I've read a number of these personal accounts and while I am impressed by the determination shown and I was cheering them on. I don't think they really have much use because they don't describe a damage diagnosis so you really can't tell whether it was the relatively easy recovery due to penumbra or bleed drainge damage or whether the person had to move functions from a dead area to another location.
In the end none of them was really satisfying.
Jill Bolte-Taylor, My Stroke of Insight;
Mark McEwan, A Change in the Weather;
Julia Fox-Garrison, Don't leave me this way : or when I get back on my feet you'll be sorry
These below I haven't personally read yet.
Tedi Bruschi, Never Give Up, My Return to the NFL
I Know How Hard You Work: A Journey Through Stroke Recovery by Paul Sybert
The Stroke Recovery Book
A Guide for Patients and Families
By Kip Burkman
I have to agree. I got a flood of these inspirational books in the hospital. I could not move; let alone read!
ReplyDeleteNow it's been 2 1/2 years and after hearing all these stories--they didn't have MY stroke.
On this blog I heard about the book
Stronger After Stroke
Nothing I have ever read compares to this book! It inspires me to try harder- it's not over. It makes you feel like it's not hopeless.
READ THIS BOOK
STRONGER AFTER STROKE
ReplyDeletenot about someones "journey"
great book
I guess I should have pointed to all the books I have read. I'll have to repost it, it seems to have been deleted. Tomorrow when my connection is faster.
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