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Bad Language

  Bad Language Because I had a serious ischemic stroke in 2021, Age 64 Iain Dyche, written 16th March 2026 Version 1.01 2021 : Speech and grammar classes I needed company in meeting groups that witness brain injuries My ears work fine, but... When talking, difficult to understand their words My Language is bad - It’s difficult for me compile a sentence and speak it 2022 to 2023 : Focus on my Brain College course, helping those with brain injury Formative, so important to me and students involved at Worcester College 2024 : What next ? Research, what is available to improve speech and grammar Charities and Universities. Many are well intention. But, nothing came forward of quality ...
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Stroke Recovery

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  Written badly : with a clear message v2.1 4/11/25 Stroke Recovery, One Munro at a Time  Introduction During the Covid pandemic, in the winter snow of 2021, at 68 years old, I found myself in an Acute Stroke ward in Worcester. A consultant on the ward gave me a sketch of my brain, that indicated that I had lost 50% of my brain, in time I might improve to 80% of my brain. I was in a serious situation. Apart from that, nobody talked with me at my ward bed side. I was deeply lonely. And thinking about a recent dark divorce was not the best idea. I needed to change my thoughts to happier memories : As a schoolboy, I was passionate about caving with the Amersham Scouts. Many trips to South Wales and the Somerset caves with a sump 40’ long without air tanks, with a line, my hand over hand, to the way forward in the system, not the best thought, but it brought happy thoughts ! Then as a college student I turned to Yorkshire caves and their long, long pitches, using conn...
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