Books: Brushstrokes. Thoughts, Poems and Reflections on Having Had a Small Stroke at 34 Years Old

Giles Dawnay is a graduate entrant into medicine. When he was 34, he suffered an embolic stroke, which presented with expressive dysphasia and facial weakness while he was talking to his wife. He moved swiftly from being a junior doctor to being a patient, going through all the familiar processes and stages of grief. This book is a collection of his poems, …