How I Regained My Speech, Starting with Two Little Words | The Tales of a Stroke Patient | Joyce Hoffman
This no-talking situation was really starting to get to me, big time. I thought, What if I didn’t say another word for the rest of my life? What if I had to motion to things constantly and nobody paid attention? What if there was an […]
My CNA Experience | The Tales of a Stroke Patient | Joyce Hoffman
After the gift basket lady from Rehab X left me with stroke-related and other assorted take-aways, a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), which had her name and her title right on her tag, helped me into bed because I couldn’t help myself. She left right away […]
The Third Precursor: An Enormous Headache | The Tales of a Stroke Patient | Joyce Hoffman
[Editor’s note: This article is second in the series, The Tales of a Stroke Patient. You can access the other articles here.] I was still thinking, a week later, of the nurse who told me about her infant sister who had a stroke. There was […]
The Second Precursor: My Blood Thinner Experience | The Tales of a Stroke Patient | Joyce Hoffman
[Editor’s note: This article is second in the series, The Tales of a Stroke Patient. You can access the other articles here.] I went to the closest hospital on Sunday before noon, and now it was Monday, 1:30 am. I was still in the ER. […]
The First Precursor: The Pain in My Legs | The Tales of a Stroke Patient | Joyce Hoffman
[Editor’s note: This article is first in the series, The Tales of a Stroke Patient. You can access the other articles here.] I can’t really say what happened when I had my stroke on April 8, 2009, because I was unconscious for eight days after. But […]
Gruesome Depression: Did I or Didn’t I? Do I or Don’t I? | The Tales of a Stroke Patient | Joyce Hoffman
[Editor’s note: This article is part of the series, The Tales of a Stroke Patient. You can access the other articles here.] The 27-year-old analysis, including 28 studies of more than 300,000 people, determined there were 8,478 strokes. Depressed people were 45% more likely to experience […]