Be Positive!

I am John. I like everything, especially the movies. I love writing, producing and directing. I produced for Edmonton Public Schools and the Stollery Children’s Hospital. I love my work. Every person is happy, before. Then it came. I had a stroke. It hurt. It started August 25, 2014 and it was bad. My right…

Broken Pieces

Before, I used to be a whole, but now I feel crushed. I felt like a whole person before my stroke. After the stroke, I felt like my brain and heart were not working like they used to. Before the stroke, I used to feel like I was very smart. After stroke, I felt as…

Walking with Suzanne

Walking with Suzanne, Suzanne fell over her favourite blind dog in February 2013. She hit the arm of the couch, under the chin. Knocked out! She was involved in a motor accident in June 2013. No injuries or destruction of property. Slowly, slowly we learn about this condition. There is a hole in our lives…

Invisible

After I briefly lost my vision, I realized I couldn’t read. At 44 I had a stroke. I had no muscle weakness or paralysis. Reading, comprehension and “input overload” are my invisible disabilities.

My story of Aphasia

I suffered a major stroke at 2008, I was 28 at work too. I got the biggest pain at my head. Trying to move myself better but I fall over straight to the floor. Blacked out at work and woke up at St Georges hospital, my family was around me at the bed. Obviously I…