We are the Writing 200 Group from the Aphasia Center of Tucson. We want to write sentences. It’s hard to come up with names. This semester, we wrote stories about our lives. For example, one member wrote about her skydiving trip 6 years ago. We feel very good about all that Fabi and all the…
Bob Hall is a veteran, business owner, stroke survivor, and advocate for aphasia. Bob was born near Niagara Falls in 1943. As a young man he served as a petty officer in the Navy on the following ships: USS Alamo, USS Klondike, USS Summit County. He fought in the Vietnam war. After the war, he…
I graduated high school in 1942. Eight months later I joined the Army. First, in Engineers group and then I went to Michigan to join the Military Police group. I went oversees and arrived in Liverpool, England on June 5, 1944. I was in the service for almost 3 years. I was married for 47…
On August 18, 2012, Ellie Mae (My dog.) and I went for a walk. It was a Saturday morning. Suddenly, I had a stroke. The ambulance arrived quickly and took me to Fort Worth. At the hospital in Fort Worth, I was given a clot busting medicine, but it didn’t work. I rode a helicopter…
Aphasia touched ME! More like, Aphasia SMACKED ME, but back to a new REALITY. My life was somewhat simple after my divorce. I was straightening that mess first. My stroke gave me a smack for my wake-up call. Things got SERIOUSLY complicated at that time. My wife took me back in her home during the…
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My name is Carolina Ulloa. I have aphasia and I am from Colombia. My native language is Spanish. My story begins a little bit before my stroke. I lived in New York at the time. I was studying biology at Stony Brook University. In December 2009, we flew to Bogota, Colombia for a visited. On…
We were going to Mexico, first family vacation. With my husband’s parents on April 8, 2001. I was 31 years old, my son was 4, my daughter was 3, and my baby girl was 18 months old. Everybody was excited, especially me! Houston Airport… Our flight was 2 hours late. No worries. I started feeling…
What a great way to raise awareness of stroke and the symptoms one may experience with Aphasia. I often run into patients and family members who are initially frightened by all the changes and loss of independence, they or their loved one has suffered. Aphasia does not just affect the patient, it affects the family…
My darling husband Jim had won on Jeopardy, was full of facts on a NYC public radio program every week, and was the best unofficial tour guide of NYC, especially architectural wonders. A severe stroke in 2008 left him with hardly any ability to speak any more. He can barely write full words or sentences.…