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Cobblestones

Boom!.... Damn! One of my biggest falls was on the stones of Quincy Market.

Brain Deep, SocialNina MitchellAugust 20, 2014 Comments

Beach

We are going on a beach holiday to Martha's Vineyard later this summer.

Anyone else going somewhere splendid?

Brain Deep, SocialNina MitchellAugust 12, 2014 Comments

Cheese

There are tons of tourists visiting Boston now. Sometimes, when I walk by a historic monument, tourists hand me a camera and ask me to take their picture. Then they jump back into formation and smile broadly. Cheese!

Brain Deep, SocialNina MitchellAugust 7, 2014Comment

Rebellion

At the hospital after brain surgery, I committed rebellious acts.

Brain Deep, HospitalNina MitchellAugust 2, 2014 Comments

Amazon

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

Brain Deep, MedicalNina MitchellJuly 29, 2014 Comments

Time II

I got a call from a fellow stroke victim, one who had her stroke recently.

Brain Deep, Stroke PuzzleNina MitchellJuly 27, 2014 Comments

Read

A stroke can disrupt your reading, called alexia.

Brain Deep, History, MedicalNina MitchellJuly 21, 2014Comment

Concentration

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

Brain Deep, MedicalNina MitchellJuly 10, 2014 Comments

Wrote

I wrote my name with my stroke hand!

Brain Deep, MedicalNina MitchellJuly 5, 2014 Comments

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

Brain Deep, Hospital, MedicalNina MitchellJune 5, 2014 Comment

Opera

Here is a story of an opera singer at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City who had a stroke.

Brain Deep, Stroke PuzzleNina MitchellMay 21, 2014Comment