I'm actually a research scientist and have about 135 publications. I wrote my doctoral dissertation while recovering, 31 years ago (5 month deadline). So, the aphasia isn't disabling, I just have work arounds to find words and numbers, lists, spell check, crossword puzzles, and such. I don't know if being female (larger corpus callosum) and left handed factor in on rewiring, but the brain is like everything else. If you don't use it, you lose it.