Diabetic Stroke: Tyrone Brown’s Journey of Resilience and Recovery
A Stroke Survivor’s Wake-Up Call
At 47, Tyrone Brown was living life at full speed—running businesses, serving his community, and enjoying time with his family. But one day, while out with his wife, something strange happened. He dropped a bag. Then, he dropped it again. What seemed like a small moment quickly turned into a life-changing event.
Tyrone was having a diabetic stroke, a condition many don’t realize is a major risk for people with diabetes and hypertension. His story is a wake-up call for anyone living with these conditions, highlighting the warning signs, the emotional battle of recovery, and the incredible resilience needed to rebuild life after stroke.
What Is a Diabetic Stroke?
A diabetic stroke occurs when high blood sugar damages blood vessels, increasing the risk of blood clots and poor circulation to the brain. Over time, diabetes can cause arteries to narrow, making it harder for blood to flow properly. When a clot blocks a vessel in the brain, an ischemic stroke occurs, cutting off oxygen and leading to potentially severe consequences.
Some of the most common stroke symptoms for people with diabetes include:
✅ Sudden numbness or weakness, especially on one side of the body
✅ Trouble speaking or slurred speech
✅ Loss of coordination or balance
✅ Vision problems
✅ Severe headache without a known cause
Recognizing these signs early and seeking immediate medical attention can make a life-changing difference.
Tyrone’s Stroke Symptoms and Hospital Stay
Tyrone didn’t immediately recognize what was happening. He had no idea that diabetes, a condition he thought was somewhat controlled, was silently impacting his arteries and setting the stage for a stroke. Even after dropping his bag multiple times, he brushed it off—until his symptoms worsened.
By the time he arrived at the hospital, Tyrone had lost function in his right arm and leg. His speech was affected, and his independence was slipping away.
But instead of panicking, Tyrone made a bold decision—he had his wife record his condition. That video would become a powerful reminder of how far he would come in his recovery.
The Emotional Side of Stroke Recovery
One of the most terrifying parts of Tyrone’s stroke was being fully conscious while his body slowly stopped responding. His mind was sharp, but he couldn’t communicate or move like before.
That feeling of watching yourself lose abilities is something many stroke survivors experience. Tyrone describes the fear of decline—not knowing when or if it would stop. But in those moments of uncertainty, he made a crucial mindset shift:
???? “This is happening, but it’s going to be alright.”
Maintaining a strong mindset during stroke recovery is just as important as physical rehabilitation. Tyrone’s ability to stay positive and focus on what was still working played a key role in his progress.
Rehabilitation and Learning to Walk Again
After 15 days in the hospital and 14 days in rehab, Tyrone was determined to regain his independence. But stroke recovery isn’t just about getting stronger—it’s about relearning life in new ways.
His rehabilitation process included:
✔️ Physical therapy to regain movement in his arm and leg
✔️ Speech therapy to improve communication
✔️ Occupational therapy to relearn daily activities like eating and dressing
In the beginning, every small task—brushing his teeth, standing up, even taking a shower—was a struggle. But Tyrone made a commitment to progress, no matter how slow it was.
One of his biggest milestones? Standing in the shower and washing himself for the first time. It may seem like a small win to some, but for stroke survivors, these moments represent the road back to independence.
Faith, Mindset, and Overcoming Stroke Challenges
Tyrone’s recovery wasn’t just about therapy—it was about faith, resilience, and mindset. He credits his ability to keep moving forward to his strong belief in God, his unwavering trust in the recovery process, and the support of his wife and family.
Even when things got tough, he set two rules:
- This isn’t going to be pretty, but I will get through it.
- We have to laugh. If I don’t laugh, I’ll cry.
Humor, positivity, and not dwelling on the past helped him navigate his stroke recovery with grace and determination.
Diabetes, Stroke, and Prevention: What Can You Do?
Tyrone’s story is a powerful reminder that diabetes and hypertension are silent threats when it comes to stroke risk. If you have diabetes, it’s essential to:
✔️ Control blood sugar levels – Monitor your glucose regularly and adjust your diet as needed.
✔️ Manage blood pressure – High blood pressure is one of the biggest stroke risk factors.
✔️ Stay active – Regular exercise helps improve circulation and overall health.
✔️ Eat a stroke-friendly diet – Avoid processed foods, reduce sugar intake, and focus on whole foods.
✔️ Know the signs of stroke – Recognizing the early symptoms can save your life.
Tyrone has made it his mission to beat diabetes and take charge of his health. And you can too.
Final Thoughts: A Message to Stroke Survivors
Recovery after a diabetic stroke isn’t easy—but it is possible. Tyrone’s journey proves that with the right mindset, support system, and determination, you can take back control of your life.
???? “Your comeback starts in your mind before it happens in your body.”
If you or a loved one is going through stroke recovery, know that you’re not alone. Surround yourself with support, take small steps every day, and never stop believing in your ability to heal.
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“I Dropped the Bag—Then My Life Changed Forever” | Tyrone Brown’s Stroke Story
A diabetic stroke at 47 changed Tyrone’s life—but his story of resilience, faith, and recovery will inspire you to keep moving forward.
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Highlights:
00:00 Ty Brown’s Introduction and Initial Stroke Experience
03:21 Diagnosis and Initial Reactions
07:45 Hospital Experience and Emotional Challenges
13:28 The Second Stroke: A Journey Through Fear, Care, and Recovery
24:04 Spiritual and Emotional Support
36:33 Physical Therapy and Progress
45:12 Rooted in Brooklyn: The Power of Local Community and Purpose
54:06 Journey of Resilience and Growth
1:07:37 Turning Trials into Triumph: Journey of Purpose and Resilience
1:13:25 Healing and Purpose
1:22:30 Future Plans and Goals
Transcript:
Ty Brown’s Introduction and Initial Diabetic Stroke Experience
Bill Gasiamis 0:00
Hello everyone, and welcome to another episode of the Recovery After Stroke Podcast, whether you’re listening on Apple podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or anywhere else, thank you for being here. Your support really means the world to me, and it’s what keeps this podcast going strong. Before we jump into today’s episode, I want to give a special shout-out to all my Patreon supporters. Your contribution is helping me continue to put these episodes together by helping to cover some of the costs of editing and hosting the show.
Bill Gasiamis 0:36
For anyone listening that may be considering becoming a Patreon and helping me in my attempt to get to 1000 episodes. You can find out more at patreon.com/recoveryafterstroke. Today, we have an inspiring conversation with Tyrone Brown, a successful entrepreneur and community leader whose life changed instantly when he experienced a diabetic stroke at 47 Tyrone opens up about the shocking moment his right side stopped working, the fear of watching his body declined while his mind remained sharp, and the resilience it took to reclaim his life.
Bill Gasiamis 1:14
If you or someone you love is navigating stroke recovery, this episode is packed with hope mindset shifts and powerful lessons about overcoming adversity. And for those of you watching on YouTube, our community is growing fast. If you are new here, hit that subscribe button and join the conversation in the comments, and now let’s get onto the show with Tyrone’s incredible story. Tyrone Brown, welcome to the podcast.
Ty Brown 1:41
Thank you, ma’am, glad to be here.
Bill Gasiamis 1:43
Lovely to meet you. Tell me a little bit about what happened to you.
Ty Brown 1:48
December 30, man, was regular day, I was with wife. We had a little cold and was tired of dealing with the cold, so we went to the doctor, regular doctor, hopefully to work some medicine for the cold, and they signed us out the hospital before the cold since home, some no flu medicine. We went to go pick up the medicine, and while my wife was shopping, I was in the CVS, and I had the medicine in my hand. As I’m walking, the medicine fell out my hand. Now remember, this is not thinking stroke, not thinking I’m sick.
Ty Brown 2:41
I’m like “That was weird. How did I drop out my hand?” So I picked it up, and then I walked a few more steps. And then it happened the second time. I didn’t look at my hand to figure out what’s going on, I didn’t feel funny. So I called my wife over and somewhat jokingly said to her “Yo, guess what happened this? This thing dropped. I dropped this twice. I have no reason. No, nothing’s wrong.” And we kind of joked about it. And then I grabbed the bags to go out the store.
Diabetic Stroke Diagnosis and Initial Reactions
Ty Brown 3:21
We both get in the car, and I dropped the bag. So then I recognized so my hands, my squeeze, so I say “Uh oh, something wrong?” So, we went home for a little while trying to see what’s going on. I did have a headache, check my temperature, check my blood pressure. And then after about a while, I said “Get dressed. Let’s go, something’s wrong.” I begin the whole stuff. I can figure it out. And slowly I begin so that ride to the hospital, we was nervous, because now we realize something is going on, this was a severe stroke and it was my first one I had.
Ty Brown 4:11
I had a very mild stroke about a year ago, maybe two years ago. No, side effects, nothing hurt, no long term problem, just a small one, that one that recovery was like not feeling well. I had to move a little slower, take my time to get back. It was scary. No drooping and so this one, we recognized what was going on, and, you know, got to the hospital and checked in, and then was told “Yeah, you having a full stroke right now.” So that, so that’s, that’s the basic of what it started like, you know, December 30, right before the new year.
Ty Brown 4:57
I wasn’t stressed out. I was home, relaxed for the past two weeks prior to that, l no real indicators, you know. So, yeah, I came out the stroke. My voice, obviously, was changed by a lot, my speech and my entire right side, no leg, no arm. So that’s what happened.
Bill Gasiamis 5:22
What caused it?
Ty Brown 5:25
So it’s sought out as a blood clot. And luckily, the blood clot, I mean, is what they told me. I’m not the medicine man, but luckily it bursts. I guess that’s that kind of helped it. The blood clot burst, and it was, it’s caused I am diabetic, and the diabetes was somewhat controlled, but some about my arteries not opening up and causing clots. So that’s what it’s from.
Bill Gasiamis 6:01
The diabetes has caused your arteries to shrink in size or not work properly, something like that.
Ty Brown 6:08
Yeah, proper blood flow not happening, and I had an indicator of that years ago, when I had an ulcer in my leg, and again. Back then, when they fix that, they opened up the arteries so the blood flow can go good. And, you know, we never really thought about it, because none of these indicators, ever stopped me from doing what I was doing.You know, I would never.
Ty Brown 6:38
I’m 47 I’m a young guy. I work, I love work. I love to be out and about and handle my business and not never got never had to stop. So, diabetes and hypertension, those were the factors that led to it.
Bill Gasiamis 6:58
I hear you, and you know, the little one that you had before that, did you get told by the medical staff that happened? Or did you actually notice that happened that first one?
Ty Brown 7:11
Well, when we had the first one, again, we were told by the medical staff that did, you know, we did the MRI within the cash scan, and the results came back, yeah, this is what happens to you.
Bill Gasiamis 7:29
So you’re in hospital, you’re having all these things that happen to you. They tell you what the situation is like, and then your right side now it doesn’t work. So what’s the next step? What do they do about that?
Hospital Experience and Emotional Challenges
Ty Brown 7:45
Yeah, let me tell you, being in the hospital and knowing that I was having a stroke at some point while the arm is deteriorating, you understand you can still stress out your right arm. You can still grab stuff a little bit, understanding that I was having a stroke and that this one won’t be as as easy the last one, I had my wife record what’s going on so she there’s a video that I watch all the time now, that first moment that I realized that the arm, something’s happened. It’s a video of me reaching out.
Ty Brown 8:33
We so what reaching out? Me, I still have some movement. I couldn’t grab this ball, my wife gave me a ball and I couldn’t grab it, and that’s the first time that I was really either scared or just hurt. So, the video had me crying of not having the ability to grab the ball, and even though the video of stop without I always remember now is the ball was just a beginning. You know, I in the video, I see myself crying cuz I couldn’t crack the ball. But guess what? Later on my arms are moving.
Ty Brown 9:17
Later on my legs are moving. And this that fear man, that fear of that gradual decline, and in your head you’re like, when does this gradual decline stop? What do I need to say to my wife now, let her know what my thoughts are before I eat. A, start losing my thoughts. B, start losing the ability to communicate, because my words are starting to slur a lot more and when you have your whole head, your whole mind, and then you’re starting to lose ability communicate and really move, you wonder.
Ty Brown 9:57
So what happens is next step? What happen like you don’t know, you know. So it’s really scary, really scary moments that of that gradual decline in the loss of communication and the loss of movement, that’s scary moment, man, that was really, really scary. I’m glad didn’t last long, I’m glad.
Bill Gasiamis 10:23
I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to all of our listeners, whether you’re tuning in from home on a walk or during your rehab session, I appreciate you being a part of this journey. If you’re finding value in this conversation, here are a few ways that you can stay connected and support the show first. You can drop a comment on the YouTube video. So many stroke survivors and caregivers are doing that now, and it is an amazing place for insights and advice. Follow Toronto’s work. His impact on his community is incredible, and his story is far from over.
Bill Gasiamis 11:00
Check out the show notes at the end of the episode for more details. Support the podcast on Patreon, every contribution helps keep this content coming and allows us to reach more stroke survivors worldwide. All right, let’s get back to Tyron’s journey. So your mind was completely switched on. You knew exactly what was happening, and you’re just watching all these things just disappear slowly, slowly.
Ty Brown 11:25
Yeah, completely awake, full mind. I mean, I’m pretty shocked. Guy, pretty sharp, guy, you know, pretty intelligent, guy, pretty strong. So I know things about that. I know people who happen. So I know what’s going on. I understand everything, and that’s scary too. Something about having your full mind and then not having other stuff is actually worse when you think about, you know, quality of life. But anyway, I’m standing there, sitting there and I’m trying to realize what’s going on.
Ty Brown 12:05
And I’m trying to say “Cool, not over-lose it with my mom and my wife get too scared.” And, you know, I finally started calling myself down. Just taking the realization of what was happening and then the belief that the stroke is something that you come back from, pre-knowledge of that super health. I never watched your podcast before that.
Ty Brown 12:44
I never studied something things before that, but I was at least a little bit knowledgeable from celebrities who had strolls, or from other reasons that people come back. So I was able to to breathe and calm myself down, this is happening, it’s gonna be alright. You know, that was cool, that really helped me.
Bill Gasiamis 13:08
Yeah, that is cool, man, also, after all of that drama, all the other things you thought of, all the other things you worried about, noticed, to be able to bring you back to kind of some kind of calm balance is a really cool thing, man, like I love the fact that you’re able to do that. How long did you spend in hospital?
The Second Diabetic Stroke: A Journey Through Fear, Care, and Recovery
Ty Brown 13:28
So the first two days, there was actually a second stroke along. No, the first of all, I was at the most amazing hospital ever. I don’t know, I never been in the hospital with this amount of care, and this my attention. Man, I’m originally from New York. I’ve been to the hospital before. This my first time being in the hospital, in my other house. My other house, I have a house in Florida, this happened in Florida. This hospital was super caring. So the nurse would constantly check on me and and she would ask, is anything different? You know, sensations?
Ty Brown 14:17
So I started to tell her “No, no, I think fine.” But one time I said “Yo, something is a little bit different.” You know, this is after the effects already went away. But I started feeling little dizzy or whatever. And after asking me a few questions, and my wife telling her that it something that was improving, seemed to be deteriorating. Day two, she rolled along, she pressed that button, and then all the nurses and doctors came rushing them, and they took me through a whole procedure, new CAT scan, new MRI.
Ty Brown 14:56
And, they said, don’t have, just take to do that. That was scary, you know, you say “Yeah, bring the button.” But once they come rushing in and put two new tubes in you, everything, that moment is scary again. So, you know, I think I’m laying calm, but obviously that’s my wife, worried, my mom, so new tears and stuff like that. If it was funny telling you a story and smile about it now, but you know, I understand that somebody’s going to see this as is happening to them, so to understand what different people’s processes is important.
Ty Brown 15:40
The next few days after that, you’re just in the hospital. You know, you’re in the hospital, taking medicines, running tests, you realize what’s going on. No leg, no arm. You’re starting to understand the severity of we act. But guess what? Day one, I recorded my voice, I did the voice night that first night, I did the voice note. The second, the first few nights, I did the voice recording, and I was happy to play day one. Yeah, it might be day five, and day by day five, I was very sounding a little better.
Ty Brown 16:24
After like a few perfect days, I was in my spiritual moment. I was in all right “God, what do you want for me to do now? Man, I do everything you tell me to do. I serve the people I do everything. Why?” What is the message in the madness, you know? And I say “What testimony do you need me to go through in order to share with somebody else? What testimony do you need me to do now, Jesus Christ.” Again, I moved into that mode, I moved into the mode of “I gotta go through it, Imma, come on top and now share with somebody else what I went through.”
Ty Brown 17:12
And I look back at it, I realized I praised God through it all, I didn’t lose my cool, I didn’t lose my faith and I didn’t lose my happiness. So I started to really told my wife, I said “Baby, this ain’t going to be pretty. This ain’t going to be pretty.” So number one, this is not going to be pretty. No, the first time you have to ask somebody help you go to the bathroom or change you because, like, the first time you have to realize all of that stuff, it’s not fun, man.
Ty Brown 17:49
You know, the nurses come aside “You need help going to bathroom?” “No, thank you.” My wife “Oh, I got it.” My wife got it. You know, my wife used to work in the medical field. She did this for somebody that she didn’t know. So I was comfortable. She was comfortable, top to bottom. Whatever we had to do, we had to shower, we gotta use the bathroom, you know, everything that we had to do, my wife was right there, you know. So, I feel like the strength of our relationship.
Ty Brown 18:22
We was prepared for that, but in the conversation, me saying, what’s up, it’s not going to be pretty, you know the fact my right hand is my dominant hand, so I gotta learn how to eat with my left hand, picking up food. My mother wanted to wipe my mouth every time, please stop, this is not going to be pretty, man. I was going to eat it when I finished, we could clean up. You know, it was just those moments of forgetting about what’s wrong with you. So I focus, no, we’re still right, and it’s two things I ask them to do number one.
Ty Brown 19:09
Is it not going to be pretty? Number two, we gotta laugh. We gotta laugh or I’m a crap man. So please, please be keep the jokes coming and be light. Don’t worry, let’s be light. So we became the spirit of the whole floor, you know, because our spirit is going to be alright. And then pitch, and then the room started to be decorated with pictures of my accomplishments. Nurses coming inside, they were like, I didn’t know I had celebrity here, you know.
Ty Brown 19:50
Because I have pictures with former presidents, I have pictures with the mayor, I have pictures with pretty much everything you know. And they, who’s this guy? Chance to tell a story, it’s something that make me cheery. Up to you know, 47 and I’m a kind of person that’s like I always said, I done. I’ve done so much since I was 15. I’ve been grinding right now, and I’m closer to my chill stage, my time where I’m not grinding so much. I’m from New York. I’m from Brooklyn, New York. I didn’t grow up with money. I didn’t grow up with fame.
Ty Brown 20:32
But I built myself up, and I’m showing my mom and my brothers everybody else, how I did it, what they can do. And but my faith switch around 25 man and here I am in the hospital, and I’m trying to deal with this thing. And, and most days really strong. For some mornings wake up and you realize back to the reality that this is happening, and my mornings were my toughest moments. And keyword keywords, what moments? Yeah, mornings were the toughest moments.
Ty Brown 21:11
Anybody watching and you going through this, or you going through anything that’s similar to a turmoil, you change. Just remember if it could be cured, it’s a moment, it’s not forever. And when my mom or my wife will see me cry, they again, they come back and they want to wipe my tears. Tell me, don’t cry. I say “No, it’s okay. I had to let it out in order to make you laugh.” Now, give me my moment. I’ll be okay, I’ll be okay. I understand, but it’s not going to not cry.
Ty Brown 21:55
It’s real stuff I want to make, I don’t want to make it seem like this is easy because I was smiling and laughing all the time. No, walking around, no legging, no all things that you used to you can’t do no more, hoping that it gets better and trusting therapy and you never did. Not like that, that’s not easy. I don’t want my strength to be seen as “Oh, he’s doing great. He’s fine.” Don’t do that, no. This is not going well, you know. So I spent 15 days in the hospital, okay, so 15 days in the hospital, and there was how to move on.
Ty Brown 22:40
Well, actually, sorry, 5 days in the hospital, and then they transferred me to the floor where they have the physical therapy, and that I spend about 14 days in physical therapy. So all together, about 20 days, somewhat, in the hospitals, learning the physical therapy, which was amazing. I mean, physical therapy really, really sets you on the right path. So, yeah.
Bill Gasiamis 23:16
Tell me about your upbringing a little bit. I want to understand, why you are the way that you are. So you’re extremely positive. You’re always glass half full. You’re dealing with some serious deficits, you’re dealing with a life-threatening situation. Everybody or else around you is concerned, bothered, worried for their husband, for their son. You know, it makes sense, and your moments are smaller than your you know, you have moments and they are short little moments and your uptime is really a lot of it is the majority of the time, right?
Spiritual and Emotional Support
Bill Gasiamis 23:33
So, yeah, what makes you have that kind of mindset? That growth mindset, that positive mindset, because a lot of people that are going through what you’re going through, especially only just two months since it happened, they’re not seeing things this positively, even, yes, even though they’re going through something hard. So you know was your upbringing in Brooklyn, having no money, and all those types of things, part of the reason why you’ve got to this sort of stage in your life where things are going to be okay, even if they’re hard.
Ty Brown 24:46
Understand that question. Understand, you know, I would say there’s two phases of time. There’s two phases of time. The first phase, it is this young man who, around age 13, was just growing into a stage of, I can do anything. I really again pre-13, you were a dreamer. I was a dreamer. While she read all the things that I didn’t have I wanted. I kind of just dreamed what would it be like, you know, a bigger room, a house, a bigger house, cars, you know, and he’s dreamer.
Ty Brown 25:43
But when I got 13, I kind of started seeing certain skill sets that as I tested them out, and other teachers and mentors kind of recognized it. It was a layering effect of youth leadership, you know, and then as you add on more, it’s the compounding effect of what leadership and mentorship can do to you to grow and to grow and to grow. By time I’m 13, by time I’m 16, I’m running stuff. By time I’m 18. I’m by myself. By time I’m 21 I got a career. You know, by time I’m 24 I leave the company that I grew up with in residence, on my own by time 24 and then 24, to 30, I’m big headed.
Ty Brown 26:44
I’m big headed. I think I’m the man, I did it. I’m young and I’m dumb, and no, again, it’s a stage. It’s a stage, right? 13, I don’t know I was just a man, other young man, just streaming 13. Then I start knowing some good thing about me, other people tell you “Yo, you dope. Yo, you good.” You start building up. You start getting paid, you start taking over. And then 24 you resign, leave everybody I want my own. And you do it now, you big head ages, and you go 24 and you start running around.
Ty Brown 27:26
Look at me, I did. And you reach the top. You reach the top, you’re the top person in your industry. You’re known across the country. You are killing and then you do something so dumb that God Hello, takes it all away. You lose everything. Man proceeds, integrity, income, everything, status, everything. Because all that grown up you did. You thought it was you. You thought you was the man, you was fixing your car like you did all the work.
Ty Brown 28:11
And when, because one thing that your mentors didn’t do, one thing that your family didn’t do, one thing that you didn’t grow up around is a spiritual understanding that we belong here for a reason, and someone sent us here and gave us the reason.
Ty Brown 28:38
Once you recognize that, it’s sometimes to recognize it, he gotta take it away. So for me, this is my story. Everybody going to relate to this story in some form or fashion, but everybody won’t click and say, Imma, go and meet me God. Be closer with God if it won’t click for you right now, I’m sharing with you, I think click one day. So for me, around age 30, it didn’t click. But what happened was I lost the law age 30, I lost it in 31, 32, 33 and maybe beginning of 34 it took me two or three years to understand, this is why you also go and this and watch this.
Ty Brown 29:37
And this is how you’re going to get it back. Okay, turn it over. My name was Tyrone Brown, that is not my name, not my now, don’t call me, Tyrone. Do not call, I will correct you and say we’ve got that phone. You know me back then he’s dead. You call me Ty because I identify with Ty more than Tyrone, and there’s things about Tyrone that I know is inside, and this stuff that I suppress through a way got rid of and understood the power of knowing him. I knew him, and he was dangerous, and this is not that’s not the guy you want to be around.
Bill Gasiamis 30:32
Sounds like he was also good though, Tyron.
Ty Brown 30:35
He was good, he was giving carry again. He’s the version of me that on the surface looks fine. You want to follow, you want to be like you want to do it. But this is surface that it’s a fun ,iIt’s not a fun that don’t last. It’s the type of fun that don’t last because it’s it was a fun of getting it however. It was a fond digo, here go. It’s the fun without principles. It’s the fine without principle, living your life without measuring and without guidance and correction and principles.
Ty Brown 31:20
It was him, it was the person that didn’t know anything but the world. All I knew was the world I watched. I look at the world as get it, as you get it, get it now, get it no matter what. But be kind to peace people. I learn that from home, be kind, be polite. But truthfully, I also knew to be to to pretend to be polite. I also knew when I study politics, I learned play the game. When I study positive I learned play that game. Now I look at politics as play the spiritual game, as play a game with your morals intact.
Ty Brown 32:06
So, so getting out of the darkness, I returned back to churches and mentors that were spiritual based, and I was really gaining understanding in the close of relationship, I really turn over my apologies and say the rest of this chapters is yours. I now understand that the strength of what I bring to the table comes from you. And my language begin to change my posture. They begin to change and now, losing it humbled. Humbled me the point where all I want to do is say it’s yours, man.
Ty Brown 32:57
What do you want? You ask the question, where do you want me to quit? What do you want me to and how do you want me to handle it? Yo, bro, turning that those questions over to him, made life so easy. I know I had no choices. I don’t have to worry, it’s his problem. I don’t have to struggle, it’s his problem. All I have to do, wake up every day, one foot in front the other, and do what he tell me to do. So now I have more time to laugh, I have more time to joke, be friendly to other people, help other people understand life, principles, spirituality.
Ty Brown 33:52
I get a chance to do all of that now because I gave all worries to him. And that’s where I’m at today. You know, that’s where I’m at. That’s why I could that’s that’s the upbringing. You know, it’s the stages, in the phases. And since 34 I’m 47 now, I’ve been riding that wave. And I tell people last statement, if you hear this and then, does it resonate with you? You have question marks about the Bible.
Ty Brown 34:24
You have question marks about God. I have question marks. I’m not sure. I’m not here to convince you that real, I’m here to convince you watch this. It feels good, man, this story that we buy into, this story that we’re told this belief system, this realm of living, guess what? If it ain’t true, it feels good. It works for me.
Bill Gasiamis 34:56
Like a guided style, isn’t it? It’s like an awful star, it’s like that’s where you’re heading. But life’s going to be full of up and downs, and you’re going to find yourself not sure about it, questioning your beliefs and what the Bible says and all that kind of stuff. But the North Star, the lessons, the way that you can appreciate what’s happening in life, helping other people like they’re all things that you can still do, even though you’re not 100% sure.
Bill Gasiamis 35:25
And you have your days of doubt and you have difficult days and you don’t believe some days, you know, it’s still this North Star, this Guiding Light, that you can go towards and see what happens along the way. I was curious, Ty, you said a bit earlier that you shifted your mentors to spiritual mentors. What kind of mentors were they before that if they weren’t spiritual?
Ty Brown 35:52
Okay, so more. So I had both. I knew who to go to for spiritual mentors who are in my life for different reasons, not for spiritual reasons. They were also business guided or community guided or positive politics guided. And I never really went to them for the other purpose of spiritual so I was able to go back to the ones that I trusted, and then saying to them “Oh, shoot.” And my story wasn’t a secret. You know, they already knew about me, so I was able to go. You heard, yeah, I need help. I need help.
Physical Therapy and Progress
Ty Brown 36:33
And they try to give me the same help as you gave me before. I said “No, no, I need to come church. I need to be, I need to be in with in, with you, in the planning. I need to get involved. I need to understand how to walk with them, how to talk with them, and then they understood.” They got the message “Okay, come here. Come with me this day. Come here today.” That’s why I begin to, I did that for almost a year, no, the first meetings I went to, I didn’t speak. Imma talk. I love to talk, I didn’t speak.
Ty Brown 37:10
And for the entire time, the first time, I’m just crying for hours, and I don’t know why everything I was sitting there. I’m okay. I’m a sitting in the first few weeks. I’m just draining, playing back in my head, my life, that laws and dream and then, praying and saying “If you give me a chance, I’ll do it right this time.” And then today, you know, I’m 47, I’m back at the top of my areas of business that I focus on.
Ty Brown 37:55
I’m back the number one, the number one guy that did it. I’m still doing it, I built the income was crazy big. And the staff, the staff is back, and I’m back, man, and I had to look back and say, I need to go to that to get this far, man, you know. So it’s really good. My journey is the journey of no regrets.
Bill Gasiamis 38:25
So you’ve found on top again, but you’ve found that with morals, with principles, with spiritual guidance.
Ty Brown 38:35
Fully guided in my moves and in my doors, fully taking time to ask, what’s the next step? Asking “Is this next step me and my ego, or is this the right next step that you want me to move and I feel really comfortable that I’m walking in the steps in the path already predeta for me?” So I feel good.
Bill Gasiamis 39:08
What kind of work do you do?
Ty Brown 39:09
Sorry, I own a couple of businesses, but they all synergy based. So they built out of number one. I run youth centers, Youth Center, so this is not the kind of youth center where your city started it and then you got hired to work. Or it’s not that thing. This is a you started it. It’s your brand, your name, your funding. You know, this is private Youth Center. So I won. I run one of the largest centers in good and we have closer 1000 kids a year. We have pretty large staff, and it’s mostly privately funded by me, and it.
Ty Brown 40:00
A couple of things from here and there, but in addition from that, I also contract with NBA and NFL teams for sport entertainment, live entertainment at sporting events. I also own a food truck. I own the printing store close by neighborhood. And what I love about my story is my house, where I grew up, is here, and everything I just named is within the five blocks radius.
Ty Brown 40:37
You know, everything I named, I always want to serve my area, so I’m running this print shop and now printing T shirts and paying somebody else while we don’t own the church company. I’m running this shoe Center, and I’m making copies of the music for the marching band. Why we don’t own the print shop? Why don’t we own busses to go out for these trips? Why are we paying somebody else I want to own busses, and then why?
Ty Brown 41:14
Why can’t I own, can’t I open up this restaurant? Where I can feed the community free and run the business right here. So I want the restaurant too, and then when the restaurant is going really good for five years, and the landlord raised the rent, nah, nah, don’t that? Go get me a food truck. Man, go get me a food truck, no rent. So every business event, event space, every business is based out of a need for to better serve the community. It obviously is good business sense in it helping the community. And I get to hire more people.
Ty Brown 41:59
So you know, all my businesses are based around that. And then, in addition to that, I started for March coaching. You know, I coach business owners because people knew, say “I heard you did this, I heard you did that, but I heard this one of the best companies.” Well, it’s amazing basketball. So not only do you have businesses, but you built them to be doing really good.
Ty Brown 42:28
Can you show me how? So you know what? After getting on Zoom for a minute, you coach people. We have that going on. And then, of course, the next step is write books. You know, you start writing books and you start doing speeches, so don’t that’s my realm of work at the moment. And I love it, LBC as work, it may seem like a lot, but I put together systems where all of it runs really smoothly. We, my team is happy.
Bill Gasiamis 43:01
I love it. What I love about it is people who are often get overwhelmed about what’s going on in the world at the moment, are also going through their own troubles, locally, at home, right? They’ve got a lot of problems, and when I say people, I mean, I’m also talking about myself, right?
Ty Brown 43:22
Yes, yes.
Bill Gasiamis 43:22
And then what happens is you get distracted by all the things that you can possibly be distracted by that are happening around the world because of the stuff you see on the phone, or you see on the TV, or you read in the newspaper.
Bill Gasiamis 43:35
And it’s overwhelming because you can’t impact the world on the other side of the planet, directly, you can’t make a move today, and then you’ve made a positive impact tomorrow in another country on the other side of the planet. Although those causes are important, sometimes what they do is they take us away from exactly what’s required in our neighborhood. Yes, if you know what’s happening in another country on the other side of the world, but you don’t know your neighbor, I think there’s a problem there.
Bill Gasiamis 44:07
You need to know who your neighbor is, what their challenges are, what their problems are, because you can solve that problem with a little bit of energy, such a small amount of effort. If you know your neighbors doing it hard because they’ve lost lost somebody, or they’ve lost their job, yep, all you have to do is cook some extra food, in the food that you’ve cooked for your family today, just walk it down there and and you make a massive difference. That lifts the spirit of that person.
Bill Gasiamis 44:37
If that person feels good about what you did, they were going to look out for you and your family, and the community becomes tighter. And when each person is supporting each other in that community, you’re making actually a massive difference to all the other communities that those people come across or impact. So it’s really important to see, start locally. And I say that with people to people that were going through the COVID lockdowns and all the problems that they were faced with, you know, the whole planet has shut down.
Bill Gasiamis 45:11
All these problems that we’re having, and it’s like, cool. We’re going to stop watching your politician telling you how many people died, and what all the problems are, and start focusing on the people next door to you who are doing it tough and need some support, even if that support is just to take them a little bit of food or listen to a story or run an errand for them or something like that. It’s so much more important to know what’s happening in your neighborhood than to know what’s happening on the other side of the planet.
Rooted in Brooklyn: The Power of Local Community and Purpose
Bill Gasiamis 45:12
Let the people on the other side of the planet solve their own problems. If they can figure it out and figure it out, even if they can’t solve them, it’s not for us to get distracted about what’s happening over there. It’s for us to focus on what’s happening in our own neighborhood. That’s what I love about what you just said, that being and not only you or your communities are within a five block radius of where you live, there’s no commute five blocks away. You don’t have to commute for an hour, right? All you have to do is you can walk to every one of those places.
Ty Brown 46:21
And do you know how good it feels if I leave my house on Lincoln Utica and I walk to school where I buy my new center? I’m against top 20 times. I love it, man. I love to see old people that I used to be in, know me, you passed by the same barber, you passed by the same, I feel safer and I feel loved, you know, so from my life is unique, is very divinely guided the idea of community and the idea of staying close to what my area has worked for me. You know, everything you just said, I repeat that constantly.
Ty Brown 47:11
Because once you get notoriety and you get success, everybody wants to grab you. So Ty “Can you help me start this in in Virginia, Top.” “Can you help me go in Queens? No, thank you.” “I’m sorry, I already decided that this brand, and my name is Brooklyn.” Everything that we do, we’re going to focus on Brooklyn, and we’re going to focus on central Brooklyn. So if I wanted to be greedy, I could take every contract, if I want every consultant job, but I think about my purpose, and that is “Tyrone, what is in it?”
Ty Brown 47:59
But Ty, Ty understood his purpose, and he didn’t. He wasn’t motivated by “Oh, a big, another big contract.” No, so tired looking at it from a different perspective of “Nah, I’m happy, I’m content, or I prayed on it, and that’s not for me right now.” So, so that’s really, really where I am and really where I’m going, you know, coming out of the hospital, I really felt prepared from the therapy. The therapist were dope, they were super good. You didn’t realize that you’re not just exercising your own, that’s not what you’re doing.
Ty Brown 48:45
You, some of it is you’re learning how to cope and how to live life with this new temporary inability to use your own, we have to be careful about words. I’m not disabled, and now I’m not disabled now I can’t in this, in this zoom, I can’t lift my right arm and wave it at you, but because it’s temporary, and because that arm still has life and still has a heartbeat. We don’t talk about it, like it’s not a purpose a person, or like it’s dead. We have to use be careful of our worthing nobody.
Ty Brown 49:33
Don’t call me disabled, don’t call me, you know, the truth is that it’s hard, no, the weight of this leg and this arm on my to move it around without me being able to control it is hard. But I learned how to the first month. Everybody, everything I did for the first month, I had to do it. Somebody had to do with me. You name it from bad bathroom, get up that steps, get down the steps, get out the bed, get in the even, get in the bag, showering, bathing, you, naming somebody else. Had to do that in the first month, month two, you sit, sit.
Ty Brown 50:20
Can I please try that by myself? Month two is the month of “Can I try please, can you watch me? We want to be safe, but can you watch me?” And that took some tears, but still, please just watch me. Don’t help I’m crying because I’m getting frustrated about this situation or whatever, but I’m trying. I can’t tell my leg to move. But month two was independent. It was everything, was I want to try, my wife, my sorry. You wake up in the morning, six o’clock, you can’t get out the best the next person help you.
Ty Brown 51:05
So you laying in the bed wanting to getting up, and you don’t want to be rude and wake up, so you sit there and you watch the sky or you turn on TV. But you told you so, so you should waking up in the morning and getting going. So one morning I wake up, she still sleep. I used to handle, I learned to sit up, I must push my foot, I learned how to stand up. You start feeling strong, you start building up your confidence, and you start doing things on your own quietly, because your family going to be there no matter what.
Ty Brown 51:51
And I got the shower, and I stood up in the shower, and with one hand I watched myself. That was a big moment, man, huge, huge moment. And then I turned to Alexa. I told the Alexa to cut the music on. And now she hears music, and she come running in. What are you doing? I’m ready to dry you off, please. I’m ready to clean. I already washed, but I don’t know how to dry you off. Here you go. I dry you off one day, two days, three days, four days, now the four day. I’m showering every day for myself.
Ty Brown 52:33
So now you get out the shower, and you take that towel and you sit down, you learn how to dry you off. Okay, I’m ready to put my underwear on, our underwear on. Dried off each day, just taking the new a new level of please. Let me do it, and now it’s February, almost end of February, I go up and down the steps. Nobody to help me, one leg went off. I go, I go in. I meet you in the car. I could go, I could get to the car. I could get inside the and close the door by myself. You know it feels it helps me make it through the day that I could get up and get things done.
Ty Brown 53:26
I went downstairs of the day and I cooked my breakfast one hand. I’m like, how you gonna be careful with the soul? I cook my breakfast. I made me a egg, cheese. I made myself and I cooked my breakfast and not in it, and not help clean up, I’m a man. I like to help my family, my family go food shopping, I bring in a food inside. I can’t I wasn’t able to do none of that stuff. I had to watch my son, my little son, bringing little groceries, put the groceries away. And now I might not. I’m strong enough so I feel my core, my stomach and everything is getting stronger.
Diabetic Stroke: A Journey of Resilience and Growth
Ty Brown 54:06
I can pick, I can stand up on my own from certain sheet, and pretty much we learn how to live life with this changes and my medication and my dieting. Truthfully, I never paid attention to my health anytime, as much as I am right now. I’m going to I’m so what’s going to happen for me? I’m going to beat diabetes. I’m going to beat hypertension, I’m going to drop a couple of pounds. I’m going to either a learn how to deal with this arm in this leg not working right, or God is going to grab me an opportunity, it where he makes it work again.
Ty Brown 55:09
But either way, I’m smiling through the rainy days, either way I’m celebrating life, either way somebody is going to be able to make it. Because I told him how. And I want to know that change and growth happens in the mind before it happens in your place yourself. So you have to have mindset. If you tell yourself you can’t, you won’t. And if you already heard this before. And these are mantras that you heard before. This is a God telling you, I tell you true. I don’t know, I know. No, other way.
Ty Brown 56:38
So it when I sent out when I wanted to join the the podcast, I already knew it was funny. I sent out five requests. Bill answered. Bill is the first guy that I’ve read, first guy I studied, the first website I found was Bill, the first explanation, the first podcast, the first go through everything, page, pair page, it was Bill. I sent out the request of five different podcasts. You’re the one, you’re the person that gets the message out. You’re the person that served that it’s like, if you want to be on CNN, if you want to be a Fox News.
Ty Brown 57:32
If you want to get the story out, and you want to get it outright, in the area of stroke recovery, infectious diseases, life learning in those areas, Bill has shown that he’s been through it, and now he has shown a level of commitment to getting these stories out. And I’m happy to God that not only that, I have the opportunity to share the story. I’m here for more questions, but I’m happy that it’s with you, because, again, I think it’s therapy for me.
Ty Brown 58:15
Yeah, it may be therapy for you, one thing we know for sure, we overshore that the listeners need to be reminded, or to hear either you don’t know and you hear it, but some of us that have grown the thoughts we need to be reminded constantly. That’s what the podcast was, for me, of reminders, most of you, mostly but now it’s going to continue to be up for somebody else.
Bill Gasiamis 58:44
Man, yeah, I love that. Thank you for comparing me to CNN and Fox, I tell you what, though, no politics on my channel. There’s no right, there’s no left, there’s no right, there’s no just, yeah, good news, just positivity, just encouragement. That’s it. That’s all we’re doing on this channel. Thank you so much. Also, I love the way that you’re being real about all the challenges that are ahead of you. There’s plenty of them. I love that you said you’re going to beat diabetes.
Bill Gasiamis 59:24
If it’s type 2 diabetes, it’s completely reversible. And if you’ve never heard that before, just go on to Google and just type the question, is type two diabetes completely reversible? Because 100% is and often, type 2 diabetes in and hypertension are connected, they’re part of the same problem. So often, when you deal with type 2 diabetes, hypertension improves, and you can have a massive positive impact as you’re improving your diabetes. Situation and your hypertension situation, your brain is also healing better.
Bill Gasiamis 59:24
So is your arm, so is your leg, and all those things that go together. And I love the fact that you’re already at that stage where you’re going to beat diabetes, and that is so simple, because it’s just deciding I’m not going to put that food in my mouth. That’s it, whether it’s carbs, whether it’s soda, whether it’s alcohol, whatever it is you just I’m not going to put it in my mouth anymore. That’s all that is. It doesn’t require any more effort than that. It doesn’t cost any extra, and I just love that.
Bill Gasiamis 1:00:42
I love that you’re already two months in, and you’re at that stage and you’re talking about those things. It’s just I feel really, you know, pleased to hear that from a survivor so early on, because that means that the next 47 years are going to be far more wise, far more paying attention to the things that you’re doing to see where am I going wrong. Not just what is God telling me that is going wrong, but also I have to have some of my own awareness to know where I’ve gone wrong, and then pay attention to that and then alter my course. It’s like running a business or five of businesses.
Bill Gasiamis 1:01:27
I mean, if you’re running the businesses incorrectly, and as a result of that, you’re one of your businesses not making money, you have to have it pay attention to that and go, that’s not God, that’s me. I’ve gotta adjust my course here, otherwise the business will fail people. We without work, the community will lose a service. And that’s the same thing. You gotta see yourself in the same way.
Bill Gasiamis 1:01:53
Without you, people will miss the the things that you have to offer to your family, to your community, to your youth center. Do you know what I mean? Like, it’s necessary for you to be around for so many reasons, to serve your Creator, to serve your community and to be a good example for your family and for your children, how to deal with adversity, when adversity comes, you know you have to, it’s the only way to do it.
Ty Brown 1:02:26
That’s why you’re so great. Bill, you hit it on the head, man, you meet me. You meet me for the zoom. We talk for about 20, 40 minutes, and then you, you basically told my whole life, back to me. You know there, what you said is exactly you said. What you said was, when it comes to business and the money is not coming in, right, I make pivots and change when it comes to business. Every day that something don’t go right, I adjust. But when it came to my health, I ignored it for so long.
Ty Brown 1:03:04
What’s wrong with you? That’s not God, you pray for God, for the businesses, everything so but what is it about one simple thought, what you put in your body, and I understand it so much more, now that I had to say to myself, Okay, the thought about me is that I had a survivor’s guilt. The survivors guilt that I had wasn’t one to deal with the stroke, but being so young and so successful for my community is not something that everybody I grew up with on my block, still lives on my block.
Ty Brown 1:03:59
The community doesn’t have too many superhero stories of making it and moving out and what everybody’s guilt shows up differently. Mine showed up in, I didn’t want to live forever, I’m tired. So it wasn’t a suicidal thought, it was more of a just a realistic like, this world is really ugly. Number one, this world is not really like “Come on, I’m tired.” And then number two, at some point, you’re like “I did all I can do, oh, let me know where I can go sleep.” No, not talking about death in the positive way.
Ty Brown 1:04:47
Listen, I’ve had the “I’d rather die right now where everybody knows me and just be go out with a bang, then for me.” To “Die slowly at 80 90, quality of life.” Nobody, for the past 30 years, nobody said my name for I have accomplished month for the pastor. Okay, you got grandkids. You got those are all reasons that I can’t see right now an overall, I feel like I’ve given so much that it I don’t mind. But that shifts, that was a real thought for the 40 on, and now when I have sad moments, it’s a real thought.
Ty Brown 1:05:46
Now, quality of life, if this on those don’t fit, is it? Let don’t fix, I don’t want to be here, man. I’m not trying to have somebody right on board forever. I’m not trying to have the wheel a wheelchair, I’m not trying to do that. I’m good, I’m happy. Thank you. Bye. You know, that’s a thought in some moments of and I don’t want to say a weakness, I don’t want to say it’s a moment of weakness.
Ty Brown 1:05:47
It’s a moment of realism, truly, right? But there’s the majority of the moments I’m like, a little soft way “Nah, man, I gotta beat this thing first. First thing I do a beat swap. Let me be alive, I beat a diabetes, sirs, I don’t be of hypertension. Imma, drop between 30, 40 pounds. Imma, get my leg back, my arm back. So I want to show people video. I want to stand up and show a video this with me one year ago.
Bill Gasiamis 1:06:49
And it’s not about you, it’s about them. It’s actually about them.
Ty Brown 1:06:53
It’s I want to hear, I want to be able in a room of people that have doubts not, ready. I want to say I know what doubt feels like, because I probably could. You can’t speak on something because you read books. You can only speak on something if you experience it. And now I’m in the excitement mode of 15 years, 20 years of traveling to tell a story. I found a new a new level of “Yo imma help change some lives in a different way.” You know, people get strokes more in their older ages.
Turning Trials into Triumph
Ty Brown 1:07:37
So now I have a story. I used to have a story for you, and now I could talk to you in older people. I’m a new excitement “Wow, God. I know where you want me to go next, I know it’s what we do next.” I feel it. “Wow. Let me write this book. I write this book right now. I want to document everything. I want to document what I’m doing, why I’m feeling my back. Imma document everything. God, I feel it. I feel like I could be 80, 90.” now, 80 and 90, still talking about stroke, stroke symptom, health, health issues.
Ty Brown 1:08:16
But, I couldn’t have a meaning to my age 50 to 90, without the problem. I always had the problem of hypertension or diabetes, but God, here you go again, you had to take it away for me to realize the next step and the next journey. I want the rest. I’m excited. So I want to beat this thing, man. And then after I beat it, I want to go out and give you a message the way, I want to go out and use it, and I want to do it for years to come, and I’m excited about that. So, you know, again, like I said, what works for you.
Bill Gasiamis 1:08:59
That’s good, I love it. What you’ve done is you’re switching between your head, which, before the stroke experience, your head goes “Man, I have diabetes. I have hypertension.” It doesn’t mean anything, you know, I’m managing it. It hasn’t stopped me from living my life. But then you have the stroke, and now you know what hypertension and blood and diabetes becomes. It becomes stroke. Now that you know that, now it’s like, oh, okay, I didn’t take this thing seriously enough.
Bill Gasiamis 1:09:32
Yes, here is the lesson. The lesson is, let’s avoid getting to stroke. But if you’ve got to stroke and you’re dealing with the stuff that you’re dealing with. Well, here is an example of what I’m going to do to try and overcome it, and what I love about it, what I love about what you said, is all the other stuff that you’re doing is the flip. It’s out of your head and it’s into your heart, and it’s your heart that’s leading the way now it’s your saying, I’m going to do this, I’m going to overcome that. And it’s not about me.
Bill Gasiamis 1:10:04
It’s about having I’ve I’ve got a new bridge to the over 50s, which I never had before, because before I knew what it was like to support people under 50, because of my upbringing, because of the things I was involved in. I’ve never been involved with over 50 year olds, but I’m going to be one and I’m going to have to know how to interact with these people.
Ty Brown 1:10:29
So you know, it’s really like, I need to live. I need a reason to live. And it is no coincidence to me that one life change happened at 31 life change happened the close of 50. These things, I’m a type of person that’s motivated by my meaning, by purpose. When I had that other thought, I thought I was fading out and not having purpose, or already accomplishing my purposes, and hey, it’s like redefining yourself, it’s like rebranding yourself. That’s just like any other business, it’s just how things grow.
Ty Brown 1:11:19
And again, for a person who’s motivated or wants upward growth and wants my chapters to be meaningful, this makes sense to me, you know, and it works for me. Now, I think for anybody learning to rational, tough, tough potential traumas is part of the key to making this sense. You taking this your toolbox to figure out what tool you need today to not go in the downward thinking mode of negativity. I think that’s what it’s about. Life is going to give you tools in your toolbox, whether or not you use them or not. It’s your choices.
Bill Gasiamis 1:12:07
Yeah, and it’s the reality is nobody’s going to get through life without some injuries, without some traumas, without some scars, without some damage. If you get through life and you get to 99 and you haven’t got any of that stuff, you haven’t really lived, yeah, and this is part of life. It could be hard, difficult, challenging, all that type of thing, but it’s how it’s meant to be, it’s how it’s meant to be. And we’re lucky that we live in an era where you can have a stroke and go to a hospital and come home, whereas 100 years ago, if you had a stroke, very rarely did you come home.
Bill Gasiamis 1:12:50
Your life was done at 37 where I had mine. At 47 when you had yours, it was over. So this is what’s really cool about it, about like being around them, you know, with all the difficulties in life and in the world, there’s so many positives, and I think we need to shine a light on those positives. You know, I can be the Fox News and the CNN, you know, who shines a light on those positives, instead of all the other stuff, we’ll let the other guys do that. Bill Network doesn’t do that stuff, you know, just shines, the light on the positive, the path forward, which is what you’re doing.
Healing and Purpose
Bill Gasiamis 1:13:25
You know, it’s exactly why this podcast exists, is to give a platform to people to come on here and help other people. Because I know that that’s part of the healing journey. It’s really important to include other people in your recovery and help them in their recovery, and show them the way I’m 13 years past my first episode, and it’s like, okay, somebody’s just starting theirs, and if I show them the path.
Bill Gasiamis 1:14:00
Even though it was a hard one, at least there’s one less thing they have to think about and worry about. They can just continue on their journey, you know, and it just makes it that much easier.
Ty Brown 1:14:12
It’s important that you understand, no again, I’ll repeat it if you don’t already know, people go out to come out of their stroke and the either their family member or themselves, they start searching so social media, YouTube, everything is our university. We learn, and people want to feel a part. This is what’s going on with me, the person in my hospital room. They never been through it, and I wouldn’t know what it’s like. And they go searching, and they find you and that, and they find everybody has been there and then your story.
Ty Brown 1:15:00
A story, how you tell the story, how you interview all those things matter, everything about it, the way you segment the person’s conversation so they could click on their seconds, and they could hear the story, and they could connect, they could relate. And speaking of related one more portion, let me tell you. It take you’re talking about the mind, as it relates to the type of mindset that you need to make it make sense.
Ty Brown 1:15:35
But another part of the mind that’s really important that I want to share is the compassion for your family who not necessarily going through the same physical changes, but the new emotional and physical that is going to take to properly, help you, care for you, is something that always was very strong in my mind. I was scared, cuz I know what my wife caused quality of life to change. I don’t want my mother to stop living because she want to take care of me.
Ty Brown 1:16:22
I don’t want my wife stressed out because she’s 24 hours making sure that the kids, herself and me is take care of that she loses her opportunities to smile and this empathy and compassion for your family is something that you can’t lose. I find myself it talk, don’t initially when you get tested, they do certain tests around your conversation in your mind. And I realized I lost some memory. I realized that certain things wasn’t as sharp. Day one, day two, day three, I tell you, now, six weeks later, I kill old-self now.
Ty Brown 1:17:15
But in the beginning, I cried when I realized I couldn’t remember five words. She gave me five words, she asked me a bunch of other stuff. She said, now tell me the five words. I’m like “Oh, shoot, I don’t remember.” So things about you may change. You may have your mind, you may feel like you have it. Well, watch this. It may not be 100%, it may not be the same time that was your wife, your husband, your children, they’re going to recognize some things are different.
Ty Brown 1:18:00
Sometime it might be just you being irritable because you’re not in a comfortable position, you may be more snappy. So I just want to say to you, I’m calming my voice on the reason. Okay, I’m saying that’s normal and it’s cool, be conscious of it. If you care, be careful. A lot of the times, I had to shut my day down and just take a nap because I realized I’m getting irritable and it if that’s not the way you want to be, if that’s not what you meant to give and you do care about your wife, your kids, whatever, take time to breathe, change, think before you react.
Ty Brown 1:18:50
Because it’s a lot on your family, the same way it’s a lot on you. And I just think that we should be compassionate empathy towards them. That’s why I was such a such a bump at the month one. I was like, I could do this. I could try. I could do it myself, because that gave me more time to to feel accomplished about bathing on my own, using the bathroom on my own, getting up and down and stuff that gave me more confidence. What that also gave my family more time, that gave them more time for themselves.
Ty Brown 1:19:32
So this two way street, you get, you win. You win in two ways, you win in your personal confidence. You win, and giving your families to some of the time back, but also keeping calm in your reaction. It’s communication with your with your family, and being conscious of your own emotions and irritability is. Important for both, for all of y’all to succeed the next step. This is happening to you, yes, this is happening, but the fact that it can be reversed is a lot of about your next step. I think if I lay in bed and cry quiet, I wouldn’t be able to lift the arm, I can lift it.
Ty Brown 1:20:25
My God saying I’m getting more and more shoulders, shoulder strip and I, I remember the day that call my wife over and I saw, hold my hand, right? I said, pull out the camera. I said, Imma try. Okay, we recorded this, I said “I think I can. I can squeeze your hand.” Say, what? Said, squeeze it. I squeeze her hand. Now, guess what? I can’t open it back, I can’t open it back. But the first time, I realized that you tell your hands up. It just look at you, it don’t do nothing. And one day I said, squeeze in the clothes. I was so happy.
Ty Brown 1:21:11
Then I give my wife, and I share that moment with her. I said, come here watch this. I cut the clothes. The good thing is I never had backsliding when my foot wouldn’t raise that low when they finally I can finally pick my knee up a little bit. I’ve always been able to lift it higher and not lower. And then my arm, arm strength, I can pick up weights. Now I’m doing weights, I’m getting the weight. Come on, once you put something in your hand, it’s a claw. So I put weights in my hand.
Ty Brown 1:21:52
Now I’m able to pull down and to pull up. And every time I go a physical therapist that they work me hard, man, they say “Hey, progress.” They measure it,how far can I reach. I’m pulling down, I’m doing stuff that they said I couldn’t, I couldn’t do. And I’m telling you that stuff is God. It’s God, definitely, but it’s the mind, that’s you too. The mind is the mind is what took the way is that connected. It’s the part that’s going to bring it back to man.
Future Plans and Goals
Ty Brown 1:22:29
So I pray, I pray that anyone who heard this podcast first, we are grateful that we are not alone. We’re grateful that we are in the story that other people have been into. Bill has been there. Bill went through it, he told his story a couple of times, and now he has dozens of people who told this story so that we won’t be alone into our understanding of what it is.
Ty Brown 1:23:14
What you going to find out is there is a common denominator between the people who told the story and who got out the common denominator. Amen. And the important part about finding the common denominator is then, because then you can find you in that denominator. Alright, so we pray for Bill. I got that feeling that me and Bill could talk outside of this.
Ty Brown 1:23:50
I didn’t know him prior to the meeting. We have a pre conversation. He said, your book, I sold up. He pressed record. We saw it. But you know his smile, his reaction, his his feedback, you know he’s this like a magnet, man. And I hope that that this is a blessing for you. I hope that this lets the family know that things, that things going to be a right, and like, I remember this when I talked about it being the right, I didn’t only mention recovery, I didn’t say that. I said, I’m prepared. I’m prepared for recovery, Jesus, please. I repeat for recovery.
Ty Brown 1:24:40
But I also prepared if it’s not tomorrow, if it’s not next month, I understand that the strength of my life is not in my own or my leg, but in my heart, in my mind. And if you can find that right now, the rest is going to come. Whatever answers is going to come. I don’t want to give you a podcast of promises, I don’t want to get that. I don’t want to get that, I don’t want to have that for myself. I don’t know, I don’t know you want to email Bill and find out how I did five emails now, I hope I tell you something different.
Ty Brown 1:25:24
But what I am going to tell you is that I’m doing good, whether or not it’s done 100% back, I know for sure imma accomplish more and more and more, and I feel purposeful, man. And let’s find your purpose, let’s find your purpose in this. Let’s find the reason why does it happen to you, and do the steps that it take to for you, for you to design your own story. Do the steps that it’s going to take for you to sign your own story, and me and Bill are going to be here to listen to it.
Bill Gasiamis 1:26:03
Indeed. Ty, thank you so much for joining me on the podcast. Man, I had such a great time chatting with you. I really appreciate you sharing your story. I love the work that you do, and we are definitely going to catch up again after this episode.
Ty Brown 1:26:19
Thank you, Bill. I appreciate it so much, man.
Bill Gasiamis 1:26:22
Well, that’s a wrap on today’s episode. A massive thank you to Tyrone for sharing his powerful journey of stroke recovery, resilience and purpose. His story is a reminder that even in the toughest moments, mindset and support can make all the difference. Before you go, here a few things you can do to stay connected. If you want to learn more about Tyrone, check out the links in the show notes to learn more about his work and the impact he has on his community. If you’re new here, subscribe on YouTube.
Bill Gasiamis 1:26:53
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