{"id":23686,"date":"2025-05-20T16:30:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T13:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/?p=23686"},"modified":"2025-05-20T18:15:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T15:15:37","slug":"the-healing-journey-of-dr-tamar-jehuda-cohen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reganews.co.il\/en\/the-healing-journey-of-dr-tamar-jehuda-cohen\/","title":{"rendered":"She Couldn\u2019t Talk, Walk, or Move\u2014Now Others Rise Because She Did"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the peak of her scientific career\u2014leading international collaborations across four continents and holding groundbreaking patents for early disease detection\u2014Dr. Tamar Jehuda Cohen was struck by a devastating stroke. It left her without the ability to speak and with severe epilepsy. Yet, despite everything, Tamar stood her ground and faced the challenges head-on.<\/p>\n

“Five percent chance of surviving the year”<\/strong>
\nA specialist who reviewed the damage to her brain after the stroke told Tamar bluntly: “I give you a five percent chance of surviving the year.”
\nWhen her husband Shlomo reached out to a rehabilitation center, they refused to admit her, claiming: “There’s no chance she\u2019ll ever speak again.”<\/p>\n

Refusing to give in<\/strong>
\nInstead of surrendering, Tamar began a determined rehabilitation journey. A year and eight months later, not only had she regained her speech\u2014she even taught a women’s class entirely on her own. Over time, another challenge emerged: a tumor in her brain that required emergency surgery. When she awoke, she was paralyzed on one side of her body.<\/p>\n

“You\u2019ll never walk again”<\/strong>
\nThree months into rehabilitation, the head of the department came into her room with grim news.
\n“Get used to seeing the world from the height of a wheelchair, because you\u2019ll never walk again,” he told her.
\nTamar refused to accept that fate.<\/p>\n

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Tamar climbing the Alps | Photo: Rega Shel Chochma<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rather than focusing solely on herself, Tamar realized her strength lay in the community around her. She began encouraging other patients, celebrating even their smallest victories\u2014and soon, the entire ward found new faith in their own abilities.
\nDuring one therapy session, her physiotherapist asked why she was so determined to walk. Tamar replied: “Because my husband refuses to travel abroad with me in a wheelchair.”
\nTwo years later, she climbed the Alps\u2014on foot.<\/p>\n

“Why are you giving them false hope?”<\/strong>
\nTamar went on to establish a rehabilitation clinic, guiding people who were told they had no hope. Many of them, she says, \u201cwalk out on their own two feet.\u201d
\nShe continues to deliver a powerful message:
\n“No matter what you\u2019ve been told\u2014if you start taking action, you\u2019ll discover you\u2019re capable of more than you imagined.”<\/p>\n

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Tamar at her rehabilitation clinic | Photo: Rega Shel Chochma<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While treating a teenage girl who had lost movement in half her body, a doctor walked into the session and confronted Tamar:
\n“Why are you giving them false hope? Just because you were told you\u2019d never walk and now you do\u2014doesn\u2019t mean this girl will.”
\nTamar calmly replied:
\n“I\u2019m not giving anyone false hope. I tell them: \u2018If you start working\u2014you\u2019ll find yourself in a better place than where you are now.\u2019”
\nShe shares with emotion that she later attended that same girl\u2019s wedding.<\/p>\n

Watch the full video of Tamar’s inspiring story:<\/strong><\/p>\n