Something REALLY New to Help Stroke Survivors
I'm just taking a guess. I never met him. But Robert Thornton is probably one of those guys that you meet every so often because, as it turns out, he...
Babies and Strokes
This is a brain. It is also the unfortunate outcome of a baby whose mother experimented with cocaine, resulting in a premature birth and a bleed in the baby's brain....
Hurricane Sandy, Part 2, aka Has G-d Had Enough?
Tuesday, October 30. We awake to the chill in the air. I knew I couldn't stay here and so did he. My nerves were frazzled because I had something like...
Hurricane Sandy, Part 1, aka Has G-d Had Enough?
The hurricane came on slowly, like a tiger stalking his prey. All I heard was the low wind, but then there's usually wind on the beach block of South Jersey's...
Elliptical Timeline
There's an old joke: Call me anything, but please don't call me late for dinner. And please don't call me a hypocrite, either. Three days a week, I have done...
The Cancer Scare
I was scared of anything medical, even way before the stroke. I waited 8 years to get a sinus operation, 10 years to get a colonoscopy, and 11 years to...
Where the heck is the blog, “The Tales of a Stroke Patient”?
By now, the thought has probably occurred to you: Where the heck is the blog, "The Tales of a Stroke Patient"? I mean, what's going on here? Permit me to...
Joyce Hoffman’s book, “The Tales of a Stroke Patient”
My book about strokes--"The Tales of a Stroke Patient"--was published September 26, 2012, and is not only for survivors but for caregivers, family, friends, health professionals, and anybody who loves...
If You Squeeze Them One More Time, I May Hurt You.
Men basically have two things to worry about: erectile dysfunction (yes, ED has an awareness platform, too) and the prospect of prostrate cancer. But most men don't know what it...
I Was MAFO’ed
Do you recognize this script?Mr. McQuire: Ben.Ben: Mr. McQuire.Mr. McQuire: Come on with me for a minute. I want to talk to you.A woman: Excuses, John.(Mr McQuire and Ben step...