Living with Epilepsy, Aphasia and Parkinson’s is like Happy Hour at a Nascar...
Sometimes I feel that living with aphasia, epilepsy and Parkinson’s is like driving a NASCAR race car. No, I’m not talking about living in the fast lane, going 200 miles per hour. I am thinking more...
View ArticleRelief Through Reading Part I
I am sorry, Readers, but I am going to subject you to a long, round about introduction to a posting about reading. It was inspired by two recent posts by bloggers that I have come to appreciated...
View ArticleRelief Through Reading – Part II
For my first excursion after many years into what I thought would be recreational reading, I chose a book I saw on the New York Times Best Sellers List that sounded interesting. It was a novel by Emma...
View ArticleNear Disaster Adverted
After this weekend, I may be off-line for the better part of a week or maybe more. On Tuesday, I am having a pacemaker implanted. My cardiologist finally said, “it is time to fish or cut bait”. The...
View ArticleGazing into the Abyss
I will admit it. I’m a fan of the TV show Criminal Minds. I know the show illustrates the seamier side of life. I don’t watch the show reveling in those things. The two things that I enjoy most about...
View ArticleGazing into the Abyss – a Deux
The title of this posting is my latest attempt at using a double entendre (a word or phrase with two meanings). It is also an attempt to get back to my former self. As I conceived the idea for this...
View ArticleRelationship between patient and caregiver: pas a deux
In a previous post I suggested that the relationship between a patient and caregiver must be a pas a deux, a dance for two. If any dance for two is going to work, the pair must move and work together,...
View ArticleEvolution of Normal
The 12/01/11 posting on FindingStrengthtoStandAgain’s Blog, “The Day the Wind Caught Fire” <http://findingstrengthtostandagain.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/the-day-the-wind-caught-fire/#comments> is...
View ArticleRandom Events, Conditions, Diseases, Disorders, Part I
Random Events, Conditions, Disorders, and Diseases: What, if any, are the differences between these terms? The term “random event” carries with it the connotation of a single event for which an...
View ArticleBloodhounds and Aphasia
As some of you know, a little over three years ago, I experienced a stroke-like event. It was due to a hemorrhage in a meningioma attached to the right frontal lobe of my brain. Although this event...
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