitter !! thanks for the update. will put the link on my blog/facebook etc… luuuv that little girl !! her posts did scare me ’cause i’ve seen that .. gotta heavy heart tonight.
Poor Jess.
( I just heard the news, thanks for the update.
D’oh, that was supposed to be a frowny face.
I hope Jess has a speedy recovery. It takes time, but perhaps her young age will help it go faster.
We just visited a friend in Iowa (in his ’50s) who had a stroke due to untreated high blood pressure. It can be a long road to recovery.
GenevaN and I will be keeping Jess in our thoughts and prayers.
–SexNRope
Oh no… Thanks for telling me… I will keep her in good thoughts and prayers…
Thanks so much for posting this, was so worried when I saw her tweets. I hope her web friends and fans can help her through this, very scary stuff.
Thanks for posting this. Yeesh- makes me extra glad I’ve been off the pill for three years now.
How’s about us web whores offer some site membership auctions or a raffle or something to help her raise some cash? I’m in. Email me.
Damn. It’s so scary when something like this happens, because it could be any of us.
Some strippers were talking about an emergency extraction fund recently – where everyone puts in $5/m and then if you accidentally go somewhere dangerous for work the fund will extract you. Maybe we could arrange something like that for sex workers in general, or web girls specifically.
Awwwwwwwww, PLEASE tell Jess that she is in my thoughts and prayers!! I hope that she is ok and I hope that she fully recovers. This has to be soooo scary for her!! She is so young!! I am all up to donating to help her! Does anyone know if she has someone to look after her animals for her? I know she loves her pets! GET WELL SOON JESS!! We are thinking about you!!
I’d love to send her a copy of the audiobook of Jill Bolte Taylor’s book A Stroke of Insight: http://www.amazon.com/Stroke-Insight-Ph-D-Bolte-Taylor/dp/0143144006
It’s an amazing book, and very heartening — Dr. Taylor *completely* recovered from her stroke, at an older age than Jess.
Do any of you know where I could send it?
That is so sad to hear. I really hope she has help getting back on her feet. Poor thing. Lots of thought going out to her. Her regulars better buckup and do some major wallet control to pay those bills
i wasn’t a regular in Jess’ chats but the times i did see her she seemed a really nice girl, sending some good thoughts her way for sure.
please let me know if they’re gonna monitor her contact sites … we miss her already !!!
omg Jess!!!
I am praying for your quick recovery!
OMG i’m near tears reading this. It still hasn’t sunk in. Jess is one of the coolest chicks i’ve met since being on cams. Her energy has always been kickass ..for something like this to happen to her is a low blow to the online community. Jess i’m wishing you a speedy recovery..dammnit girl. I’ll keep you in prayers.
Jess is in my thoughts and prayers Shes too sweet a girl to have this happen.
Thanks for the info, Trix….reposted.
Let me know if you are organizing any events or funraisers. We’ll contribute something from the store, and spread the word to other sex positive stores as well.
Sending good energy.
And, I used to work with a woman that this happened to. Recovery took a while, but she ended up totally ok.
I am so upset to hear about Jess. She’s a sweet girl and I always enjoyed her stopping by my cam shows and chatting with her on Twitter. I can’t believe this happened to someone so young. Now I am absolutely terrified to be on the BC pill. Been having doubts lately after reading about heart attacks and strokes from it but now this just hits too close to home. I would like to help Jess out any way that I can whether it’s helping her maintain her site or just auctioning off my panties or site memberships to raise money to help her get back on her feet. I sure hope she recovers from this quickly and can get her life back.
~DJ
it doesn’t necessarily mean it was from birth control. that’s a much lower risk than many other lifestyle factors. huge cause of strokes is amphetamines and alcohol. i am pretty sure jess has been taking adderall for years now.
Holy crap. Thank you for the update.
Here’s sending her strong wishes for a quick and full recovery.
She’s on Rude.com (her page is here: http://www.rude.com/undressjess). When you tip a performer on their page there, 100% of the tip goes to them. I just tipped her page. If you’re a rude.com member, you can as well.
If anyone is up to setting up a benefit like Furry Girl described, I’m in, too.
Sinei: as you said, she’s been taking ADHD meds for years now (so have I and probably a number of other people who’ve posted). But from what I understand she just started taking a new birth control pill. Even if other factors are involved that possibly increased her risk, you can’t dismiss birth control as low risk, or lowER risk, because it simply is not:
“Women using any type of birth control pills have about twice the stroke risk of nonusers.”
Anyway, none of us are in a position to know for sure what caused this to happen to her, only that it’s sure as fuck not something you expect to happen to a young person in her twenties. I just wanted to make sure people know SOME of what’s going on with her so they don’t think she just fell off the edge of the earth.
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[...] she is so young. Another great indie web girl got in contact with Jess at the hospital and posted this blog about her current condition. I hope that Jess recovers soon, but it will be hard since she is self [...]
Trixie, if you want to pass this along to her – I’m more than willing to play assistant and update her sites or send out emails or anything else she needs me to do for her. I know what it feels like to be fine one day and completely fucked medically the next…
Love you Jess!
We sometimes forget strokes can happen to anyone, not just the elderly. These three simple tasks can help safe a life. If you or someone you know has a weak spell or other potential symptom of a stroke:
S – ask the person to smile.
T – ask the person to Talk – to speak a simple coherent sentence. “It’s a sunny day outside”
R – ask the person to Raise both arms. (like in a stickup)
If the person has trouble with any one of these tasks, call 9-1-1 immediately.
Hang in there, Jess! You’re gonna be ok! If you need anything, just ask! <3
was a fan of hers since i saw her camshows when i was a member on camwhores.com and followed her on twitter….i’ll keep her in my prayers for a speedy recovery
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Hang in there… Jess.
Livia
Hi Jess, its Renee (biobabe)from LJ. I have been so worried about you. were you still taking that weight loss stuff we talked about too? If so you need to tell the docs. I am very worried for you. Please let me know if there is a p o box we can all send money to help.
I know Jess from real life, she is more than just a little bit defiant. Hopefully she can use that wild streak in her to have a swift recovery. This page was sent to me in a Facebook message, what a surreal way to discover bad news.
Seriously, I believe if anyone can kick this things ass she can. I am so glad she didn’t ignore the symptoms and blow it off – a stroke is the last thing you would think of in someone her age.
wow. I am shocked to hear this
poor Jess. I really had no idea that birth control could be so dangerous!! perhaps its time to get off it. I hope she makes a swift recovery
get well soon
For all asking how to help, Jess has made a chipin page: http://twitter.com/UndressJess/status/5166665106
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Jess, So sorry to hear this news. You are a sweet woman and a hard worker. My wishes for your recovery.
Steve