When I was younger I played basketball. Considering that many years have passed and I have hardly played since, it is safe to say I am not very good. My boys have tried to teach me how to hold the ball, where my elbows go, etc. but I’m just terrible.
On Monday, March 5, 1990, my life was suddenly transformed. Driving home after visiting a cancer patient, I suffered a cerebral bleed (an aneurysm, a type of stroke), and became unconscious at the wheel of my automobile and was involved in a 60 mph head-on auto accident. Five months later, I had open skull, brain surgery to remove the cause of the stroke, which was a growth on my brain (a cavernous hemangioma).
Traveling with a Brain Injury and the Miracles of Integrative Approach, LENS and NeuroField…
Well, I was off again traveling, this time to Sao Paolo, Brazil to attend the wedding of my friend and team member (Nutrition Educator), Martha Lindsay’s daughter.
Happy New Year Everybody!! Around this time of year, with resolutions flying, there seems to be a lot of talk about getting fit, healthy, and active. But often we forget about one particularly important part of the body… THE BRAIN!!!
This is an area that is often not mentioned and is a vital part of recovery. I do not believe that if I hadn’t had the love and support of friends, colleagues and my family that I would have experienced the same recovery. In the past month, I was able to see my friend of 44 years, Kathy Murdock.
The other night I woke up with various neurological symptoms, i.e. ophthalmic migraine and a cold right arm. Since my first TBI, 3 more, I’ve never had typical migraines with aura and headaches. Rather I’ve had atypical migraines with neurological symptoms without a headache, which includes one sided muscle weakness, slurred speech, and droopy facial muscles.
Dr. Diane®'s book, Coping with Concussion and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury sets out to cover every aspect of this often mystifying condition.
Dr. Diane® Roberts Stoler, Ed.D.
7 Hodges Street
N. Andover, MA 01845
Phone: (800) 500-9971
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