At age 43, Cleo Hutton awoke to a frightening and completely unfamiliar world. In the prime of life, she experienced a devastating stroke. Suddenly unable to speak, understand, or even walk, Hutton found herself struggling first to survive and then to regain her physical skills and her independence. Striking Back at Stroke is Hutton's personal journal during this trying time, detailing her hard-won success rebuilding a life in ruins and overcoming difficulties she never imagined confronting. Using a tape recorder and a notebook by her bedside where family, friends, and hospital staff could write messages, Hutton kept a record of the day-to-day emotional, physical, and financial trauma of her condition. Hutton's account of her experiences is interwoven with medical and scientific commentary by Louis Caplan, M.D., who explains Hutton's case in terms of what scientists and doctors have come to know about strokes. He documents in a clear, concise manner what actually happens before, during, and after a stroke—as Hutton in turn lives and documents her experience. Caplan also focuses his observations on how the medical system served her, as well as on the shattering effects a stroke can have on the families of patients. Both authors give valuable advice—about home care, emotional support, and physical recovery—from the frontlines of the battle against stroke. These two wise and experienced voices make Striking Back at Stroke a wrenching and inspiring personal story as well as an indispensable guide for anyone enduring the cataclysmic changes that a stroke can bring to a life, a family, and a sense of self.

Striking Back at Stroke: A Doctor-Patient Journal

Hutton, Cleo

Caplan M.D., Louis R.

Science & Math

Dana Press

The American Stroke Association estimates that about 4,800,000 stroke survivors are alive today and about 700,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year. After a Stroke: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier is addressed to this wide audience. Because hospital stays after a stroke are often short compared to the lengthy period of rehabilitation and gradual return of function, After a Stroke concentrates on the home recovery process after a stroke and assists those patients and their families in attempting to grow from patient back to person. The author, a twelve-year stroke survivor and nurse, gives readers tips she learned and used herself during her recovery. She addresses topics such as communication, emotional liability, safety issues, personal care, relaxation techniques, and intimacy issues. The tips included in this book cover everything from dressing, hair care, cooking, and airline travel to using a computer and alleviating pain. Many activities that we take for granted can become a challenge after surviving a stroke. After a Stroke describes in detail how to accomplish daily living routines, combat fatigue, enjoy recreational activities, and how to turn stroke deficits into assets. The book frankly discusses self-esteem issues and using humor as a healing tool. No subject is off limits. Hutton leaves no gaps in relating what families and fellow stroke survivors need to know to live a full life post stroke. With over 300 tips to assist stroke survivors, this book offers tried and true methods for coping with the aftermath of a stroke. It is a very useful reference guide and can be read in sections depending on the reader's area of interest. The book's mission is to foster independence for people living with stroke and promote healing through a positive outlook. After a Stroke is an essential tool for all stroke survivors and their families.

After a Stroke: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Diseases & Physical Ailments

ReadHowYouWant

An essential resource for all stroke survivors and their families and caregivers With more than 300 tips, this useful guide offers tried and true methods for coping with the aftermath of a stroke. Written by a stroke survivor and nurse, After a Stroke provides ideas, techniques, and exercises to help: <ul>
<li>accomplish daily living routines </li>
<li>promote healing and recovery </li>
<li>make the home safe and accessible </li>
<li>foster independence and build self-esteem </li>
<li>turn stroke deficits into assets</li>
</ul>
After a Stroke contains everything families and fellow stroke survivors need to know to live a full life post-stroke.

15 Two-Part Inventions: 15 Two-Part Inventions (Czerny) Schirmer Library of Classics Volu (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics, Vol. 850)

Arts & Photography

Hutton, RN, Cleo

Music

G.Schirmer, Inc

An essential resource for all stroke survivors and their families and caregivers With more than 300 tips, this useful guide offers tried and true methods for coping with the aftermath of a stroke. Written by a stroke survivor and nurse, After a Stroke provides ideas, techniques, and exercises to help: accomplish daily living routines promote healing and recovery make the home safe and accessible foster independence and build self-esteem turn stroke deficits into assets After a Stroke contains everything families and fellow stroke survivors need to know to live a full life post-stroke.

After A Stroke: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier

Demos Medical Publishing

An essential resource for all stroke survivors and their families and caregivers.
Updated and expanded new edition of the popular resource written by a stroke survivor who has spent 24 years helping other survivors live life to the fullest potential. After a Stroke: 500 Tips for Living Well is filled with practical tips and support to help you cope with the lifestyle changes that come in the wake of a stroke. This book will show you how to:
<ul>
<li>Get the medical care you need</li>
<li>Integrate robotics and other modern tools to help prevent spasticity and make daily life easier</li>
<li>Navigate personal relationships as one partner becomes a survivor and another a caregiver</li>
<li>Incorporate alternative and integrative therapies into your recovery</li>
<li>Connect with organizations and outreach centers for stroke patients</li>
<li>Get the most out of home care</li>
<li>Cut through rhetoric with frank, candid, and truthful answers to Frequently Asked Questions</li>
</ul>
The second edition includes three totally new chapters, over 200 more tips, and covers the latest in stroke prevention, medical treatment, and rehabilitation to help survivors transition from being a patient to returning to a life well-lived.

After a Stroke: 500 Tips for Living Well

Demos Health

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