{"id":153,"date":"2025-07-30T15:52:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T07:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ownslp.com\/?p=153"},"modified":"2025-08-12T22:00:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T14:00:20","slug":"chapter-25-a-confession-in-recovery-words-lost-in-memory-and-a-wifes-patience-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ownslp.com\/?p=153","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 25: A Confession in Recovery &#8211; &#8220;Words Lost in Memory, and a Wife&#8217;s Patience&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Many people keep talking to me. I seem to be speaking, but I can&#8217;t quite remember what I&#8217;ve said. People tell me I spoke&#8230; I&#8217;m grateful. I vaguely recall struggling with Broca&#8217;s aphasia and Wernicke&#8217;s aphasia. I kept asking my wife, and she kindly explains, &#8220;This is Broca&#8217;s aphasia, and this is Wernicke&#8217;s aphasia.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Then I&#8217;d respond, &#8220;Okay, I understand~ Thank you.&#8221; But shortly after, what I said and what my wife explained would vanish from my memory. Then, after going about my day normally, I&#8217;d suddenly wonder again, &#8220;What does this mean? I saw something about aphasia on YouTube, but I&#8217;m not sure if it&#8217;s Broca&#8217;s or Wernicke&#8217;s. Which one is closer to what I have?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Then my wife would explain again, &#8220;This is Broca&#8217;s aphasia, and this is Wernicke&#8217;s aphasia.&#8221; I hear the same explanation repeated countless times. &#8220;Oh&#8230; thank you&#8230;&#8221; And then, once again, the memory disappears. It&#8217;s a continuous cycle of this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Even now, it&#8217;s difficult to accurately assess my physical condition. It&#8217;s even harder because it&#8217;s not something I can directly observe with my eyes. My wife says there are 7-8 different types of aphasia, including Broca&#8217;s and Wernicke&#8217;s. She tells me that Broca&#8217;s aphasia is similar to the symptoms I have.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Today, I&#8217;m studying again. While studying, thoughts of &#8220;Why did I get hurt?&#8221; and &#8220;Why did I become like this?&#8221; suddenly pop into my mind. Then those thoughts disappear again. Little by little, the fact that I was seriously injured becomes clearer. 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