Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
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Support Network’s Octoberfest of Encouragement and Friendship
Did you know that the Support Network & MyAFibExperience have about 25 conversation forums for survivors and caregivers of heart and stroke conditions? As I read through all the comments each day, I see similarities in all the conversations. Anxiety...
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Telescoping, phantom-limb, phantom-word and the process of cortical reorganization
Dear Friends and Colleagues, A “phantom-limb” is the experience of a person who has lost a limb but still has the feeling of a limb that provides the same spatial location where the intact limb used to be. The sensation of the phantom-limb...
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From the eye- Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
Two weeks ago I had never heard of Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA). However one night when texting with my sisters, I lost vision in my right eye. It was as if a curtain was rising and the experience lasted for a few minutes. I thought
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Inner Speech: Another Accidental Tool in Aphasia Recovery
Dear AHA/ASA Friends and Colleagues, Talking about Inner Speech--I don’t know when I started talking to myself after my stroke (9/26/11). And I don’t know when I started remembering what it was that I was talking about. I did keep my...
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People with Aphasia: Social Distancing Professionals Long Before the Virus was in Vogue
Dear AHA/ASA Friends, Here is the video https://youtu.be/b0m6b5xI2Fw and associated PDF for “People with Aphasia: Social Distancing Professionals Long Before the Virus was in Vogue, 7/28/2020” and a short summary of the article. People...
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Living with TIA
In August it will have been 1 year since my TIA. My symptoms after the attack have seemed to be all over the place, but the one that remains consistent are headaches. Nothing like when all this begin but they come on suddenly, sometimes severe,...
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Speech Therapy for People with Aphasia (PWA): Homework is more than just HOMEWORK!
Hi All, As long as I can remember, I liked homework. It was fun and a challenge to me. In my mind, it made me feel like I was “accomplishing” something as small as it was. I imagine that many of us have acquired habits like that that work...
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Spreading Aphasia Awareness One Social Distancing Person at a Time … in the COVID Age.
Hi All, I am a three-time stroke survivor, a national aphasia advocate and speaker. My last face-to-face presentation was Thursday, March 12, 2020 in Tallahassee, FL. Driving home that night we listened to the news and realized that the world, as we...
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arm/shoulder pain
I am female 67 yrs old, had a ischemic stroke 3 months ago. How long does residual arm pain and numbness and tingling last? I have heard 3 -4 months up to years! What can I do for upper arm and shoulder pain ? My upper arm and shoulder feel very...
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Aphasia Month—Father’s Day & Aphasia 101 Class, June 21, 2020
Hi All, This is the third Sunday of Aphasia Awareness Month and it is Father’s Day too! It was a quiet day…likely because of Father’s Day or church (or both!). But there were many people still out walking, jogging, biking and talking…lots...
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