When Helen Harris came round from brain surgery, she found she couldn’t even say her own name. She describes her slow recovery – and how to react to someone with the condition
I had never heard the word “aphasia” and didn’t know what it was until I came round from brain surgery and found that I was unable to speak. A nurse asked me to tell her my name. I couldn’t. She held up a pair of scissors and asked what they were called.
All I could do was shake my head. “But you can understand what I’m saying?” I nodded.
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