Unbelievable!
Posted by ellen5e in Foreign Accent Syndrome, Health, Personal Experience, Ponderings on 02 16th, 2010 | No Comments
It happened again. In the midst of a social fun time, I was snapped back into the reality of the fact that this speaking voice of mine is not my “real” voice. I was questioned about my Foreign Accent Syndrome at length by a doctor who simply couldn’t believe it.
I was enjoying a lovely...
Crashed and Turned
Posted by ellen5e in Chronic Pain, Life, Personal Experience, Uncategorized on 09 17th, 2009 | No Comments
Some of you will have already heard about this, but since today is the anniversary date of a major life-altering event, I decided to reblog it.
September 17, 1987 is a special date on the calendar for me. You see, it was 22 years ago today that my life took a major hit. While driving our Kawasaki 550...
It’s not working right!
Posted by ellen5e in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Foreign Accent Syndrome, Health, Life, Personal Experience, Spirit on 08 17th, 2009 | No Comments
Okay, tonight’s great project just obtained the title of FLUB. I had our Patagonian Conure (parrot) on my shoulder and video cam recorded a wonderful update about all that has been happening regarding my Foreign Accent Syndrome journey. I attempted to send it from the website I created it on,...
FAS Friends
Posted by ellen5e in Christian, Foreign Accent Syndrome, Friendship, News, Personal Experience, Spirit on 06 16th, 2009 | No Comments
I met with a new friend tonight who I call “Fishers Fran.” We both have Foreign Accent Syndrome, (an extremely rare
Eastside Ellen and Fishers Fran shake up a local Steak 'n' Shake. ---Photo by waitress Cloe.
medical condition that causes a person to speak with a foreign accent that...
STRENGTH FROM THE STRUGGLE
Posted by ellen5e in Communication, Foreign Accent Syndrome, Health, Spirit on 05 19th, 2009 | No Comments
I am now back from the hospital and am continuing to have speech problems.
Rather than write everything down… I went to Tokbox and created 4 little video mails that explains everything up to now.
I hope you will watch these so you can view how difficult it is to speak, how very different I sound...
On My Knees
My friends and followers may have noticed that I’ve not been as
social online over the last week. Why? Lots of reasons, but primarily, high demands of many different projects all coming due at the same time. There were the annual stage props for a production at Madame Walker theatre which my husband...