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...
Bad Balance with a Brain Injury Could Have Dire Consequences, aka Falling Is a Bitch!
August, 2019: I had a stroke, 10 years ago and counting. She said (the social worker, that is, surrounded by the physical therapist, the occupational therapist, the caseworker, and the...
You Never Know Until You Do
This story comes to us as a reprint from https://www.heart.org/ I'm sharing the story with all of you. Sometimes, with support, it works out. ------ Late one evening, Dawn Berry...
Shingles: Funny Name But No Laughing Matter, aka Shingles Relationship with Stroke
When he was little, around seven or so, I took my son to a few homes of friends who had chickenpox so that he would get them, too, instead of...
Lousy Genes with Proteins C and S Deficiencies
I didn't drink in excess, or smoke, or have diabetes, or have high cholesterol, or high blood pressure, or obesity, the main reasons why people have strokes. I'll get to point,...