STROKE: Overcoming My Worst Nightmare

by Sara Marie Anderson

Overview

A 27-year-old woman returns home from the gym and her world changes forever when she nearly dies from a massive cerebellar stroke. Unbeknownst to her, Sara was taking combined estrogen and progesterone birth control medication while experiencing migraines with aura — a potentially lethal contraindication. Progesterone-only birth control is the safest to take.

 

After spending six months in rehab in California, she returns home to the great state of Wisconsin with her incredible and loving parents and continues rehab there. Sara remains patient, positive, and persistent in her fight back to overcome the effects of this devastating condition.

 

A must-read for anyone who has experienced a stroke, and for the loved ones who care for them.  

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780990908647
Publisher:	Global Touchstones
Publication date:	09/20/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	236
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Sara Anderson is from a small town, Westby, in Wisconsin. She received her B.A. in Linguistics and Spanish from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Sara completed an M.A. in Second Language Studies from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and was working as an ESL professional at the University of Southern California when she suffered a nearly fatal stroke in 2009. This tragic event took her away from life as she had known it. Sara returned to her home in Wisconsin where she enthusiastically continues to participate in therapy and yoga in order to rehabilitate her body. She hopes to help save lives with the information provided in her book.

Table of Contents

My Happy Pre-stroke Life

 

Chapter 1 - Almost Too Late

 

Chapter 2 - The Emergency Continues

 

Chapter 3 - In the ER, the Emergency Still Continues

 

Chapter 4 - My Living Guardian Angels (my parents)

 

Chapter 5 - My Family’s Nightmare Begins

 

Chapter 6 - Cautiously Optimistic

 

Chapter 7 -Transition out of ICU

 

Chapter 8 - More Angels

 

Chapter 9 - Caringbridge.org

 

Chapter 10 - Caringbridge.org (part II)

 

Chapter 11 - First Stop on the Rehab Train: Topanga Terrace

 

Chapter 12 - New Friends and Roommates

 

Chapter 13 - What’s Happening to Me?

 

Chapter 14 - Second Stop: Northridge Hospital

 

Chapter 15 - “When You Say Wis-Con-Sin …”

 

Chapter 16 - Let’s Stretch

 

Chapter 17 - “…You’ve Said It All”

 

Chapter 18 - My Occupational Therapy

 

Chapter 19 - Give Me a Hand (OT continued)

 

Chapter 20 - Physical Therapy

 

Chapter 21 - Speech Therapy

 

Chapter 22 - Living Back in God’s Country