Why You Lose Memory from Brain Injury and Possible Ways to Improve It
This post is for everyone because you never know when you’ll suffer a brain injury. I had a stroke. And with that may come memory loss. I want to say...
The Silent Stroke: Holy Crap! aka You Might Have a Stroke and Not Know It Until Something’s Not Right in Your Brain
My hemorrhagic stroke (there are two prominent ones: hemorrhagic and ischemic) was evident: facial paralysis (especially the eye slightly closing and the crooked lip), one-sided weakness (little movement or none...
Stroke Survivors: Three Recent Studies on Fatigue That Tell How, Who, And What Respectively
I'm just speaking for me, and probably for most, if not all, of the stroke survivors. Every time I lie down, I always say the same thing, albeit silently: I...
An Article and a Presentation: Long-term Care and a Stroke Video Project
I know, I know. Insurance companies have a dismal reputation because most of them deserve it. They talk insurance speak--of deductibles, annuities, disability income, expense ratio, hospital indemnity coverage--as if everyone...
The Reason I Had a Stroke: Protein S Deficiency, aka Lousy Genes Will Get You Eventually
My mother, bless her deceased soul, used to have her favorite vegetable at dinner for us most of the time: overcooked string beans, and I, following in the tradition of...
I Was Naked In The Shower With A Man…And More
That title would be something that you'd see in a tabloid. But it happened to me. Before you get all hot and bothered, let me explain. It's not you're thinking.It...
Quirky Personality of the Stroke Survivor: Caregivers Are the Most Important Part
C’mon. You must know a stroke survivor, with 800,000 getting strokes annually, and that number is just for the United States alone! At the very simplest common denominator, this post is...
PRP: Give a Little Blood, Get Some Amazing Results, Even With Hair Loss
Here's a question for you. What do Lakers Lonzo Ball (knee injury), golf's gift to women (only kidding) Tiger Woods (torn Achilles' tendon), and Brewers pitcher Chris Capuano (strained quadriceps) have...
When Is Enough Exercise Enough?
[This post is to all chronically-ill people, their caregivers (or personal assistants as I call them), their family, people who suspect a chronically disease eventually because it runs in the...
10 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Brain Bleeds
It's quiz time! If a hemorrhagic stroke could happen to me, with both low cholesterol and blood pressure, no diabetes, and a non-smoker, it could happen to anyone. Or is it...