Podcasts have become very popular, and there are some great podcasts out there for stroke and brain injury survivors. I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed on The Hand in Hand Show, which got me interested in seeing if there were other helpful podcasts available...
I am a 32 year old nurse (Service Line Education Coordinator). While teaching new interns about stroke suffered a SAH (subarachnoid hemorrhage) – NOT joking. Went to local ER and was transferred to the SAH wing at Emory shortly after for 11 days in the...
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...
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...
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...
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...