by Joe Borges | Aug 9, 2019 | Brain Injury Survivor, FEATURE, JoeSoWrites, stroke recovery, Stroke Survivor
Three years post-stroke and they have been the greatest years of my life. Now when I say greatest, I don’t mean perfect and easy. Life is life and no matter what, it can be challenging, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. It’s the challenges that...
by Joe Borges | Jun 13, 2019 | Brain Injury Survivor, FEATURE, JoeSoWrites, Stroke Survivor
So post stroke overstimulation is just my new normal.  It’s not something that I’ve ever had to deal with before, but it’s now an everyday occurrance, sometimes every hour.  The overstimulation leads to me feeling completely overwhelmed. I just experienced one...
by Joe Borges | May 28, 2019 | Brain Injury Survivor, SHARED, stroke recovery, Stroke Survivor, YouSoRock
Having gotten the opportunity to actually meet Kim and her husband, Derlis, in-person, I am so impressed by how far she has come in her recovery in such a short amount of time. Kim suffers from aphasia, but has found some really unique ways to work through it with...
by Joe Borges | May 24, 2019 | Brain Injury Survivor, SHARED, Stroke Survivor, YouSoRock
Thanks to learning FAST weeks before her stroke, P Martin was able to catch it quickly which is another reminder that educating yourself on the signs of stroke are so important. Read P’s account of experiencing a stroke, recovering, living with a condition...
by Joe Borges | May 21, 2019 | Brain Injury Survivor, SHARED, stroke recovery, Stroke Survivor, YouSoRock
This is my first YouSoRock spotlight on a child stroke survivor and continuing with spotlighting stroke sruvivors for Stroke Awareness Month, I am so inspired by this young man’s story. Joey Devine from Merseyside, England, has had to face more at 10-years-old...
by Joe Borges | May 12, 2019 | Brain Injury Survivor, SHARED, Stroke Survivor, YouSoRock
In this special Mother’s Day YouSoRock Spotlight, we follow Bridget Chiovari’s experience surviving a hemorrhagic stroke caused by an AVM. This is a difficult ordeal to go through as an individual let alone as a pregnant mother in her second trimester! ...
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