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May 11, 2009

Video: How it feels to have a stroke

Just found this video on Cage Free Family blog.

Now I know what my father-in-law, who lives in Malaysia with my sister-in-law, felt when he had two strokes two months ago.


Jill Bolte Taylor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU

Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened -- as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding -- she studied and remembered every moment. This is a powerful story about how our brains define us and connect us to the world and to one another.

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