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Review:"A must read for anyone who wants to survive a stroke with their sense of humour intact. It’s a measure of Ripley’s courage and writing ability that he treats his ‘sling and arrows of outrageous fortune’ with such an enviable lightness of touch".
– Minette Walters
Description: "Stroke is by its nature an isolating disease. In the first instance it isolates you as a person from your brain, then from parts of your body, your memory, your ability to communicate, your capacity to understand what is happening. The effect of this is to isolate you from your family and loved ones, your work, your social life, your life outside your home or a hospital ward. It is the cruellest and loneliest of afflictions."
In January 2003, at the age of 50, Mike Ripley had a stroke. This is his story of the stroke itself and the next year in the recovery process, together with loads of practical tips and advice for anyone else recovering from a stroke:
• Coping with memory loss, slow thought processes, clumsiness, vertigo and other long term effects of a stroke
• Dealing with depression and the emotional aftermath
• Learning to live with hypertension and how to reduce your blood pressure
• Finding the right medication
As a comic crime thriller writer, Mike Ripley looks for the humour in any situation, and finds it even in this one.
Contents: Introduction • A day that will live in infamy • Burglars • Birch Ward • People in the Tottenham Court Road would pay good money for this • The Great Escape • Drugs, diet and depression • The numbers game • Picking up threads • DiagnosisISBN - 9788130914954
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Pages : 148
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