13 Nov Presentation at the AbilityLab in Chicago
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...
29 Oct World Stroke Day 2017
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...
22 Oct Meet Cam, who does a talk show on Brain Injury Radio
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...
26 Sep What does “recovery” mean for a stroke survivor?
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...
05 Sep 7 Year Anniversary
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...
26 Jul Back Among the Professors
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...
08 Jun Helping others as I recover
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...
04 Apr March was a tough month
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...
07 Feb What Do You Think of our Title?
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...
26 Jan Welcome to the Identity Theft blog!
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...