Stories of Stroke Rehabilitation — Reimagined

Inspiration from stroke survivors, caregivers, and therapists — read their stories and be amazed.

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It Could Have Been Worse

I suffered a severe LAD / widow maker heart attack and cardiac arrest. I had a fifteen Ejection Fraction (EF), and could not walk more than six blocks for several weeks after being released from the hospital. My doctor did…
Tom Laszewski
November 4, 2025
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Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

TYPE OF STROKE: ISCHEMIC The morning of November 9, 2016 started off fine. I was traveling for business, en route from New York to Boston to attend a dinner. But as I was driving a rental car to LaGuardia Airport,…
Tom Ryan
December 1, 2023
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Having Fun Means A Lot To Me

TYPE OF STROKE: ISCHEMIC Being the Los Lagos Golf Course Tournament Coordinator ensures each day is exciting, and August 20, 2021, was no exception.  As I was getting ready for a 1PM golf tournament, I picked up my cup of…
Jerry Leo
March 9, 2023
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A Driving Force
of Hope and Inspiration

TYPE OF STROKE: HEMORRHAGIC     One afternoon in March of 2014, Johanes was assembling a do-it-yourself piece of furniture when he realized that something just wasn’t right.  He started feeling very strange. He had a massive headache and then…
Johanes Swenberg
February 10, 2023