This is a Finding Words story! This story is about “words”. Please the story about “words” I stay busy. I go to Adler, JFK, Lingraphica, and that’s it. I make friends, find support, and I practice my speech with these groups. I am a 3.5 year stroke survivor!
This is a Finding Words story! I go to Magee to talk about Aphasia. I was treated at the following programs: The Harvard , 8 weeks 2-1 hour The Columbia the 1 day – 2- 45 – 60 minutes These music programs MIT for short helped me speak better. 3 options to help you get…
This is a Finding Words story! I suffered a stroke 18 years ago. I spent 4 days in the hospital and I didn’t know what was going on. I lost my speech for 5 days and couldn’t talk. I have been trying to speak better since my stroke. My advice is Don’t give up! Slow…
This is a Finding Words story! I have aphasia because I had a stroke. Betsy is my wife and she is nice. I love her. I have always loved to sing and I keep singing. There are some thing that a stroke just can’t take. Many years ago, the stoke did effect my voice, but…
This is a Finding Words story! My husband is writing this. 9 years ago at age 27 I was a newly engaged professional actor visiting my fiance in New York. I suffered a ruptured brain aneurysm and massive stroke. I was in a coma and couldn’t breathe on my own. I continue to recover but…
This is a Finding Words story! Dr. Edgar Alster suffered a stroke in 2012 and upon waking from a coma, could not speak, had no mobility and could not feed himself. But as he says, nothing stands in his way. With fighting spirit, he regain his abilities. Today, he is still working on his communication…
This is a Finding Words story! On June 28th 2015 my husband had a severe GI bleed and was taken by ambulance to the hospital where he suffered a stroke. I had never heard of aphasia it happened to my husband. We are retired and were very active now a year later he is still…
This is a Finding Words story! I had a major stroke about 4-1/2 years ago. I have Aphasia. It was New Year’s morning that’s the last day before all ended. I been in therapy for speech. I also attend the Aphasia S/L group at CSUN. I belong to the Aphasia bookclub of Los Angeles as…
This is a Finding Words story! I woke up one morning and discovered that my wife Kay had suffered a stroke during the night. It was a life changing event. We had been world travelers since we both retired. Kay also suffered multiple seizures one year after the stroke which was even more damaging to…
This is a Finding Words story! I had a medical induced stroke due to a medical error causing blood vessel in my brain to shut down. The termed is called CPM short for Central Pontine myelinolysiss. This error was cause in may 2009 as I was very dehydrated and was found in in my home…