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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread anomia #199723 05/09/2011 10:21 AM Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3 GwynnaL stranger GwynnaL stranger Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3 A few years ago, I suffered a severe headache that lasted 7 weeks. A neurologist placed me on Topamaxx, and within two days the headache was gone. Sadly, so was the part of my brain that had any language skills. Anomia, aphasia, and a few other disabilities like the inability to recognize faces set in. For a writer and a teacher, it was devastating. It's taken me 5 years, and not all my skills have returned. Scary! Ef Deal Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: anomia GwynnaL #199728 05/09/2011 3:23 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water WELCOME GWYNNAL ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: anomia LukeJavan8 #199729 05/09/2011 3:25 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water Interesting for me in Anu's discussion today is the word "agelast" for someone who never smiles/laughs. I had a father like that. Tell him a joke and he'd just sort of snicker with a tsk-tsk sort of noise. I never heard him belly laugh his entire life. Now I know that sort of thing does exist. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: anomia GwynnaL #199731 05/09/2011 8:04 PM Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague BranShea Carpal Tunnel BranShea Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2006 Posts: 5,295 Netherlands, the Hague You write well again. It's sort of fun to pretend/play that things, objects are wordless but it must real scary when you loose the capacity to name them. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: anomia GwynnaL #199793 05/12/2011 6:14 AM Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada Zed Pooh-Bah Zed Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,154 British Columbia, Canada GwynnaL, how terrifying. Glad you can enjoy words now. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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