When my mother was dying she told me that I could make a difference by speaking about my stroke. The basis of my mother's belief was that I could do anything that I wanted to do and she knew that I made a presentation for aphasia group for Idaho State University. I was one of eight participants at that program. When I did my presentation, many people said that I should present it to different audiences. Mom knew about the ISU presentation and she encouraged me to do it again. Mom died in September. So in January at St. Al's stroke support group I did my presentation. My PowerPoint had many slides including a slide about how lonely a stroke is. That seemed to resonate for many people. Last week I did my presentation again in Caldwell, Idaho. I added one slide in my PowerPoint to detail about the impact for families. For my wife, in an instant, she had to do everything. Take care of me, my son, our finances, arranging doctors and therapies, etc. I have a lot of f...
I am a stroke survivor. My blog is about my recovery, family, and possibilities.