The Stroke that Changed My Life

The Stroke that Changed My Life

Top of Mind with Julie Rose

Trump's 100 Days, Quagga Invasion, Life-changing Stroke

Episode: Trump's 100 Days, Quagga Invasion, Life-changing Stroke

  • May 1, 2017 11:00 pm
  • 18:31 mins

Guest: Christine Hyung-Oak Lee, author of “Tell Me Everything You Don’t Remember: The Stroke that Changed My Life” Nearly 800,000 people have a stroke every year, but young people don’t usually think it will happen to them. That was certainly the case with Christine Hyung-Oak Lee, who had a stroke at the age of 33. Her recovery was robust and impressive, although, as she explains in her memoir, “Tell Me Everything You Don’t Remember: The Stroke that Changed My Life,” she is not the person she used to be, and, in some ways, that’s a good thing.