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Lemon to Lemonade
What are you having today, lemons or lemonade? Stroke survivors have clearly been burdened with bushels of lemons. When Neale Mahon received his shipment of
THREE TONS OF BRICKS CAN’T STOP YOU!
While it can easily be argued that the metaphor “hit like a ton of bricks” may be a little old and over worked, it is
Move It or Lose It!
Strokes are not known for their subtleties. Nevertheless, on November 26, 2017 J. Neal Isaac got a subtle hint that his life was about to

Brooke Allen
A red herring is a literary device that is sometimes used to draw an audience’s attention from the real plot by creating a distracting clue
A Cause for Celebration
Strange how life can change. Two weeks before the stroke, I was in Maui with my son, Stephen. Less than one week before the stroke,
Bill Proko: Take Charge!
He came at me while I was asleep. Only a coward goes after someone when they’re asleep. And make no mistake about it, the Angel