Jerseygirl
If I have two strokes.
Mike C
Stroke 2021 caregiver is Mary
Stroke/Aphasia doesn’t define me
I first had a Stroke 13 yrs ago.Fortunately I was treated rapidly and was lucky to have no lasting effects.Unfortunately just over 3 Months ago I was driving back from a hiking trip with my Girlfriend when I suffered a stroke on the Motorway.Thanks to my Girlfriend quick response she got us to safety.I’d had…
A long road to recovery
I developed aphasia after suffering from 3 strokes, thought by doctors to be the result of varicella-zoster (shingles). I am learning how to stand, walk, and talk again. My family had been a great help – and family for me includes my best friend, Little Joe (a Boston terrier)
I am story
I am 12 November1970. I am 6 June 2015 Stroke, aphasia. Aphasia can affect all form of languages- speak, listen, read and writing. I am bed, chairwalk, and I am cane. I am speech therapy- December 2015- September 25,2018 Hasina Echoles I am Mark Illeman 20 December- June 7,2022 and August 2023. I am 30…
Brain 🧠 injury and a special dog.
I am now we’ll into my 70s with a long history of TBIs and ABI. Born in 1948. Born with lack took to the brain I was born 3 months premature. The place of my birth is Mexico City Mexico. My first language was “Mexican Spanish” as my mother would say. For me, life and…
My Aphasia Story
It was 3 years ago (July 2020). I was on a bicycle for a ride. It was warm out. It was just a normal day. And then I fell. I fell hard. And I knew nothing more. I woke up after a month in a coma in the hospital. I couldn’t speak at all. I…
My Aphasia Story
I was first diagnosed with PPA in 2019. I got a second opinion in 2021 because I had gotten worse and my language and handwriting had gotten worse. I told my sons and family, because Juli, my speech language, pathologist, said family can help! She met with my sons and me through zoom and taught…
My Life With Aphasia
I developed Aphasia following a traumatic brain injury that resulted from a very heavy iron coat rack slamming into the top of my head in March 2019. I struggle to find the right words or using them correctly. I try not to let it bother me as much as it first did. I just breathe…
My Second Chance Litterally
I had my stroke 08/19/2020 when COVID some what started. I was at work in a hospital room and out of no where the complete right side of my body went limp. I collapsed on the floor, crawled toward the hallway and yelled help. From that point on I went into it a coma and…