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Welsh dad learning to read and write again after Covid caused him to have a stroke Geoff Bodman's family were told to prepare for the worst after he was struck down with the virus Geoff Bodman, from Tremorfa, Cardiff, suffered a stroke following his coronavirus diagnosis in March 2020 (Image: Geoff Bodman) Sign up to our free newsletter for the top North Wales stories sent straight to your e-mail Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up now! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in acc...

'I had to learn to read and write again after Covid led to me having a stroke' Geoff Bodman, 57, was fit and healthy before he contracted Covid-19 in March 2020 after a trip to Cheltenham Festival The video will auto-play soon8Cancel Play now Wales Online - Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notice. Thank you for subscribingWe have more newslettersShow meSee ourprivacy notice When Geoff Bodman woke up for work feeling under the weather in March 2020 he initially put it...

play-icon Watch the video report by ITV Wales Correspondent Richard Morgan A man from Cardiff has spoken about the intense recovery he has had to endure, including learning to read again, after suffering a stroke while seriously ill in hospital with coronavirus. Geoff Bodman, a 57-year-old painter and decorator from Cardiff caught Covid in March 2020. A month after being hospitalised at the University Hospital of Wales with the virus, Geoff had a stroke whilst under sedation and on a ventilator. “Thankfully I have no memory of that time," Geoff explained. "I know, at one point, the team ...

Last modified on Sun 21 Feb 2021 06.25 EST When the roar of 65,000 people greeted the first race of the third day, at 1.30pm on Thursday 12 March last year, Geoff Bodman was feeling just fine. The 56-year-old painter and decorator from Tremorfa in Cardiff, whose friends call him “Boddie”, had been going to the Cheltenham Festival every year for 25 years. He had paid £30 for a ticket to the affordable Best Mate enclosure, where he planned to have a punt on the horses and a day on the beer. The following morning he’d be back in Cardiff, getting on with a job painting the outsi...