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 | 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 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 10, 2019 | Brain Injury Survivor, SHARED, stroke recovery, Stroke Survivor, YouSoRock
Ella was 14 years old with dreams of being a professional soccer player when the most unexpected thing happened one day at school – she suffered a stroke. Most people think strokes happen to older adults, but it can happen at any age. Read Ella’s story...
by Joe Borges | Apr 13, 2019 | Brain Injury Survivor, SHARED, stroke recovery, Stroke Survivor, YouSoRock
As a boxer, Albert Liaw was used to fighting, but when he suffered a stroke, he had to face a new kind of fight for both his physical and mental health. Read about his recovery journey and triumphant return to coaching boxing. Albert post-stroke. So 12 years ago, I...
by Joe Borges | Feb 24, 2019 | Brain Injury Survivor, FEATURE, JoeSoWrites, stroke recovery, Stroke Survivor
So the two years since my stroke have been the best two years of my life.  Each one  better than the last. The end of this last year was even better than I could have ever dreamed.  I emcee’d a culinary stage at an event called Live On Green in Pasadena where I was...
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