What’s Wrong with Some People Who Mis-Practice Healthcare in America? Everything.
This is a post about healthcare in America and the people who mis-practice it, and not about insurance benefits or the costs of healthcare or even about recipients who qualify. I’ll leave that discussion to the political pundits and Michael Moore who know so much […]
The Fall, And I Don’t Mean the Season | The Tales of a Stroke Patient | Joyce Hoffman
The biggest problem I had was with my body not functioning like it used to. I wasn’t walking independently, and sitting on a regular chair was a challenge. But that’s what the wheelchair was for. I didn’t need to walk–yet, and the wheelchair forced me […]
ALERT: A Voyeur in the Nursing Home
I always wonder about people who do odd, compulsive things. Take voyeurism, for example. Voyeurism is French meaning “one who looks.” In popular wisdom, voyeurism occurs when somebody views or photographs or films others without their awareness. In common vernacular, voyeurism can be defined as […]
The Top Ten Things You Should Never Say or Do to a Stroke Patient | The Tales of a Stroke Patient | Joyce Hoffman
People are funny, and I don’t mean in a ha-ha sort of way. They could be neurotic, bi-polar, obsessive-compulsive, anxious, or agoraphobic, just to name a few types. Some of the ones who came to visit me had their own type: dysfunctional-when-meeting-a-stroke-patient. Even though they […]
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 […]