Let me introduce myself.....I am a male, 44 years old & I have had Aphasia for 8 years..

.. one day in St Albans I felt very funny, not ha ha, but really something was wrong with me. It was the 20th June 1998..

click the link to read Joe's story!

I worked for Consulting Engineers in Oxford..

.. on 4 Dec'03 I got up, went into my bathroom & showered, but I couldn't control the water temp and after repeatedly scalding, and freezing myself I gave that up. "It must be one of those things" I said, & went to the office ..

click the link to read Phil's story!


My attraction to AphasiaNow was that it appeared to have such a fresh outlook, not the usual fuddy duddy of spielling out the definition and woes of being struck with aphasia. We know what that is. This appeared different.

I would like Aphasia Now to grow with new people who are like minded - I feel that it can. I say that with tongue-in-cheek, I know it's difficult to get new members, they don't grow on trees for the plucking. The existing members, who may be getting-on-a-bit, need not feel they haven't a place - I'm 63 approaching 64, and yes I feel the cold in Winter (summer too, sometimes !) etc. I don't say "just brush it aside, ignore it, blah blah"...it's not that easy, but it is how you think, it is how you re-act to bad news, ...........and it keeps you young ! Try it!

Well I experienced stroke, and resulting Aphasia, on the operating table in December 1999.

I had gone in with a benign tumour to my pituitary gland (The pituitary is at the back of the eyes).

Unfortunately, the operation went wrong and the result was a stroke. For the 9 months after the operation, I stayed in hospital, learning to walk and speak again. At the end of my time there though, I really wanted to return to work.

Apart from returning to work, I've been involved with other interests:-

Going to Australia

Attending the 'Last Night of the Proms' at the Albert Hall

Gliding

Swimming

Sailing

Massage

Akido (Martial Arts)

Pop Concert (Red Hot Chili Peppers)

Alexander Technique

Going to see the Northern Lights

Going to Tenerife with my new partner

Where else is there to conquer?! :-)