Mindpop - Nina Mitchell - Blog

Amazon

After my stroke, my words were wacked. I meant to say "occupation" and it came out "Amazon."

Read

A stroke can disrupt your reading, called alexia.

Concentration

Were any of you prescribed concentration drugs? I was on one for awhile: a "wakefulness" drug. One morning, I took my first dose.

Wrote

I wrote my name with my stroke hand!

Young

It is official: more and more stroke victims are younger. Here is an article from the Washington Post:

Brain Deep, MedicalNina MitchellJune 18, 2014Comment

Hand

My rehab hospital put me in a Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) program

Education

A new study says that "better-educated people appear to be significantly more likely to recover from a moderate to severe traumatic brain injury

Oh well...

Oh well....apparently your brain starts declining in cognitive functions starting at age 24.

Robot II

I am trying to get more time with the robot machine at my hospital.

Robot

I participated in a robot study. Several times a week I used a device that looked like a very fancy joystick.

Fun

I was asked to write a foreword for a medical book about strokes. So I did.

Angry II

At my rehab hospital, the nurses had a name for a particular brand of patient: “STB,” for Stupid Teenage Boy.