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A Doctor-Patient Journal
Dana Press
May 2003
On Sale: May 1, 2003
240 pages
ISBN: 0972383018
EAN: 9780972383011
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction | Self-Help
At age 43, Cleo Hutton awoke to a frightening and completely
unfamiliar world. In the prime of life, she experienced a
devastating stroke. Suddenly unable to speak, understand, or
even walk, Hutton found herself struggling first to survive
and then to regain her physical skills and her
independence.
Striking Back at Stroke is
Hutton's personal journal during this trying time, detailing
her hard-won success rebuilding a life in ruins and
overcoming difficulties she never imagined confronting.
Using a tape recorder and a notebook by her bedside where
family, friends, and hospital staff could write messages,
Hutton kept a record of the day-to-day emotional, physical,
and financial trauma of her condition. Hutton's account of
her experiences is interwoven with medical and scientific
commentary by Louis Caplan, M.D., who explains Hutton's case
in terms of what scientists and doctors have come to know
about strokes. He documents in a clear, concise manner what
actually happens before, during, and after a stroke--as
Hutton in turn lives and documents her experience. Caplan
also focuses his observations on how the medical system
served her, as well as on the shattering effects a stroke
can have on the families of patients.
Both authors
give valuable advice--about home care, emotional support,
and physical recovery--from the frontlines of the battle
against stroke. These two wise and experienced voices make
Striking Back at Stroke a wrenching and inspiring
personal story as well as an indispensable guide for anyone
enduring the cataclysmic changes that a stroke can bring to
a life, a family, and a sense of self.
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