Good news – I just had brain surgery! Sounds funny, I know, but I got admitted to a clinical trial for an experimental treatment at Stanford Hospital. I was lucky to be the last person admitted into the Stanford study with 11 other people. There are...
I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Cam and Daniel, who help run the Strokefocus Podcast. The podcast is run by survivors, for survivors. Cam is actually one of the stroke survivors that I interviewed for my book, so it was fun being the interviewee this time...
Hello, my name is Annette. I had my stroke on April 10, 2004, 13 years ago. I worked for Denny's for 15 years and Long Horn Steakhouse for 3 years. I worked 7 days a week. Craig and I were married Feb. 23rd, 2004. I...
In June I gave a talk at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago, a hospital and recovery facility that supports people with traumatic brain injury and physical disability. In addition to the short clip from my talk embedded below, there is also a link to...
Well, it's World Stroke Day (http://www.worldstrokecampaign.org/) so a great day to post. As they say on their site—"Stroke affects everyone - we all have a reason to prevent it." Personally, I want to help raise awareness about and prevent stroke so fewer people have to...
I worked full time at Mercy Medical Center as a medical secretary. I'd also been a resident coordinator for years. I'd been there for thirty years. I was at work [when I had my stroke]. I was at the hospital in the cafeteria. All of...
Well, I didn’t exactly hit my goal of once a week – let’s see if I can get better at that. Still working with Steve and Danny on the first draft that Sally completed a few weeks ago. And I’m still REALLY frustrated that I...
Well, Labor Day was yesterday and it’s now exactly 7 years since my stroke on 9/5/2010. Recovery has been a long and challenging road. Progress can be slow, and it can be difficult to accept the changes that have occurred. I’m back at lake Tahoe...
In April, I spoke at Harvard Business School's Gender Conference. I was really nervous. It's a conference run by my close colleague Robin Ely. I've gone several years in a row. This was my first time speaking. I talked about how my identity as a tenure...
Kathy suffered a stroke nine years ago, at age 55, after she’d been working a very stressful job to put her two kids through college. Kathy, in blue, with her brother and his wife at their last "Stampede for Stroke" event in St. Louis She remembers an...