Book of the Month

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Stroke Diaries: A Guide for Survivors and their Families

About the Author:
Dr Olajide Williams is an Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology at Columbia
University.

Blending highly personal and moving stories with crystal clear medical commentary based
on first-hand clinical experience, Dr. Olajide Williams demystifies this potentially
devastating illness and provides a roadmap to recovery.  Indeed, Dr. Williams shows that
the majority of strokes are not only preventable, but also treatable.

Through compelling stories of patients, survivors, and caregivers, woven together by
easy-to-understand medical explanations, Dr. Williams provides practical tips on
preventing strokes with specific lifestyle prescriptions for recognizing the different
forms of strokes, managing symptoms after, and overcoming the psychological burden.  He
also review the new clot-busting treatments, which have dramatically improved the
recovery rate of stroke victims.

Combining cutting-edge medicine with the gripping stories of patients, survivors, family
members, and physicians, Stroke Diaries strikes a blow against the current public health
crisis in stroke.

"Olajide Williams writes from the front lines and brings back stories of hope."
 ---  Mark McEwen, former co-host and weatherman of CBS's "The Early Show" and author of
After the Stroke: My Journey Back to Life