Stroke Diaries

Stroke Diaries
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.

Stroke Diary

Stroke Diary
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.

Stroke Diary

Stroke Diary
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.

The Stroke Recovery Book

The Stroke Recovery Book
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?

My Year Off

My Year Off
Author: Robert McCrum
Publisher: Vintage Canada
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2011-11-30
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0307363694

A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1998. "To all concerned, this book is meant to send a ghostly signal across the dark universe of ill-health that says 'you are not alone.'" - Robert McCrum On July 29, 1995, Robert McCrum, 42, married only ten weeks, suffered a paralyzing stroke. Overnight, his life shifted irrevocably. But this admired novelist and former editorial director of the London publishing house Faber and Faber decided to chronicle what became a remarkable journey "into that mysterious, unexplored territory, the neighbourly world of the unwell," as well as a deeply moving love story.

It's Ok! I Had a Stroke

It's Ok! I Had 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!

The ABCs of Aphasia

The ABCs of Aphasia
Author: THOMAS G BROUSSARD PH D (JR.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 60
Release: 2020-06-05
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781734414226

This is the A to Z primer about stroke, aphasia, and recovery that you can't get anywhere else. It gives families, caregivers, and persons with aphasia the knowledge needed to understand medical terms, conditions, and insights into the workings of the brain in a simple and direct manner. Full color illustrations, glossary, and resources included.

Striking Back at Stroke

Striking Back at Stroke
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.

I'm a Stroke Survivor Not a Statistic

I'm a Stroke Survivor Not a Statistic
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

The Memory Book

The Memory Book
Author: Paul Whitby
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2013-06-26
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9781490579573

A practical guide to helping improve memory for people suffering with dementia, stroke or traumatic brain injury, and their carers. A host of handy and proven approaches provided by a clinical psychologist with over twenty five years experience in the field. Readers say: "The author's knowledge, experience and compassion shine through. Highly recommended." "Paul Whitby has managed to put a lot of information in one small book"