It was Labor Day, 2020, and I reached over touching my wife’s hand to wake her. I said it was time to go to the hospital, I was having a stroke. Given the location of the house and the speed…
Tom SuitApril 19, 2022
Stories of Stroke Rehabilitation — Reimagined
Inspiration from stroke survivors, caregivers, and therapists — read their stories and be amazed.
Part of my April 2020 stroke story is still a blur, not to mention it occurring at the start of the COVID-19 lockdown. I do remember collapsing on the floor in my home, just out of the blue. I was…
A Stroke ChampionJanuary 27, 2022
It was a normal Wednesday morning in December 2020. I went out for my usual morning run. About halfway through I suddenly felt the worst headache I had ever experienced. Next thing I knew, I collapsed to the ground along…
Andrew PoonDecember 3, 2021
I had a stroke and aphasia on September 26, 2011. I was an associate dean at The Heller School at Brandeis University when I fell down on Main Street, Waltham, MA. I lost my language and could not read, write…
Tom BroussardOctober 25, 2021
While sitting down to watch a football game in December of 2019, my left hand unintentionally released a bottle of water twice, which was very strange, followed by a very severe headache on my right side. Then the left side…
Neil KehoeSeptember 8, 2021
This amazing story began at the end of 2011 when Orlena, only 33 at the time and a practicing lawyer, was driving on a California freeway with her 21month old also in the car. A massive hemorrhagic stroke caused her…
Champion the ChallengesJune 21, 2021
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, my speech stopped and…
Tom RyanJune 20, 2021
An Ischemic Stroke, and Aphasia, brought me closer to being Brave and enjoying Music The past 14 years have been constant work to overcome my Ischemic Stroke. I have made great progress; however, the challenges were not small. For example,…
JudyAnn EdwardsJune 17, 2021
It was an afternoon in October, 2015 and I was at home with my son, and I didn’t feel well. I was supposed to be getting ready to attend a birthday party, but I couldn’t. My headache was so painful…
Petra MoralesJune 10, 2021