The Tales of a Stroke Patient and More

I was well and then I wasn't. In one second, my life changed forever. I type with only one, functional hand and am the author of "The Tales of a Stroke Patient," the true story behind my hemorrhagic stroke and its consequences, including gruesome health professionals, frightful depression, and near-death encounters. I'll take you on the journey in this blog I've written for over 10 years, but be prepared for a bumpy ride. Contact info: Joyce Hoffman / hcwriter@gmail.com

Mar 12, 2015

The Chances of Getting a Second Stroke, aka Who Me? Worry?

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Everybody worries about getting a second stroke after the agony of the first one. So read on. You probably don't know James Wil...
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Feb 24, 2015

Ten Things NOT to Say or Do to a Stroke Patient

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This post is different. It comes directly from my book, "The Tales of a Stroke Patient." One of these situations just happened--...
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Feb 14, 2015

Psychotherapy: It's Been My Life Changer

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When one thinks about therapy for stroke survivors , physical , occupational, and speech therapies are the obvious choices. All the r...
Jan 20, 2015

The Geek Squad and a Stroke Survivor: It's Like Apples Communicating with an Orange

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I was desperate. The whole building had a wi-fi outage, meaning that FIOS knocked out my triple play: the television, the Internet, and the ...
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Jan 1, 2015

Why I Still Have a Flip Phone, aka How I Missed the Smart Phone Era

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"I want to put a ding in the universe." ~ Steve Jobs And ding it was, partly because of the I-Phone which Jobs helped create, w...
Dec 28, 2014

It's Time for New Year's Resolutions...Again

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Last year, at the very same time, I wrote 10 New Year's resolutions for 2014. I referenced the top-10 list that David Letterman, a t...
Dec 7, 2014

Speech Therapy Is Done, aka I Graduated from Talking School

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I still have the remnants of dysarthria, the speech condition that makes talking tough after the stroke and affects the muscles in the ...
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Nov 18, 2014

My PT and the Marathon, aka I Want to Be a Contender

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I was watching On the Waterfront the other day when Marlon Brando laments and, dare I say, whines, "You don't understand. I could...
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