- A Personal Stroke Story from the UK
Terri Horne, a stroke survivor since 1996, tells the story of her life in the UK since her stroke.
- Adapting Your Family's Traditions
Do your family and friends understand the needs of the stroke survivor at traditional get-togethers? Donavene, a SAFE Caregiver, has put together a list of suggestions to help make family get-togethers more peaceful and loving for everyone.
- Bill McMurray
Bill suffered a brain stem stroke in 1990 which left him a C-4 quadriplegic. After 17 months in hospital he returned home and rebuilt his life with computers. A most inspiring story and powerful web site. Sadly Bill died in 2003 of a massive heart attack.
- Bil Vargas "The Aphasiac Man"
A personal story of aneurysms, operation, brain stroke and aphasia.
- Ed Jelks Web Site
Ed Jelks of Georgia, a stroke survivor since 1995, tells his stroke story and what he has learned from it.
- Harlan Stockman's Stroke site
Harlan's very comprehensive web site of his recovery, PFO's, etc.
- Ian Thorpe's A Stroke of Luck
A UK stroke survivor with many interests, he has written a 29-chapter book of his stroke story which can be down-loaded at no charge from his website.
- John Boyda's Photo Album
Inquiring minds want to know - what do the members of the caregivers' group look like? Photos of some of our members are in a Yahoo! photo album that was started and is maintained by John Boyda.
- Kate Adamson-Day
New Zealander Kate Adamson-Day lives in Los Angeles, California, a stroke survivor since 1995, she is a determined lady. After 50 days in ICU and four months of rehabilitation, she took hold of her life. She is now an inspirational keynote speaker and works with the AHA
- Life's Lessons
Colin Brown had four strokes in UK between Oct 1992 and June 1997. He lives with his wife, Jean, at Tamworth in Staffordshire UK. He has produced an interesting web site aimed at helping UK stroke survivors - it includes a message board.
- Max Rivera
Max Rivera, a stroke survivor in New Mexico, talks about his stroke and recovery. He has also provided a link to New Mexico Stroke Support Groups. You can view photos of members of the groups with an option to join.
- Mother's Stroke Story
A stroke survivor's story of suffering a stroke in a foreign country, return to the USA and the progress achieved.
- Redefining Hopes and Dreams: A Caregiver's Story
A retrospective of living with stroke -- and its many iterations -- for 16 years, written from the heart and experiences of Shirl, one of our charter members.
- Shirl's stroke caregiver story
Making the nursing home decision and life afterwards.
- Steve Chiappa's Locked-in syndrome web site
Locked-in syndrome advice, mainly for caregivers, from a survivor who lives with that condition.
- Traveling After Stroke
Click on the STROKE SURVIVAL and HANDICAP TRAVEL TIPS to read about Jill's trips with her mother and Allison's trip with her husband after their strokes. Very good writings that describe the difficulties they faced and how they confronted and usually solved them.
- Who Stole My Other Side?...On being a stroke survivor
You have all the technical information on strokes, but what is having one REALLY like? Find out things they forget to tell you about. Here's Sheila's story....told in her own rather unique way!
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