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A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 1 by Ian Thorpe
Chapter One of my memoir of the early stages of recovery from a life - threatening brain haemorrhage that left me paralysed on the left side. Other chapters will follow at regular intervals.
At the head of every sub-chapter is a line from a song - no prizes, but see how many you guess. I include..
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A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 10 by Ian Thorpe
The latest chapter in the book. The full text will be available online here as a free e-book just as soon as I have prepared all chapters for AD presentation..
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A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 11 by Ian Thorpe
Sorry about the break in postings, been filming. As usual, newcomers to this partwork can find earlier chapters in the stories menu...
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A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 12 by Ian Thorpe
Usual note, preceding chapters are all available in my stories menu..
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A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 13 by Ian Thorpe
Preceding chapters are available in the menu. The rest of the book is coming online at regular intervals...
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A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 14 by Ian Thorpe
Earlier Chapters are available through the stories menu...
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A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 15 by Ian Thorpe
Use links at start and end to navigate through this FREE e-book..
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A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 16 by Ian Thorpe
All previous chapters in this free e-book are available from the menu...
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A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 17 by Ian Thorpe
Use links at the beginning and end to navigate this FREE e-book
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A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 18 by Ian Thorpe
Use the lionks at the top and bottom of the chapter to move back or forward...
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A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 19 by Ian Thorpe
The final chapter. To revisit chapter 18 or go back to the start of the book use the links at the beginning...
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A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 2 by Ian Thorpe
If you are a newcomer to this free e-book here at author's den, earlier chapters are listed in my "stories" menu. Deatails about the book and an intro are provided in "my books" together with details of release in paperback. Meantime enjoy this free e-book version and as the memoir was always inten..
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A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 4 by Ian Thorpe
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A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 5 by Ian Thorpe
Use links at the top to go back to previous chapter or the beginning. Link at end moves to next chapter...
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A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 6 by Ian Thorpe
Links at the top point tprevious chapter and the beginning. Jump to next chapter with the link at the end...
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A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 7 by Ian Thorpe
Getting toward halfway now - as usual I will remind you previous chapters are in my stories menu..
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A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 8 by Ian Thorpe
As usual I remind you that earlier chapters are alredy posted as seperate stories. These postings will build into the full book over the next few weeks...
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A Stroke of Luck - Chapter 9 by Ian Thorpe
If you are new to this serialisation find earlier chapters in the left hand menu...
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A Survivor's Story: Brown Recluse Envenomation by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner
**Fiction, although I used my name.**..
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A Survivor's Story: Necrotizing Fasciitis by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner
FICTION--based on truth...
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A Tubular Request by Susan Gilson
By no means is this short story meant to poke fun at people. My intention is to illustrate how terminology in various specialty areas - whether it be scientific, technical, or business related - may be common place for some people but foreign to others.
I have worked in the medical field f..
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A War that Must Be Won The Blog of Shilah Winslow Sept.02.07 by Michelle Kidwell Power In The Pen
I try to explain it to her, but its hard to explain this to an eight year old, how much harder must it be for an eight year old to live with such a disease!
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A Work In Progress (Part One) by Michelle Kidwell Power In The Pen
Yes this is really the title...
“You’re not your Mamma.” Kate she said. Andrea really wished she could talk about the love of God, and how he made everyone different, but if she got to talking about her faith she could risk loosing her license.
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Abbigail: Special Needs Parenting 101. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A story about a special little girl, as written by her father...
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Abrahiam's Story: Special Needs Parenting 101 (Batten's Disease) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A little boy battles an incurable, progressive disease that threatens to take his life before he reaches the age of six...
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  ADAPTIVE/ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY by Bradley Fralick
This is for my DISABLED brothers, and sisters!..
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Addisyn's Story, Continued. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
More about a very special little boy named Addisyn, who was born with microcephaly (or smaller than average head), as recounted by his mother, Rena...
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Adrianna's Journal An Introduction by Michelle Kidwell Power In The Pen
My name is Adrianna......
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Afraid of life by Rebekah Rosie Lang
Death/Heaven and battling for sanity...
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Ailish'ya's Story: A Girl Lives With The Effects Of Necrotizing Fasciitis. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A young girl copes with devastating scarring and disability after suffering from a rare but deadly bacterial infection that could have very easily killed her...
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Alex's Story: Living With Apert Syndrome. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A boy writes about the condition he has to live with and why his face doesn't look like most other kids'...
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All Went Well! Thank God!! (Louisiana Writing.) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Johnny and Ronee' have come through their surgeries beautifully; both are now resting comfortably in the PICU, much to their mother's relief...
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Allergies (A Rant , By Ronee', aged 10) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A young girl writes of her struggles with allergies.
Got the idea from this morning..I woke up with a swollen, inflamed eye. It is either allergies or pink eye. (I hope it is the former. It feels a little better now. Not as itchy or red.) It's not my left eye, only my right...
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Alligator Baby: Hollister's Story. (Part Two) ... Saying Goodbye. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A father says goodbye to his child who was born with a catastrophic skin condition and now must cope with his passing.
Image of raindrops on window (c) 2012, by Karla Dorman...
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Always My Dad: Special Needs Parenting 101. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Young Brooklyn Wright writes about her father and what he means to her...
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Alzheimer's and the Last Song by Mary Lacey, Desertrat
this is about my mother and when she played her music for the last time...
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AN IDEA FOR A ONE HANDED GAMER by Bradley Fralick
I originally dreamed this up for me. However, any one handed person ought to be able to use this idea!..
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An open letter to Kristie Alley you can do it Kirstie by Tuchy (Carl) Palmieri
An open letter to Kirstie Alley regarding her various programs to get her weight under control..
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An Open Letter to Oprah: You're Not Alone, My Sister. by Beverly Mahone
I heard you say your condition was triggered by stress. Girlfriend, so was mine! Being in a loveless marriage and the sole provider for a child---coupled with working in a thankless job sent my ..
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An Open Letter To Star Jones by Tuchy (Carl) Palmieri
My Personal experience with people who have taken the By-Pass surgery route has prompted me to write this open letter to Star Jones. Our Public figures are in a position to help us get at the true costs of Stomach by-pass surgery. We have made some progress in making people aware of the risk verses ..
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An Ordinary Day by Lucille van Onselen-Zunckel
Appreciation of the people in your life. Treat your body gently, it's teh only one you have. Stop, take time out to smell the roses...
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An Udate On My Husband and I ,, 4-29 ,-2010 by MaryGrace Patterson
Some of you have been kind enough to ask how we are, so here is a brief update.I haven't felt inspired to write much lately.......
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An Update On My Routine! by Bradley Fralick
I am so serious about keeping this routine, I am writing about it here!!..
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An Update, August 2009: Tottie Ruth Brighton. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Tottie Ruth Brighton of Sydney, Australia, updates us on what has been going on since her last journal entry of three months ago, when she recovered from a bout of the swine flu...
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An Update: Nashi. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Nashi Danielle Ben Ami continues to defy the odds, much to the delight of her family...
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An Update: Philomena Graves' Story, Continued. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A young teen with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis continues her story...
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An Update: Rachel Dian Smith, By Her Husband, Kendall Victor. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Rachel Smith has come a very long way since being struck by lightning in 2000, eight years ago...
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An Update: Sanjeet Raneesh Singh, March 2010. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Aasha Singh updates us as to what is going on in her family, particularly her five-and-one-half year-old son, Sanjeet, who lives in a home for severely disabled children...
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An Update: Slobo Trbanek, May 2010. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
"If I can survive a war, and survive losing my leg and paralysis, then I can survive just about anything!"
Slobo Trbanek updates us on his life and what has been going on with him.
Image of sun and rays (C) 2010, by Karla Dorman...
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An Update: Annelih Grace Evans, April 2012. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A very special girl's story is updated by her mother.
Image (c) 2011, by Karla Dorman...
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