Sharon Stone: 'I have brain damage, deal with it'

Sharon Stone feels like her ''entire DNA changed'' after suffering a brain hemorrhage in 2001 and is still feeling the effects of brain damage.Sharon Stone feels like her ''entire DNA changed'' after suffering a brain hemorrhage in 2001.

The 57-year-old actress admits it took her years to fully recover from the medical emergency and she is still feeling the effects of brain damage.  The 'Casino' star said: ''It almost feels like my entire DNA changed. My brain isn't sitting where it used to, my body type changed, and even my food allergies are different.''

But the blonde beauty, who once feared she would never be able to read or speak again, believes the experience taught her a lot.

She told the September issue of Harper's Bazaar magazine: ''I became more emotionally intelligent. I chose to work very hard to open up other parts of my mind. Now I'm stronger. And I can be abrasively direct. That scares people, but I think that's not my problem. It's like, I have brain damage; you'll just have to deal with it.'' - Read More

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