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    Stroke!
    Stroke!
    Stroke!
    Ebook36 pages29 minutes

    Stroke!

    By Doug Welch

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    In January of 2017, a month after my seventy-third birthday, I suffered a stroke. I’m a writer, so I thought while the ordeal was still fresh in my mind; I should use my writing skills to record my experiences.
    I had two motivations for doing so, the first, to set down all the events as they occurred and my feelings about them in some concrete, indelible form.
    My second motivation was to provide support for stroke victims and potential stroke victims. To let people who suffered a stroke, know they weren’t alone in their suffering and to give potential stroke victims and their families some idea of what to expect should the occasion ever arise.
    What follows is a firsthand account of the stroke and how it affected my life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDoug Welch
    Release dateNov 30, 2017
    ISBN9781370330928
    Stroke!
    Author

    Doug Welch

    Although I'm a retired community college instructor, I lived another life and acquired a wide range of experiences before my teaching and now author gig. I served the U.S. Navy and my country in Vietnam. I repaired robots and automated equipment in the aerospace industry. I was publicity chairman of the California Belly Dance Association for a while, actor in a motion picture, Manufacturing Engineer and Regional Chairman of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers, and finally Professor of Manufacturing Technology at a local community college. Name it, and I've likely done it.However, despite threatening to do so for many years, I'd never written a book. At least, until now. It's a lot of work. You really, really have to love it. Fortunately, (or unfortunately) I do love it and plan to continue it as long as I can type, scribble or speak.Stay tuned for more. (See my website,Facebook and my blog for new books.)

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      Stroke! - Doug Welch

      Stroke!

      By Doug Welch

      © 2017 Douglas Welch

      Copyright Notice

      © 2017 by Douglas R. Welch

      This short story is copyrighted by the author who owns all rights including worldwide rights to its publication in any format, including as a printed book and digital. No parts of it may be published or distributed in any form, with the exception of fair use as defined by copyright law, without written permission of the author.

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      Disclaimer

      This book is a work of fact. Character's names are omitted by the author to preserve their privacy. Although some scenes in this novel occur in actual physical locations or businesses, all such references do not imply an endorsement or denigration of that physical location or business by the author.

      Table of Contents

      Foreword

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      About the Author

      Other Works

      Foreword

      In January of 2017, a month after my seventy-third birthday, I suffered a stroke. At the time, the stroke’s onset was so sudden and bizarre I didn’t have much reason to engage in introspection.

      That occurred days later.

      I’m a writer, so I thought while the ordeal was still fresh in my mind; I should use my writing skills to record my experiences.

      I had two motivations for doing so, the first, to set down all the events as they occurred and my feelings about them in some concrete, indelible form.

      My second motivation was to provide support for stroke victims and potential stroke victims. To let people who suffered a stroke know they weren’t alone in their suffering, and to give potential stroke victims and their families some idea of what to expect should the occasion ever arise.

      The human body is a marvelous thing, at once both amazingly resilient and delicate. The body can undergo extreme hardships and stubbornly survive, while

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