Even now Im having to learn words that arent common.
Charades isnt something we normally play.
Gow was buoyed by a nurse who advised her to try getting angry and start shouting.

Jennie Gow at work before her strokeClive Mason/Getty Images
I thought I couldnt do that, she told the paper.
I definitely could have imagined myself not speaking for a lot longer, maybe months.
She says now that speech is slowly coming back to normal .

some of the words still dont come out.
Of her return to the world of F1, she reveals: You lose your confidence a lot.
Thats one of those things about coming back from a stroke.
It would definitely be easier to not try and do this.
I feel like I had to.