Tra-la-la-la-la: Music Therapy Solves So Many Problems
When I was 12, my parents bought me a transistor radio for my birthday--no headphone output and only AM. That was good enough because I didn't know any better. I...
Chiropractors and Strokes: A Sometimes Twosome, aka It All Started with a Grocer
I once went to a chiropractor. I thought he was nuts, and I thought I was nuts to let him manipulate my neck. So it didn't happen. He charged me...
David Letterman, New Year’s Resolutions for a Stroke Survivor, and Other Things
It's New Year's Eve, for cryin' out loud. It seems I'm all over the place, but wait a minute. I promise focus. David Letterman is a funny man. And "The...
Black Friday Madness for a Stroke Survivor, aka Am I Crazy or What?
In 2011, The Huffington Post reported this story: "A Black Friday shopper who collapsed while shopping at a Target store in West Virginia went almost unnoticed as customers continued to...
The Invaluable Hearing Aids, aka Me? Wrong? You Betcha!
In June, 2001, when I started a new job at Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, I was a Technical Trainer and Compliance Administrator, all by myself, for close to 15,000...
You Never Know What Will Bite You in the Ass Next
If I had to recall the most dominant memories of my parents, they are these: My mother who was overly plump always talked about the next meal, and my father...
Sleep and Stroke: WTF? You’re Asleep Already?
"Are you asleep?"I whisper the words, but loud enough for him to hear it. I don't get a response--not a foot twitch, not a hand movement, not a face gesture....
How to Change Your Own Mind, Literally
"You can't be too skinny or too rich," said my old college buddy back in the 60s. But now you know the truth. Skinniness sometimes is related to anorexia or...
ALERT: Why You Didn’t Read My Last Post About The Handicapped: You’re Scared to Tempt Fate
This post is a short one and I'm going to be shouting at you. I wrote my most recent post, "The Handicapped in America: The ADA Has Your Back" (http://stroketales.blogspot.com/2013_08_12_archive.html)...
The Handicapped in America: The ADA Has Your Back
My mother-in-law used to always have a lawsuit going on. But, alas, they were frivolous suits, mostly slips and falls in the market, on someone else's sidewalk, or falls in...