Walking with Suzanne, Suzanne fell over her favourite blind dog in February 2013. She hit the arm of the couch, under the chin. Knocked out! She was involved in a motor accident in June 2013. No injuries or destruction of property. Slowly, slowly we learn about this condition. There is a hole in our lives…
Mike Caputo -50 years Stroke Voices of Hope for Aphasia/Founders St. Peterburg,Fl./ Fun!!
After I briefly lost my vision, I realized I couldn’t read. At 44 I had a stroke. I had no muscle weakness or paralysis. Reading, comprehension and “input overload” are my invisible disabilities.
I suffered a major stroke at 2008, I was 28 at work too. I got the biggest pain at my head. Trying to move myself better but I fall over straight to the floor. Blacked out at work and woke up at St Georges hospital, my family was around me at the bed. Obviously I…
My story…. I am 28 years old. I had a stroke back in December, because I had an AVM that ruptured. I am so glad I’m normal(a little). I just cant talk very well. Or see great. After I went home, I had a lot of ups and downs… downs more then anything. I live…
My friend Tim is very smart. He is fun and creative and kind too. He plays music, creates new games, writes software code, and is an amazing artist. One day, he had several strokes, and now he has aphasia. His newest art helps others see what it is like to have aphasia. Tim is my…
My wife and I just started unpacking our suitcases from our vacation. I told her I had a headache, so she told me to go lay down and take a nap. Suddenly, I woke up and I’m on the floor. I’m numb, I can’t speak, and my right side is paralyzed. Quickly my wife Annie…
Originally after my stroke, I couldn’t say anything or do much at all. I remember I couldn’t write in full sentences, just bullets. However, even 10 years after my stroke I met two very influential Speech Language Pathologists from Boston. I began working with them and my skills improved so much more and they continue…
People with aphasia who attend group treatment at the Loyola Clinical Centers in Baltimore and Columbia, Maryland shared their thoughts during Aphasia Awareness Month: Difficult – “Aphasia is difficult. It is hard for me to talk. I cannot say things I want to say. It is difficult when my wife is talking. Sometimes she writes…
This is a Finding Words story! The following is Rick’s more detailed story, written by his wife Stephanie: It was Sunday of Thanksgiving Weekend, and I was raking leaves with my son, Jason, when I starting having a massive headache…. like no headache I ever had before. My wife called 911 and I went to…