Aphasia Fight
My name is Chris Conlon, and Brain Stroke at Dec 28, 2012. My age is a 38 years. My run is Iceland Marathon is August 23, 2014….
Getting Better All The Time
My name is Wayne Pifer. I had a stroke on Christmas Eve in 2009. I was 54 years old. I lived in North Carolina. I was in the hospital and rehab for 7 months in North Carolina. I was in the hospital for 2 months. Then I went to rehab for 5 months. I had…
My Recovery
My name is Debbie. Before the stroke, I worked at Rec. and Parks doing many different things. I worked in both the office and the yards. I was the busy mother of four children, Brice, Blair, Beth, and Bud. I also homeschooled my daughter Beth. One day all of the sudden my right side went…
One Day at a Time
I had a stroke 20 years ago. I was only 36 years old. I was in a coma for 1 month. One day I heard Patti LaBelle singing “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” and I woke up. My mother was playing it in the hospital. Before the stroke I was very busy. I worked in sales.…
My Story
My name is Mike. I worked at Bethlehem Steel full-time as an accountant since 1990. I had a massive stroke on September 27th, 2005 and had difficulty with speech and walking. Therapy has helped me gradually improve my skills that I lost from my stroke. Today, I still have trouble reading and understanding text but…
Living with aphasia
I had my stroke in 2010 which ended many things in life including work. The stroke affected my right hand and right foot and speech. Typing with both hands and r/c helicopters helped with fine motor motions and exercise helped with lifting simple things. In physical therapy if you can walk a block more than…
Living with Aphasia and Recovery
My name is Dannie and I have aphasia. I go to SCALE (Snyder Center for Aphasia Life Enhancement) on 1 day a week in Baltimore, Maryland. I am from Winnipeg, Manitoba, but I now live in Columbia. My family is Swiss, and prior to my stroke I was speaking three languages: English, French and Swiss-German.…
My AVM
On March 28th, 2004, I had an AVM (Arteriovenous Malformation) on the left side of my brain. This stroke subsequently left my right side paralyzed. This is a story of my journey, starting from when I first felt the symptoms through my assiduous efforts to overcome the physical constraints that the AVM imposed on me.…
The game of Charades
My husband had a stoke just over 3 years ago and we have been living with aphasia ever since. At times aphasia feels like the 3rd person in our marriage. My husband has come along way with the help of many including the stroke comeback center. As a caregiver I hav come a long way…
Empowering to communicate
I enjoy working with adults who have aphasia because each new patient is a puzzle requiring me to find the most efficient and effective method of communication, I love this about my job. It is as though SLP’s need to locate all of the pieces of a puzzle in the dark. First you start feeling…