“Aphasia is lonely. Frustrating. Heart-breaking. It is often misunderstood,” My ability can affect language skills. Every day I try to discuss it with people. Last week I went to the 100 Years of USA Field Hockey event at the Union League in Philadelphia on Saturday, June 18. Many people attended that night. […]
June 8, 2022 On June 8, 2020, I had a stroke around 1:00 PM. I wrote about this before, so that I won’t cover it again. For me, today is like July 4 or Halloween Day. I spent today thinking about that day. What happened to me? Why did it happen? It seems that there
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June 7, 2022 I am back in Chatham, MA. It was another great day. Dunkin Donuts is about a half-mile away, and I can walk to get coffee. The other house we rented in 2020 had the Dunkin Donuts was a few miles away, and I had to drive to get the coffee. Two years
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Today is June 6, 2022. I didn’t send anything yesterday. Today I drove from Philadelphia to Chatham, MA. Only the second time I have gone there since I had the stroke. I took my time and used the Waze to tell me where to drive. It took me about 8 hours with a few stops
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Today was the second year I played for the Upstairs and Downstairs Locker Room Battle at Torresdale. It was a Stableford scoring like last year. Last year I had 40 points which was third place on my team. Today I scored only 28 points. I played great drivers, but I missed a lot of putts.
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Pronouns give people problems with aphasia. It is one of many of my frustrations. When I talk with my granddaughter, I don’t even think before I usually say “he” did that. My son and my wife immediately say “she.” I get upset because I don’t even think about it. Today, I talked with a friend,
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One thing about Aphasia and jokes is that it is difficult to tell a joke. Timing and remembering the language are difficult. I know how to make two jokes. One of them I said yesterday about playing golf. I will try to tell the joke verbally. I realize that Aphasia doesn’t impact about smart, however,
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Every day I will try each story to talk about Aphasia this month. Today I played golf. I work as often as I can. I still suck. I told the Neurologist that I could not play golf well after the stroke. My wife insisted I sucked before I had the stroke. I could have
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I stopped reading books when I was diagnosed with aphasia. Before the stroke, I read all the C. J. Box books about Joe Pickett, the game warden in Wyoming. All except for “Dark Sky”, which was Book 21. It took me a while to read it. With aphasia, reading is more difficult. Temple PACT Book
Last week, my son told me that Bruce Willis had aphasia. I have something in common. “Die Hard” was one of my favorite movies, and his action hero, John McLane, played by Bruce Willis, was awesome. No, I’m not John McClane. I have aphasia. I listened to the stories on the news. Many
