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Bringing Awareness to the Cognitive Effects of Cushing’s Disease   by Melissa neve, M.A., CCC-SLP

While perusing Facebook before work one morning,I read a post from a close friend. She posted a link (Cognitive decline in patients with Cushing's syndrome) entitled “Cognitive Decline in Patients with Cushing’s Syndrome.” Her commentary read, “What I want to know is why….? And can it be reversed…? It’s okay at home and sometimes even comical…. but not so much elsewhere. He understands and the kids think it is funny when I can’t think of what the “refrigerator” is called or I… just stop talking in the middle of a sentence because I plum forgot what I was JUST talking about and say “UM” repeatedly. Or twist my words into something completely different like “fart smones” (*smart phones*). I get extremely annoyed that I can’t remember how to spell things, too!! So, if I don’t remember that conversation we had 2 days, a week, a month ago, or the fact that I even talked to you, this is why!” I commented that I’d be calling her later, realizing that I had a wealth of material for her to read, as well as worksheets and ideas for tasks to target memory and other areas of cognition.

Making a Social Shift by melissa n., M.A., CCC-SLP

After thirteen years in the field of Speech Pathology which include experiences

SOMEWHERE OUT THERE

Somewhere out there, there is someone who needs:
A touch of your hand.
A smile.

Collaboration Between Disciplines by Melissa N., M.A., CCC-SLP
 
I overheard my Director of Rehab, who is also the department’s COTA, talking with his new student the other day. “This department is just really the three of us. Our PT, our Speechie, and me. The OTR comes in for evals and updates, but really, it’s just the three of us. We run like a family… we help each other out. We each do our part to be sure that the other is able to do his or her job as easily and as happily as possible.”

The Influence of Music in the Medical Field -melissa n., M.A., CCC-SLP

Isaac Asimov said that “The only constant is change…” I