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Aneurysms, Death, Dr. Who, Lists, Science, Stroke

Mrs Stroke Bloke just walked in and asked what I was up to. It probably looked like I was idly eying a Joan Didion essay on self-respect. But I was hard at work. Honest. I’d already read articles on A Formula For Happiness, Why Some People Dislike Everything and Seven Thoughts That Are Bad For You.

— I gotta tell you: I’m going for something big here, but I think my reach is going to exceed my grasp on this one.

— Why not just do something goofy?

Whaddya mean, goofy?

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Digesta Plaga #6, Part Two — Is There Life On Earth?

Digesta Plaga, Dr. Who, Healthcare, Mindfulness, Stroke

Last week on apoplectic.me, in episodes 1 and 2 of the sixth Digesta Plaga, I wrote about the latest developments in blood pressure guidelines, and the news in cyber assistance for stroke patients and survivors of traumatic injuries. In the dramatic conclusion of part one, we left real world creator of the Cybermen, medical scientist Dr Kit Pedler, discussing the nature of life with his wife over the dinner table.

Pass the salt please, dear.

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Digesta Plaga #6, Part One — Thermal Death Point

Digest Post, Digesta Plaga, Dr. Who, Healthcare, Rehab, Stroke

As we pass the winter solstice and Big Ben prepares to stroke 2013 out (GEDDIT??!!!), it’s time to fit in a last stroke news digest for this year.

No! The blood will gum up the workings!

[Y’know, if you haven’t signed up for apoplectic tiny letter email alerts,
you’ve missed Stroke Bloke’s Saturnalia Sending to the Apopostles.
Don’t miss another one. Sign up here: https://tinyletter.com/apoplectic_me]

As is the tradition over the festive period, I’m going to blow the budget of the sixth Digesta Plaga; it’s going to be such a blockbuster that I’m going to have to split it into two parts. Five bucks quid says you can’t guess how it’s gonna finish when we get to the end of part one…. Continue reading Digesta Plaga #6, Part One — Thermal Death Point →

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Be Your Own Brain Experiment

Dr. Who, Mental Health, Rehab, Stroke

[As today’s post testifies, the mask of relentless positivity must slip from time to time. Cheer a Stroke Bloke up, and sign up for alerts and bonus materials at https://tinyletter.com/apoplectic_me.]

Long-term apoplectics, apopostles and friendsoftheblog will no doubt be expecting to read a Doctor Who post today. But it turns out that after the madness on Saturday night, I’m going to have to let 400 years worth of regenerations pass while my thoughts steep like a good cup of tea. Then I’ll probably pop back to have something up for next Monday.

Ten: You look a bit rough. Did you have a stroke?
You used to have cool hair.
Eleven: You’ve made that joke before.

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Remembrance Day

Aphasia, Dr. Who, Stroke

Technology really has changed the emigrant’s experience. This week, I wanted to attend my daughter’s parent-teacher conferences in Brooklyn. There were five of them, and I did two on Facetime, two on Google Video Chat, and one on something called the telephone. As you might expect of a committed Whovian, I rather enjoyed communicating with people in another world by means of futuristic technology and a magic screen.

History class has changed

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Joanna Lumley For The Twelfth Doctor! (sic)

Dr. Who
Now. We have to save me from
an abandoned roadside café in 1982….

[Caveat: This was mostly written before Peter Capaldi ruined the post and made my day.]

[Update, 6 Aug., 2013:

Goodness, Chesterfield. This Garibaldi fellow’s nailed it already!

….]

Hmmm….

A weird week to be writing anything, whether it’s, y’know, like, writing writing, blogging or microblogging. Continue reading Joanna Lumley For The Twelfth Doctor! (sic) →

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The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

Dr. Who

So, my companion and I are back from Gallifrey.  And a little jet-lagged, appropriately enough.  Odd that none of the TARDIS crew ever seem to be jet-lagged.  Some aspect of the TARDIS’s temporal state of grace, no doubt.  When I first became aware of the convention through Doctor Who podcasts, I remember hearing people talk about how, while the panels and events are what one is initially drawn to, once you’ve been a few times, the fun is catching up with friends.  This was our third Gally, and that’s definitely the case for us now.  It’s not that long ago that I was lying in a hospital bed wondering whether we should should cancel our flights and reservations.  By the time we were ready to set off for LA, I was just unreservedly looking forward to it.

With pals at the Gallifrey One convention!

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