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Author | : Olajide Williams, MD |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 169 |
Release | : 2010-04-23 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 0199752761 |
A woman recounts the horror of waking up paralyzed, unable to call for help. A man has a mini-stroke and refuses to listen to his doctor, only to suffer a disabling stroke soon after. A physician recalls watching a tiny baby in the throws of a stroke, convulsing violently. A survivor rejoices after finally crossing the street before the pedestrian lights change back. Blending such highly personal and moving stories with crystal clear medical commentary based on first-hand clinical experience, Dr. Olajide Williams demystifies this potentially devastating illness and provides a roadmap to recovery. Indeed, Dr. Williams shows that the majority of strokes are not only preventable, but also treatable. Through compelling stories of patients, survivors and caregivers, woven together by easy-to-understand medical explanations, Dr. Williams provides practical tips on preventing strokes with specific lifestyle prescriptions, on recognizing the different forms of strokes, on managing symptoms after stroke, and on overcoming the psychological burden of stroke. He also reviews the new clot-busting treatments, which have dramatically improved the recovery rate of stroke victims. Combining cutting-edge medicine with the gripping stories of patients, survivors, family members, and physicians, Stroke Diaries strikes a blow against the current public health crisis in stroke.
Author | : Olajide Williams, MD |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2010-04-23 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 019974548X |
A woman recounts the horror of waking up paralyzed, unable to call for help. A man has a mini-stroke and refuses to listen to his doctor, only to suffer a disabling stroke soon after. A physician recalls watching a tiny baby in the throws of a stroke, convulsing violently. A survivor rejoices after finally crossing the street before the pedestrian lights change back. Blending such highly personal and moving stories with crystal clear medical commentary based on first-hand clinical experience, Dr. Olajide Williams demystifies this potentially devastating illness and provides a roadmap to recovery. Indeed, Dr. Williams shows that the majority of strokes are not only preventable, but also treatable. Through compelling stories of patients, survivors and caregivers, woven together by easy-to-understand medical explanations, Dr. Williams provides practical tips on preventing strokes with specific lifestyle prescriptions, on recognizing the different forms of strokes, on managing symptoms after stroke, and on overcoming the psychological burden of stroke. He also reviews the new clot-busting treatments, which have dramatically improved the recovery rate of stroke victims. Combining cutting-edge medicine with the gripping stories of patients, survivors, family members, and physicians, Stroke Diaries strikes a blow against the current public health crisis in stroke.
Author | : Thomas G. Broussard |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Aphasic persons |
ISBN | : 9781502978042 |
Stroke and brain injury resulting in aphasia and losing the ability to read, write, or speak is a devastating disability. This primer provides an array of tools for aphasia therapy and rehabilitation that spur learning for recovery, and to regain those lost skills. On September 26, 2011, Tom Broussard, a recent Ph.D. with an emphasis on helping people with disabilities get work, experienced his stroke in the area of the brain called Broca's area rending him unable to read, write or speak well. Aphasia, the impairment of language, was the result. He kept a diary using drawings, charts and graphic representations including using mostly real words that didn't make much sense. Losing his language meant losing his grammar and syntax. Writing his diary, recording his voice and studying his brain for 9 months, he experienced what the scientists call, "spontaneous recovery." In addition to his own voice, he developed another "voice" (or two) that helped him understand the condition of his thinking and how thinking works. Broussard has been speaking to hospitals, clinics and a wide audience of people with strokes, caregivers, students, and medical professionals with an interest in how our brain works and how recovery is accomplished by someone who saw his brain from the inside. It is a valuable resource with an inspiring story that touches everyone connected to strokes and aphasia.
Author | : Kip Burkman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 149 |
Release | : 2010-10 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 1886039984 |
...you are probably frightened, worried, and consumed with questions. What can you expect from recovery? How much rehabilitation will be needed?
Author | : Jr. P. hD. Broussard |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 180 |
Release | : 2016-09-22 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 9780997965322 |
The author had a stroke with brain injury and disability from aphasia. His rehabilitation included a diary about having lost his language and aphasia therapy leading to his recovery. Neuroscience and Neurology are studying the nervous system and the enriched environment that provides improvement.
Author | : Christine Hyung-Oak Lee |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2017-02-14 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0062422170 |
A memoir of reinvention after a stroke at age thirty-three. Christine Hyung-Oak Lee woke up with a headache on the morning of December 31, 2006. By that afternoon, she saw the world—quite literally—upside down. By New Year’s Day, she was unable to form a coherent sentence. And after hours in the ER, days in the hospital, and multiple questions and tests, her doctors informed her that she had had a stroke. For months afterward, Lee outsourced her memories to a journal, taking diligent notes to compensate for the thoughts she could no longer hold on to. It is from these notes that she has constructed this frank and compelling memoir. In a precise and captivating narrative, Lee navigates fearlessly between chronologies, weaving her childhood humiliations and joys together with the story of the early days of her marriage; and then later, in painstaking, painful, and unflinching detail, the account of her stroke and every upset—temporary or permanent—that it caused. Lee illuminates the connection between memory and identity in an honest, meditative, and truly funny manner, utterly devoid of self-pity. And as she recovers, she begins to realize that this unexpected and devastating event has provided a catalyst for coming to terms with her true self—and, in a way, has allowed her to become the person she’s always wanted to be.
Author | : Arthur Gillard |
Publisher | : Greenhaven Publishing LLC |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 2012-11-07 |
Genre | : Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0737763590 |
The C.D.C. states that someone in the United States has a stroke every 40 seconds, and someone dies of a stroke every 4 minutes. It will touch your reader's lives. This book provides essential information on strokes. This book also serves as a historical survey, by providing information on the controversies surrounding its causes. Compelling first-person narratives by people coping with strokes give readers a first-hand experience. Readers will learn from the words of patients, family members, or caregivers. The symptoms, causes, treatments, and potential cures are explained in detail. Alternative treatments are also covered. Each essay is carefully edited and presented with an introduction, so that they are accessible for student researchers and readers. First-hand accounts include a young mother who suffered a stroke, a man who survived a stroke at age 10, and a brain scientist who suffered and learned from a stroke.
Author | : Sheila Lloyd |
Publisher | : Elm Hill |
Total Pages | : 358 |
Release | : 2019-05-28 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 1595559558 |
Happy in his dream career as a restorer of exotic Italian sports cars, suddenly life comes to a screeching halt at age 46 with the question, “What now?!” Brian Lloyd journeys from fast track to fervent faith--learning to call on God in the midst of the storm: As I started realizing what was happening, I noticed I had lost function on the entire left side of my body. You know, when you're suddenly unable to move . . . the 911 call is for you and the rescue squad arrives--that's a sobering feeling. You can't even put yourself on the stretcher, and these strangers have to pick you up and move you. You see your wife trying to be strong, but you see the worry and despair in her eyes. I didn't even get to see my children. Just heard friends say they would stay with the kids. Then I’m watching the house--all I hold dear in the world, really--disappear through the back window of the ambulance as it pulls out of the driveway. I realized I might be facing the end of all I was and would be in this world. You never know how you'll react to that until you encounter such a situation--that's where the rubber meets the road. You're faced with the fact that this could very well be the end of your life as you know it. Either you're ok with that, or you're not. I said, “God, I'm yours. Either take me or use me. You're God; I'm not. I'm simply yours.” At that point God becomes very, very real to you!
Author | : Cleo Hutton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Health & Fitness |
ISBN | : 9780972383011 |
Two wise and experienced voices give valuable advice about home care, emotional support and physical recovery from the front lines of the battle against stroke.
Author | : Harry Welter |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 122 |
Release | : 2019-11-06 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781706130529 |
Cute Journal Dot Grid Notebook small diary/journal/notebook to write in. for creative writing, creating list, for scheduling, Organizing and Recording your thoughts. Perfectly sized at 6"x9" 120 page softcover bookbinding flexible Paperback