After the Stroke: My Journey Back to Life [NOOK Book]

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Overview

The intimate, life-affirming journey of recovery and rehabilitation from a major stroke, written by one of morning television’s most beloved personalities

Mark McEwen was at the top of his game and enjoying life when he suffered a stroke. After fifteen years on The Early Show, he had moved to Orlando to anchor the local news and spend more time with his family. While traveling, he experienced symptoms that led him to a hospital, where he was misdiagnosed with the flu. Two days later, on an airplane flight just hours before he finally collapsed, flight attendants and airport staff ...
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Overview

The intimate, life-affirming journey of recovery and rehabilitation from a major stroke, written by one of morning television’s most beloved personalities

Mark McEwen was at the top of his game and enjoying life when he suffered a stroke. After fifteen years on The Early Show, he had moved to Orlando to anchor the local news and spend more time with his family. While traveling, he experienced symptoms that led him to a hospital, where he was misdiagnosed with the flu. Two days later, on an airplane flight just hours before he finally collapsed, flight attendants and airport staff dismissed his slurred speech and heavy sweating. Misinformation not only delayed his treatment, but it also nearly cost him his life.

Now, in a candid and moving memoir, America’s beloved morning-show weatherman recalls his harrowing journey of rehabilitation from a massive stroke. After the Stroke traces his recovery in the aftermath of temporarily losing some of his greatest gifts— his talent as a public speaker, and his warm, witty exuberance—while his wife worked valiantly to care for their children as well as her seriously ill husband. Sharing an ultimately triumphant story, McEwen emerges as one of our most dynamic new crusaders for stroke victims and their families.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781101155479
  • Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
  • Publication date: 5/5/2009
  • Sold by: Penguin Group
  • Format: eBook
  • Pages: 256
  • Sales rank: 304,259
  • File size: 251 KB
  • Items ship to U.S, APO/FPO and U.S. Protectorate addresses.

Meet the Author

Mark McEwen was a fixture on CBS's The Early Show from 1987 to 2002 and also worked as a correspondent on the primetime news magazine 48 Hours. At the time of his stroke, he was an anchor at WKMG-TV in Orlando.

Daniel Paisner is the author or coauthor of more than forty books, including seven New York Times bestsellers.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Bill Cosby: You Bet Your Life xi

Intro: It Ain't No Use to Sit and Wonder Why, Babe 1

Event: What a Long, Strange Trip It's Been 13

Life Before Stroke: Stand-Up 38

Sand Lake: When You're Weary, Feeling Small 47

Life Before Stroke: Radio Days 73

Lucerne: Following You, I'll Climb a Mountain 81

Life Before Stroke: The Apple 108

Rehab: Try, Just a Little Bit Harder 115

Life Before Stroke: Wnew-Fm 134

Birc: Looks Like We're in for Nasty Weather 143

Life Before Stroke: CBS 170

Drive: When They Said Sit Down I Stood Up 177

Life Before Stroke: Orlando 194

Constraint: It's Getting Better All the Time 200

Home: And Who Knows Which Is Which and Who Is Who 219

Additional Resources 231

Acknowledgments 233

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