It’s Christmas 2021. It has been 18 months since I had my stroke. My life has changed. Sometimes it isn’t easy, but my friends and colleagues make it easier to figure things out.   Because of my Aphasia, I worried that I would be stuck at my house because I hated being out in the […]

Last week I participated in a study at the University of Pennsylvania. The study is “A Physic II, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and Constraint Induced Language Therapy to Treat Chronic Aphasia.” Like I can figure that out!   If you have Aphasia, you should look to see if it is of

Early on Halloween, I had on a golfer costume. It turned into quite a trick for me.   I shot an Ace, a Hole-in-One. It is rare. I am an amateur and not playing well.   Being that I had a stroke on June 8, 2020, I blamed my terrible golf because of my Aphasia.

I have been with my therapy on aphasia language for working on learning stories.   What we discussed was that once I get going, I write much further than I can. We talked about how to start with bullets to start and then work tiny short stories. I find ways that I can’t think the

When I first started with our new technology company, a smaller company merged with a larger company. During our first meeting, the executives from the “new” company always talking like all of their leaders were “rock-stars.” Many of us who were hardworking figured we were outstanding, but people did not recognize us as “rock-stars.” It

As I continue to see progress on Aphasia many of my vocabulary.  With starting back in therapy after Florida, we went over some of the tests to see how we did. In many areas, I have done great. However, we talked about something called “Working Memory (WM)” or “Short Working Memory (SWM)”. It seems that

I just spoke on my Small World when I lived in Munich in 2007. As you know that working on my aphasia language is to learn using stories on AphasiaRocks.com. When I started the story, there were pieces I could not remember. I went into google earth and found the map in Marienplatz and from

Aphasia in having to listen to what it says. I needed to go through many processes to figure it out.   I have been listening to MasterClass with listening to David Mamet, who is an interesting story.   I was trying to tell me that you may not be able on everything, but you can

“Aphasia, the cruel illness resulting from a stroke, allowed Jean to understand what was said to her but prevented her from clearly replying.” – Robert Giroux.   Whether or not, each year is a new experience. This year’s 2020 was another one, and 2021 will be a new year.   Looking at 2020 is a

When I first started about my aphasia, it was driving me crazy. I knew there were words, but there was nothing to add to anyone. I could not read any of the books to read since I had a stroke. I took out Audible and got David Silva, “The Orders.” It was from my stories