About Me

I am an occupational therapist (OT) who specialized in stroke rehab.  I continued my education by having a stroke in 2004 that paralyzed my dominant right side.  I still walk with a brace and cane, regained only partial use of my hemiplegic hand, and still have slurred speech when I am tired.

I live alone.  I am divorced and was not able to have children.  My two middle-aged bachelor brothers live 800 miles away and two life-long friends live 1,200 miles away.  My parents are dead.  Thank goodness I have a small army of local friends.

I had a stroke one year after I completed a doctorate in cognitive psychology.  Stroke recovery was my last major learning experience so I wrote My Last Degree: A Therapist Goes Home After a StrokeMy sense of purpose grows as I give presentations at state OT conferences and OT schools. I live in New Jersey, U.S.A.