A Stroke Just Struck in June!

Greetings Deep Digging Friends,

For those of you who don't known... this just in, hot off the two week old presses… A stroke just struck in June!

That’s right, I suffered a stroke due to a torn carotid artery a mere two weeks ago.

It kind of feels a little like Tig Notaro when she suddenly announced that she had cancer from the stage during a comedy show. “Hello, I have cancer. I have cancer. I have cancer."

And just as Tig spoke aloud and proud, taking authority over her cancer, I am taking charge of the transparency that I choose to share my stroke experience and healing on social media. I will plan to share the thoughts, struggles and healing of my experience with my trademark optimistic outlook and humor.

Right now, every sentence I attempt to type turns into a challenging obstacle course full of missing word mines that I have to successfully navigate while crawling around blindly in my brain and hoping that I’m somehow able to present some form of cogent thought. (It took me 5 minutes alone just to remember how to spell “cogent”).

I know that this will probably seem like a silly series of short posts but I have to keep pushing myself forward both mentally and creatively.

I will keep sharing regularly to keep everyone posted on my progress and hopefully all will see me inching slowly forward.

Until next time,

Thank you to all who have taken the time to journey by my side.

JJSB