Thank you so much for taking the time to make the entries you have - I had a stroke 10 years ago, it took the sight in my left eye, and left me with limited eye sight. I am 53 years young, and haven't had the chance to drive a car, I'm scared when I am in one, motion makes me dizzy. This past April, I had two more strokes - I have lost some of my speech skills, and my mind has been playing some strange games with me. I am just learning now, about the mind part of the stroke, I thought alot of it was me - my doctor has never sent me for any tests - just given me medicine - they give me medicine to keep my blood pressure down, a beta blocker for the heart, and some medicine to sleep at night. There are some days I get up and feel pretty good, can stumble down the hall, carry a cup of coffee, walk out to the garden, and even talk on the phone, other days, I sit for hours figuring out how things are spelled, what I am suppose to be doing - I'm not complaining, matter of fact = I'm so lucky because I can do the things that I am doing - but what I wanted to say was I thought it was maybe just me - I don't want to lose my mind - but sometimes it feels like I am - your blog has made me happy, cause it has answered some of the way I feel, and reading it keeps me company out here in the country all alone.