Still You: Emotional Recovery After Stroke

You survived the stroke. Nobody warned you about what came after.The scans are stable. Everyone says you're lucky. But something is different. The fatigue that sleep doesn't fix. Emotions that arrive at the wrong time, or don't arrive at all. The grief for a life and a self that feel out of reach. And the question that wakes you at night: Am I still me?A neurosurgeon who saw the gap wrote the book to close it.Dr. Eric Whitney, DO, is a board-certified neurosurgeon who watched patients with excellent outcomes come back months later, struggling with changes no one had named for them. Still You is the book he wished he could hand every stroke survivor before they left the hospital.Inside: - What actually happened in your brain, in plain language, and why your symptoms make sense- The invisible changes: fatigue, cognitive fog, sensory overload, emotional shifts, and why standard screening misses them- The grief nobody mentions, and the identity question every survivor eventually asks- A recovery toolkit covering sleep, movement, breathwork, supplements, devices, and therapy, with every recommendation labeled by evidence tier- A chapter written directly to spouses, family, and caregivers- Appendices for clinicians, a plain-language glossary, medication effects on mood, and when to call your doctor versus 911This is not a promise that you will get back to normal. It is a map forward, into who you are becoming.Written by a neurosurgeon. Free to read at stillyourecovery.com. In print for the nightstand.