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OK, enough about communication, I want to talk about my jacked up vision. After I got a handle on how to talk to people (sort of), my new #1 Issue was not being able to see well. My stroke hit … Continue reading →

AAC: Augmentative or Alternative Communication. Look! I learned a new acronym this week. Is it or Alternative or and Alternative? Hmmm. Who cares? It’s not like a speech pathologist is reading this or anything. What I do know is that … Continue reading →

As I mentioned before, being in my condition and being able to communicate somehow even in a basic way is very important to me. I’m not alone either, a brief search on the internet turned up a lot of people … Continue reading →

My wife and I lead terribly exciting lives. We’ve basically been doing the same thing every day for over six years. Our day starts around 7:00 roughly with CBS This Morning or McGraw Milhaven on KTRS (we used to watch … Continue reading →

Early on after my stroke one of my doctors diagnosed me as having an incomplete version of Locked In Syndrome (we just call it ILIS) because I could blink my eyes voluntarily and move my right index finger slightly. It … Continue reading →

Hello. My name is Jim. I was born in 1967, my wife was born in 1975. We have no children. We live in a suburb of St.Louis , MO called St.Peters. We both work(ed) for the same company as computer … Continue reading →