My Grandma Diggins could not talk, But she could hum and she could walk. And even though her words got jumbled, Grandma Diggins never grumbled. Sometimes “chair” came out as “tree”, But Grandma, she just laughed with me. I always knew what Grandma meant. We never had an argument. She’d smile and nod and slap…
I was a farmer, a carpenter, a mechanic, a school teacher, and now I’m an engineer. I worked as Senior Transportation Manager for Toshiba Logistics America, Inc. in Charlotte NC – I am 56. I have 3 children, 2 Grandchildren. I am single and I had a stroke. I’m alive. My children and my grandchildren…
“It’s hard to explain what it’s like being in a coma. A coma is a weird place, like a dream but all messed up. I remember being sat in a chair in a big open room with a needle stuck in my arm and being starved of oxygen, feeling very weak and hearing my heart…
My journey into caregiver began like many others. I didn’t know what aphasia was. I was terrified. I cried myself to sleep. My life – and certainly the life of my son – had changed overnight. I happened on vacation. We’d gone to Las Vegas for three days – and we got home three months…
My story is short. I’m a recently titled “Caregiver” for my 87 yr. old father. He was just diagnosed this past week and realeased from the hospital. Although he lives on his own and a very active independent individual I’m his loving caregiver with many questions, need direction in going forward. I thank you for…
When I was a little boy, I dreamed of becoming a doctor like my father. That dream died – when I was ten years old. I had a massvie stroke. And diagnosed with global aphasia – no reading, writing, or talking. That was nearly twenty years ago. I went to speech therapy for nearly fifteen…
In October 2003, I was cleaning the gutters on my house, the ladder slipped, and down I went hitting my head on the driveways concrete slap. Spent the 1st month into a medically induced coma and craniotomy surgery from a traumatic brain injury. In the 2nd month after awaking for my coma, my family tells…
The best part of working with people with aphasia, is being able to help them reconnect with their loved ones. Many people with aphasia are abruptly cut off from their family and friends. Being able to help them find alternative ways to communicate things like, “I love you” to their family members is very rewarding.…
My name is Ed. I am 77 years old and have been married to my wife, Lucy, for 54 years. I am also a full-time caregiver for Lucy, and have been since she had her stroke in May 1998 – only one year after I retired. The morning Lucy had her stroke I was laid…
Almost two years ago, I came back from trip to Israel. I was unpacking and getting ready for a family get-together when I had a stroke. I spent two weeks in the hospital recovering. I could only say four or five words but the therapist didn’t say I had aphasia. It was later that we…