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Knock, knock! I Was At Death’s Door. And Then I Wasn’t, aka The Issue of Turning Off the Life Support Machine Too Early
Bewilderment

Knock, knock! I Was At Death’s Door. And Then I Wasn’t, aka The Issue of Turning Off the Life Support Machine Too Early

Joyce HoffmanJune 30, 2022July 2, 2022
When I had my hemorrhagic stroke in 2009, my boys knew I had a zest for life from the way I lived it up to that point. I didn't have...
COVID and the Rehab Facility: Talk About a Clusterfuck
Bewilderment

COVID and the Rehab Facility: Talk About a Clusterfuck

Joyce HoffmanMay 23, 2022May 23, 2022
I found out from the Emergency Room doc--after I had fallen 3 times in 2 days from the lack of power in my stroke-disabled, weak leg--that I tested positive for...
Bewilderment

Alcohol and Stroke, or Was My Grandfather Pickled and Other Stuff

Joyce HoffmanOctober 29, 2020August 14, 2022
  My grandfather came from Austria, the home of Schnapps, which he drank at every opportune time, some a week long, of the Jewish holiday regimen. And some after Saturday services. And...
Bewilderment

An “Almost Vegan” Speaks Out: Me and the Plant-Based Diet

Joyce HoffmanAugust 21, 2019November 29, 2021
I never liked eggs as a young child, and I stopped eating dairy and red meat last year when I was told by others that those foods were inflammatory. My Asian...
Bewilderment

Why Do Stroke Survivors Lose Friends? x

Joyce HoffmanSeptember 1, 2018November 30, 2021
Through my involvement with stroke survivors at all levels, I heard from a lady who had to move 2000 miles away to get out of an already horrid relationship. Reason...
Bewilderment

A Stroke Survivor and an Uber Psychopath

Joyce HoffmanAugust 14, 2018November 30, 2021
My friend has a huge SUV, a BMW with a running board that, as a stroke survivor, on my very best day ever, I can't enter, to travel to and...

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