At parties I have become very good at concealing my stroke. It's not because I want to hide it, but I don't want to explain it in the middle of a party
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As a general rule, friends don't set up friends with disabled friends.
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Sometimes I can tell someone has noticed my disability and is staring.
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At a wedding reception, I danced around. When I stopped, another guest said "I didn't think you would dance."
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he crystal ball is murky at present. Will report back.
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"Look at my eyes. I said, my eyes."
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Often it is hard to feel glamorous when you are disabled. Sometimes it is hard to feel glamorous when you are not disabled.
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Stroke victims often wear an ankle brace on the bad leg. Women particularly hate their ankle brace.
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When I'm on a date at a restaurant, I may want to order a piece of meat -- steak, chicken, etc. But I don't, because cutting meat with one hand is a pain.
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Before I had brain surgery, my friend Helen offered to shave her head in solidarity. But the surgeon didn't shave off much hair, so she didn't have to.
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I watched while my friends did extraordinary things. They discovered planets, became doctors and lawyers, started companies, had kids.
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Just before I was discharged from the hospital's inpatient neuro ward, my friends snuck me out of the hospital to go to a party.
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