What life is like after a stroke
I had a stroke in 2012. I don’t recommend the experience. And in case you’re wondering, no, I didn’t handle it well.
Just ask my family. (Don’t worry. I’m ok now.)
The reason I told you that is to tell you this. In 2022, I was working on a documentary when Piers Grove, one of the media blokes I was sharing a foxhole with, had a stroke.
Piers was in his 40s with a young family — like I was in 2012 — so I got in touch and told Piers all of the mistakes I made in the hope that he’d avoid my potholes.
Interestingly, one of the things I did to understand what I’d been through was write a collection of poetry, Year of the Wasp. Piers has gone down a different, but similar route: producing a podcast, 404: Brain Not Found, that digs into the nitty gritty of what happened to him and what it all means. It’s a great podcast.
As a part of his podcast, Piers also wanted to reprise the conversation we had in the immediate aftermath of his stroke. So we did.
It’s the sixth episode of the podcast series. You can listen to it here.