Surviving a Stroke

Stroke is by its nature an isolating disease ... It is the cruellest and loneliest of all 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. Book jacket.Ripley, Mike is the author of 'Surviving a Stroke', published 2007 under ISBN 9780753156711 and ISBN 0753156717.