On August 26, 2008, just 2 weeks short of her 75th birthday, my mother, Ollie Baljkas, suffered a triple infarction CVA, a stroke that damaged 2 of the speech centres of the brain. Her stroke-related hemiplegia has almost disappeared, but her expressive (or fluent) aphasia continues. From birth, my mom never had an easy life…
My name is Chris Conlon, and Brain Stroke at Dec 28, 2012. My age is a 38 years. My run is Iceland Marathon is August 23, 2014….
My name is Wayne Pifer. I had a stroke on Christmas Eve in 2009. I was 54 years old. I lived in North Carolina. I was in the hospital and rehab for 7 months in North Carolina. I was in the hospital for 2 months. Then I went to rehab for 5 months. I had…
My name is Debbie. Before the stroke, I worked at Rec. and Parks doing many different things. I worked in both the office and the yards. I was the busy mother of four children, Brice, Blair, Beth, and Bud. I also homeschooled my daughter Beth. One day all of the sudden my right side went…
I had a stroke 20 years ago. I was only 36 years old. I was in a coma for 1 month. One day I heard Patti LaBelle singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and I woke up. My mother was playing it in the hospital. Before the stroke I was very busy. I worked in sales.…
My name is Mike. I worked at Bethlehem Steel full-time as an accountant since 1990. I had a massive stroke on September 27th, 2005 and had difficulty with speech and walking. Therapy has helped me gradually improve my skills that I lost from my stroke. Today, I still have trouble reading and understanding text but…
I had my stroke in 2010 which ended many things in life including work. The stroke affected my right hand and right foot and speech. Typing with both hands and r/c helicopters helped with fine motor motions and exercise helped with lifting simple things. In physical therapy if you can walk a block more than…
My name is Dannie and I have aphasia. I go to SCALE (Snyder Center for Aphasia Life Enhancement) on 1 day a week in Baltimore, Maryland. I am from Winnipeg, Manitoba, but I now live in Columbia. My family is Swiss, and prior to my stroke I was speaking three languages: English, French and Swiss-German.…
On March 28th, 2004, I had an AVM (Arteriovenous Malformation) on the left side of my brain. This stroke subsequently left my right side paralyzed. This is a story of my journey, starting from when I first felt the symptoms through my assiduous efforts to overcome the physical constraints that the AVM imposed on me.…