Darley and the psychosocial side

Abstract

''Arthur, when am I going to be me again? This is not what I had in mind for'me.' After some more rehab will I be me again?'' ''When you're thrown into a pool, and you can't swim, and you don't have a life preserver, that's the way I felt for a long time. In other words, struggling.'' ''The pain of watching somebody that you love going through pain, going through agony, that is the hardest part.'' ''I was a composer and a conductor for Heaven's sake. I've conducted in most of the great music venues of the world. They don't know that. They treat me like an eccentric old man. They sure don't know who I am. Maybe that's because I'm not anymore.'' ''I thought they had cut my tongue out. I had gone in for surgery on my wisdom teeth; they had put me under general anesthesia; and I developed a stroke during the surgical procedure. When I awoke and struggled to find words, I thought for sure I had lost my tongue. But it was far worse than that, as I was to find out.''