1st Edition
Stroke - it Couldn't Happen to Me One Woman's Story of Surviving a Brain-Stem Stroke
130 Pages
by
CRC Press
130 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Margaret Cromarty was a nurse who suffered a catastrophic stroke aged just 43, which left her with Locked-In Syndrome. Still paralysed even now, with the aid of an on-screen keyboard she has written this unflinching account of her treatment. It describes the frustrations of being fully aware but ignored as a person by carers unable to communicate effectively, and the painfully slow steps towards... Read more
The day the sky fell in. Locked in. Live or let die. Reality and unreality. More unreality. The early days. Moving on. Improvements? Rehabilitation begins. Food, glorious food. A little help from my friends. The home run.
Biography
Margaret Cromarty, Shoaib Siddiqui
