Doctors have given me a drug the military has tested on pilots. It is supposed to make you alert, even for long periods.
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One brain view.
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Rene Descartes drew a brain.
Read MoreMy speech teacher said that my old self is “your wicked stepsister,” someone you hold up as perfect, now that you are not.
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 MoreI have one. We have never spoken. He is maybe 40 years old, clean-shaven, always nicely dressed, clearly on his way to a job and a life. He has a hand that doesn't work and he limps a little.
Read MoreLogic Joke: "This is a false statement." Logic Stroke Joke: "This is a statement made after a stroke."
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.
Read MoreMy friend said he wasn't sure how to comfort me. "I don’t really have a clue how to comfort a friend going through such a traumatic change."
Read MoreSoon after my stroke, my neurologist said "For someone so unlucky, you are really lucky."
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