Do Muscles Have a Mind of Their Own? Indeed They Do!
So many people have muscle twitching, and it's often misidentified as a muscle spasm. Both are involuntary contractions of a muscle, but muscle spasms and muscle twitching aren't the same...
Sometimes, You’re Never Done No Matter What You Do
I fell again because of the stroke almost 15 years ago, but this was no ordinary fall where I busted up my elbow or banged my leg. This was a...
Phantom Noises
After I had my stroke, at times I would hear voices, and there was not one person nearby. No one. The voices went away in a few months or...
The Pusher Syndrome: Have you heard about it before? Everybody should!
I found out about pusher syndrome last week for the first time ever from my Physical Therapist in Rehab because I fell once again. I am a stroke survivors of almost 15...
6 New Year’s Resolutions from Yours Truly
Released by Kenny Chesney in 2007, he sang, "Don't blink. Life goes faster than you think." And so it is. The year 2023 has zoomed by (or maybe it's my...
Just in Time for the Holidays: Mixing Alcohol With Some Medicines Is a Bad Idea
Sixty-five years ago, always an inquisitive child, my mother decided to tell me why we had so much booze, hidden on all of the shelves in the large breakfront and...
ABI, TBI, Non-TBI, Stroke: So What Goes Into Which Category?
When I found out, in April 2009, I had a stroke almost a month later, I was traumatized that I had a brain injury. So of course, I called my...
Budget-Friendly Health and Nutrition Tips for Senior Stroke Survivors
The article was contributed by Claire Wentz, my random guest contributor. It was written with a focus on seniors, but all age groups can learn what to do. After all,...
Weight Gain, Restless Sleep, and Mood Swings Are Just a Few of the Many Things I Got with Taking Steroids
I was a runner 30 years ago, and then I had a stroke in 2009 that put that activity on the back shelf permanently, only to be left with good--and...
He Said, “I Don’t Think Your Company Is Worthy of My Time.” I Was Flabbergasted and Hurt!
I know about blurting things out before I had a chance to think. At five-years-old, I was already in trouble. It was the middle of the 1950s and my mother...