June 2, 2014

I’m Alive

Person with AphasiaBy June 2, 2014 2 Comments

I was a farmer, a carpenter, a mechanic, a school teacher, and now I’m an engineer. I worked as Senior Transportation Manager for Toshiba Logistics America, Inc. in Charlotte NC – I am 56. I have 3 children, 2 Grandchildren. I am single and I had a stroke. I’m alive. My children and my grandchildren…

Breaking free from locked-in syndrome

Person with AphasiaBy June 2, 2014 1 Comment

“It’s hard to explain what it’s like being in a coma. A coma is a weird place, like a dream but all messed up. I remember being sat in a chair in a big open room with a needle stuck in my arm and being starved of oxygen, feeling very weak and hearing my heart…