My Stroke Speaks - Caesars Palace 22.mins - Keynote Speaker

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Steve is an established author and public speaker and he's joining us all the way from Colorado. He suffered a stroke in April of 2008 and he's here today to share his story with us. So please welcome Steve. Thank you. 2012, four years, post stroke. I woke was in the ICU. Bright lights, and there was a nurse across the room. I couldn't add 2+2, read a book, or tie my shoe. The doc came over. How are you doing? I have the worst headache ever, worse than the other one. She laughed. because she was so relieved to hear me speak. I didn't realize that I could have ended up like that. They started testing me; Jane had 50 cents, she spent 15. How much did she have left? I could not come up with an answer. Then they gave me a little stick house to copy. Then 4 words to read. "Well, in every situation, you missed the left side of everything." I was Whacked out from the stroke and the Percocet but I couldn't do simple math, read a few words ... What am I going to do? A