Stroke victims tend to have certain patterns of movement. For instance, patients often walk with a raised hip on the bad side, to let a messed-up leg go through. Normals keep their hips even.
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At the hospital, they showed me a picture of a volcano. I couldn't remember its name. I identified it as "that place where they sacrifice virgins.”
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For awhile after my brain surgery, I saw acrobats in my right-hand vision. They were tiny little men wearing leotards.
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In the hospital before brain surgery, I had lots of visitors. I couldn't talk much though. If I was awake I managed to say "Thank you."
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If your ankle doesn't work properly, you will trip when you walk. Then you have to wear a huge brace which holds your foot and leg in a 90° angle, in an “L.”
Read MoreI wrote this post using voice-activated software. If you have only one usable hand, talking to your computer is better than poking at it with a finger.
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If you imagine your eye as a clock, then my vision is empty from five o’clock to six.
Read MoreDoctors have given me a drug the military has tested on pilots. It is supposed to make you alert, even for long periods.
Read MoreI have one arm that sometimes moves in directions I don't want it to. This is called spasticity (spastic-ity). Stroke victims call it less cordial names.
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I asked my brain surgeon if our brains have a smell. He wrote: "Like anything some peoples brain smells like flowers and others like s__t.
Read MoreDo you think personality is permanent? Have a stroke and you will know that you are false.
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Two drinks and I forget words. Not basic ones, but less common, longer words.
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