Known as cerebrovascular accident or CVA, strokes are the loss of brain function because of a disturbance of blood to the brain. Types of stroke including lack of blood flow (ischemia), blood leakage (hemorrhage), and blockage (arterial embolism or thrombosis) are the themes of the blogs listed in this category.
Regular Blogs
This journal takes the reader through the author's stroke, hospitalization, rehabilitation, and recovery. Someone gave her a copy of the book "Julie and Julia" while she was in the hospital, and she decided to chronicle her recovery on a blog.
http://barbpolansrecovery.blogspot.com/
The goal of this weblog is to create a discussion about stroke rehabilitation and the direction it should take.
http://oc1dean.blogspot.com/
A 2006 stroke left the author with aphasia, apraxia, and dysarthria. This blog is a day-by-day journal of the attack and the subsequent recovery.
http://expressiveaphasia.blogspot.com/
A wife chronicles her time of being the caregiver for her husband, who suffered a stroke. She shares her successes, difficulties, and knowledge in entries about aphasia, apraxia, aneurisms, and humor.
http://www.fromtheplanetaphasia.blogspot.com/
The author suffered a stroke in February 2010 at the age of 46 and uses this blog to chronicle her recovery. She also shares the personal story of her stroke.
http://myhappystroke.blogspot.com/
Christ-centered blog shares experience, strength, and faith with other stroke survivors, families, caregivers, and friends. There is an emphasis on stroke awareness and prevention, and a daily scripture of the day.
http://stroke-of-faith.blogspot.com/
Providing online stroke support and information since 1996, this the Stroke Network is led by a former aerospace engineer who had a stroke until he had a massive brainstem stroke in 1994, when he was 36. An effective quadriplegic, he has made this blog his mission.
http://strokenetblog.net/
Surviving a Stroke (and Sometimes Saying Too Much)
A young man whose life was changed drastically on Christmas 2005 when he has a massive stroke and spent the next two years in the hospital began this blog in 2008 and writes about his stroke, rehabilitation, and how his life changed.
http://survivingastroke.blogspot.com/
The author of the book "Stronger After Stroke" maintains this blog, which is about strokes, surviving them, and how that survival makes people all the stronger.
http://recoverfromstroke.blogspot.com/
