> Learning to walk is hard enough. But learning to walk again...? http://t.co/oumoptsByY — Metro Connection (@wamumetro) January 26, 2015 [https://twitter.com/wamumetro/status/559535016384819202] This is quite a story of persistence and achievement.…
> pic.twitter.com/t89SYr9dk1 [http://t.co/t89SYr9dk1] — Natl Stroke Assoc (@natlstrokeassoc) November 27, 2014 [https://twitter.com/natlstrokeassoc/status/538014423441354753]…
The concluding stanzas ofWhat the Heart Cannot Forget [http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2013/11/25] by Joyce Sutphen [http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2013/11/25]. In a decidedly unpoetic way, the image reminds me of the way my body feels when someone helps me…
> This film is just amazing. RT @guardianfilm [https://twitter.com/guardianfilm]: World exclusive trailer for Edwyn Collins's post-stroke documentary: http://t.co/fJguC06wwW — Letters of Note (@LettersOfNote) September 16, 2014 [https://twitter.com/LettersOfNote/status/511850820464549888] The Guardian web site at the link promises availability on 20…
Added a new tool to my arsenal today, an air splint. Jon, the OT, used it to immobilize my arm while he used manual motion and electrotherapy on my shoulder.…
One of the small, but deeply felt, frustrations in my life is the inability to use chopsticks easily. I've worked at it— but it's not as easy or as successful as I want it to be. Here's word that a solution may not be…
> "The hard part comes when the adrenaline recedes and you have to set out down the endless grey corridor..." http://t.co/SKDgRb10w6 — BrainLine (@BrainLine) July 24, 2014 [https://twitter.com/BrainLine/statuses/492454213067100160] Specifically written about a brain tumor case and in context refers to the…
At The New York Times Nora Johnson offer a brief, but shatteringly accurate, description of a stroke's effect [http://nyti.ms/1la0P1g] > But that was before the stroke. Now he’s wandering through strange country. That sounds about right to me. I can remember moments of panic,…