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Everyone loves Dolly Parton. This isn’t my opinion. This is an objective fact. I published this on July 2, 2022—two weeks before my stroke. I am sharing it again because it shows how I wrote before aphasia. My writing is different now. But when I read this, I can still recognize myself. Dolly has one…
Understanding Brain Fatigue without Science I’m not a scientist. I see complicated words and I then forget them. What I am is a curious person. Brain fatigue after stroke is part of my life. I am trying to understand how my new brain works. I want to learn how I can change my activities so…
Living with Brain Fatigue after Stroke For most of my life, I didn’t think about my brain. I just used it. Then I had a stroke. I was pretty sure my brain was damaged. But for four years I thought recovery meant my job was getting my old brain back. Today’s Brain For the first…