I was one of the lucky ones. When my stroke hit, with no warning at all, I was fortunate to be visiting with two close friends, one of whom had had a stroke. When I stopped speaking mid-sentence, and slumped onto the couch with no...
Six and a half years later, I am writing another chapter in my book Identity Theft, while I’m also writing another chapter in my story of stroke recovery. I spent the month of May in Chicago doing another four weeks of intensive speech therapy at...
March was a tough month for me. Partly because I really wanted to do more than I got done -- like improve this site, post blog entries regularly, etc. I need more help than I want, and progress has been slow. It’s frustrating. But also because...
To achieve, we must believe. To find our path, we must visualize our dreams into reality. To obtain, we must continually strive and NEVER give up. Once obtained, we must give back with gratitude to keep the positive energy flowing! May my story encourage others. I have had multiple brain...
The working title -- Identity Theft -- was the brainchild of friends of ours Steve Goodman and Ruth Levine. Over dinner we were talking about the book, and I was describing my frustration with not being able to do all that I used to do. That I no longer...
Thanks for visiting this new blog. We're excited to launch this online community, where I hope to create conversations that can help stroke survivors (and others who suffered different debilitating events) succeed in their journeys back to health. Specifically, on my own journey, I found lots of resources about...