Redoable – 2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 9,200 views in 2012. If...
View ArticleGuess who had a stroke
A funny thing happened today – Thursday, 10 January 2013 – BBC’s Andrew Marr had a stroke. Not funny ha-ha, but strange funny because the news of that stroke set the whole stroke network into a frenzy...
View ArticleSince when does reality speak a foreign language?
Since having a stroke 2½ years ago I find I am constantly reminding myself of reality. You know, the real reality, not just what you think it is. Take the other day: I turned on the TV to catch up on...
View ArticlePsst! Wanna see pictures of something really strange?
Not the picture above – this is a teaser, and besides it’s my left arm. A strange thing happened to my right arm. In the quest to become a medical guinea pig, I was involved in a photo shoot involving...
View ArticleFrozen in mid-word – how the cold weather works against you when you have...
We’re getting the last blast of winter on the second day of spring. Snow storms, high winds and sub-zero temperatures, which isn’t good for my aphasia. How does the weather affect your ability to...
View ArticleA show of hands for all those turned down for medical research
I got an email from the researchers saying I’m not medical research material. “I saw the consultant yesterday afternoon and we had a look at the video together. Whilst you are able to complete the...
View ArticleI’m putting my brain to work in search of a cure for fatigue
I got the why’s of a stroke affecting the brain and cutting off signals to the right side of my body – there’s a lot of learning to do after a stroke. But I thought you could, over time, rewire the...
View ArticleBlogging about a stroke – it’s not research, it’s therapy
Ever since I was turned down by researchers for Botox to the hands, I keep running into other ways I could be involved in stroke-related research. I got a message on my blog wondering if I’d like share...
View ArticleAphasia: Not with a mouse, not with a fox
June being the month for all people to be aware of the condition known as aphasia (as ordered by the US Congress) I find that I’m getting worse, not better. I wrote earlier about being exposed to the...
View ArticleAphasia
After month of induced Aphasia Awareness (as ordered by the US Congress) I’m convinced I am never going to be cured of aphasia. It leaves me feeling like this Erik Johanssen photo
View ArticleWalking for science, discovering victims of violence or Plan C?
Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow – Henry David Thoreau I read about some researchers that were looking for people to study the effects of exercise who have had...
View ArticleI’m proposing a new word for 2014
. I invented this word purely to get in the face of the originators of the word “selfie,” because the word I’m proposing doesn’t have the narcissism, self-absorption and ego. “Selfies” originators...
View ArticleRecrudescence – to become raw again
I haven’t on the blog for awhile because I’ve been on holiday. Well, if you count 365 plus days of time off as holidays. Truth is, I’ve been lazy. Every day some topic would enter my mind and I’ve...
View ArticleA miracle for Mr Hockey? Science vs Stem Cells vs Stroke
Back when ice hockey was new to the American South in 1973-ish, with Atlanta (Flames) and Houston (Aeros) getting teams involving the sport on ice, I had this idea for a feature magazine story. I could...
View ArticleWhat’s another word for synonym?
I have confessed before to being a crossword addict. It started when I was young, watching my father do them, asking the reasoning behind an answer. Later, I did it because I thought it would help me...
View Article“Why don’t you talk normal?”
My grandson Arthur asked me today, “Why don’t you talk normal?” I didn’t take as a personal affront because he’s only four. So I explained to him that I’d had a brain attack and so I couldn’t speak...
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