For a bread to be labelled and sold as “sourdough”, the dough must be fermented over a period of 12 – 48 hours. Woolworths sourdough breads contain less than 15% fermented dough. My Story Whether related to my stroke or not, I’ve become intolerant of wheat-based products like bread. Over my life, I have experienced […]
My Stroke
The great stroke of 2012. Surprisingly, I have never written about my stroke. I write about most things, but not about the most significant event in my life. I write this 6 years after my stroke in 2018 as National Stroke Week commences. I do want to mention my “symptoms” because I dismissed the warning signs […]
After the stroke
I was extremely lucky, if one can say ‘lucky’ after having a stroke. My wonderful partner called 000 and an ambulance rushed me to a local hospital within minutes of the stroke commencing. I experienced many of the after-effects of a stroke which included poor speech, numbness, tiredness, naps, hiccups, but other than that I […]