Hi Darling Ones, For the official record, the brain weasels were right. I have both macular edema and diabetic retinopathy….
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Stroke Me Day 75: Sitting With Discomfort
Hi Darling Ones, Author and vlogger Hank Green has Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. He announced it in a video recently and hooooooboy…
Stroke Me Day 62: Troca de Cordões
Hi Darling Ones, I’m in that weird position where writing about what’s on my mind makes things better and yet…
Stroke Me Day 58: Poor, Unfortunate Soul
Hi Darling Ones, I’m not going to apologize for the lack of updates because I am not sorry. Instead, I’m…
Stroke Me Day 50: My Brain Hates Me
Hi Darling Ones, Just a quick note to let you know I continue to exist on this planet, despite everything…
Stroke Me Day 40: Like Oscar the Grouch
Hello Darling Ones, Yesterday, I accidentally blurted out 45 years of fat kid trauma onto my unsuspecting physical therapist. I…
Stroke Me Day 35: Fatigue Management
Hey Darling Ones, Have I complained lately about what absolute garbage the stroke recovery process is? Lest you forget, it…
Stroke Me Day 30: System Failure
Dear Darling Ones, Thirty days after the stroke that leveled me, I finally finally FINALLY have a physical therapy appointment….
Stroke Me Day 26: The Modern Leper
Hi Darling Ones, The thing that sticks with me the most from the 11 hours I spent in the Emergency…
Stroke Me Day 22: Am I Having a Stroke?
Dear Local Twitter Dads, Today I saw your tweets expressing incredulity at the price of family food and entertainment. The…