Aphasia sucks, but it makes me fun every day.   My brain works fine. I see something, and I know what I saw, and the story in my brain tells what I want to say, but then the words don’t work.   When I try to say what I want, I need to figure out

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

I just started to read a new book at PACT Temples Book Group for those with Aphasia. The No.1 Ladies Detective Agency written by Alexander McCall Smith is the book.   This week was the introduction group. I had started to read the first chapter using both the book and the Audible since it makes

With Aphasia, whenever I find myself thinking about saying something that I can’t think of a word, my brain goes on overtime. My brain tells me about remembering stories but I can’t come up with the words to describe them.   Last week I played golf with a new friend. He said that he was