(Editor’s Note: BEST is re-running BEST guest blogger Isaac Peterson’s piece on playing the waiting game with the social security office. This article originally ran in December 2017–Isaac shares his latest update for January 2018 below). Boy, was I ever happy when I was released from my month-long stay in the hospital after my stroke last (more…)
Pretty much every day, it seems someone is telling me how remarkable or phenomenal my progress since my stroke is. And it seems every time I start feeling good about my progress, something happens that sets me back a step or two. The latest thing was a seizure, just to remind me that even a (more…)
Boy, was I ever happy when I was released from my month-long stay in the hospital after my stroke last November. I had really had it with being confined to a bed and people making my decisions and telling me what to do and when. It really didn’t take long, though, for me to kind (more…)
Ah, the Thanksgiving holiday again. A holiday that’s sure to inspire a wide range of emotions and reactions in all kinds of people. To many, it’s a day devoted to eating too much and watching football. To others, it’s a day for spending quality time with family, friends and loved ones. And to still others, (more…)
(Editor’s Note: Some of you have reached out to BEST and expressed an interest in sharing your story through the written word. Writer, BEST guest blogger and brain injury survivor, Isaac Peterson, has created a writing series offering tips and strategies to do just that. Here is the latest in the series on inspired writing. (more…)
November 8, 2016 is the day everything went to pieces and forced some major changes on me. It was a day I should never forget. Instead, it’s a day I’ll never remember. It’s the day I had a stroke. November 8, 2016 is one anniversary I don’t think I’ll be celebrating. And since that day, (more…)