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Dick Clark...

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He looked great but initally I was stunned by his inability to speak clearly. Then I realized that his thought process was very clear, he just had trouble getting the words out.

As someone who knows of a few people who have had strokes, they are nasty. My dad had one a few years ago. He pretty much fully recovered (Praise God) but some of the other people have not done so well. It seems with strokes, sometimes the person begins recovery & then the recovery just stops. If Mr. Clark hasn't been able to recover his speech after a year, I have a feeling he may never get it back.

But much congratulations to Mr. Clark for working hard & fighting his way back. He is still a great inspiration & I hope he does recover & is on TV for many years to come.
 
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mwb said:
He looked great but initally I was stunned by his inability to speak clearly. Then I realized that his thought process was very clear, he just had trouble getting the words out.

As someone who knows of a few people who have had strokes, they are nasty. My dad had one a few years ago. He pretty much fully recovered (Praise God) but some of the other people have not done so well. It seems with strokes, sometimes the person begins recovery & then the recovery just stops. If Mr. Clark hasn't been able to recover his speech after a year, I have a feeling he may never get it back.

But much congratulations to Mr. Clark for working hard & fighting his way back. He is still a great inspiration & I hope he does recover & is on TV for many years to come.

You know what? Thanks for posting this.. I was thinking how sad it was to listen to how hard a time he was having getting the words out.. but really.. recovery is not a sad thing.. and you're right his thought process was clear.. and the words were too.. slow and steady..

I haven't been home for New Year's in a few years..we have a lovely first night celebration locally but we went home early cause of snow.. (this is my first winter with a car.. amazingly and I didn't think I wanted to experiment with driving on the ice with the post party crowd later on) so we watched the ball drop for the first time in years :)
 
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