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...
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...
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...
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...