Fishing for Words

Fishing for Words follows 58-year-old Sherwin Tang, a former fitness instructor, who suffers from Receptive Aphasia, a condition which left him unable to comprehend words and language. In early 2015, Sherwin’s life changed forever when a devastating hemorrhagic stroke rendered him in a locked-in state. As time progressed, he emerged from his coma only to find himself a completely different person.

His condition resulted in him being forced to retire from his teaching career. Additionally, he had to undergo daily speech therapy to regain his speech. Most of all, he could no longer perform his fishing hobby that he used to enjoy. Will Sherwin be able to regain lost words and a newfound purpose in the face of his ‘invisible’ condition?