When I was a child the first time I saw a TV remote I was mesmerized. I was shocked that you didn't have to walk to the TV to change a channel. This was in the late 60s. When I bought my first TV when I was about 20, the cost to have a TV with a remote was very expensive. Fast forward to today's TVs and remotes, it is a given to have a TV remote. TVs, technology, and remotes are expected. They "are" like air and water. Working a T V remote is "rote." Definition of "Rote: 1 : The use of memory usually with little intelligence; learn by rote.” It is a very simple yet obscure word. When you have a stroke, the meaning of rote -- "memory usually with little intelligence" -- doesn't tell the whole story. The first inkling I had about my stroke that early morning when it happened, I could not turn on the TV with the remote. "How odd," I thought! I used a TV remote thousands of times before. When the stroke...
I am a stroke survivor. My blog is about my recovery, family, and possibilities.