Fred thanks for the reminder to all that life is tough but liveable.  I know modern technology helps a lot and being able to communicate too but all the survivors do it tough. You put it all so well.

Fred :

I have learnt to do almost everything one handed in this two handed world. Being wife, mother I keep myself busy with routine house work which involves cooking, bathroom cleaning, laundry & dishes. and also my treadmill exercises & shoulder exercise. My day starts around 6 in the morning   and ends around 10 PM. I have very fixed routine which includes my tv shows & my treadmill time during that show, and ofcourse I attend chats. I try to do atleast 10000  & more steps on my exercise days which are 4 days in a week. I am glad I don't have any one to report, so I take my own time in cooking & take ample breaks while doing my chores. I have found doing home chores very therapeutic for my soul. It makes me feel useful & doing exercise makes me feel happy, so my life post stroke is just different but still good. Though I do need help in doing some things & so far I got my husband & kido. So life is good.

Asha

Fred snd Asha i am impressed i have not quite adjusted to living with one hand. I still hate having to use my teeth to get dressed. I never realized how uncoordinated i was until now. Everytime I try to do "normal" things I end up on my rear end. I keep thinking I'm doing better and then i fall again and can't get up. i practice in therapy but it doesn't work at home. I think i have lost some of my overall coordination. My frustration level is too high for most chores. I want to be able to do them well and get angry with myself when i can't live up to my own expectations. I hate not doing things well. I hate putting on my clothes sideways and twisted like a careless old lady. An old lady is anyone older than me. I feel like i am 98 going on 102. My underwear is never pulled up straight the way it is when you pull it up with two hands simultaneously. I use a scooter at the grocery store but i run into everything and knock things off the shelves. I can't even peel an orange. Most boxes or containers i can't open. I can't open the mail. I can't put on a bra. I can't cut up my meat. I can't put peanut butter on crackers or bread. I can cut an apple. It's not pretty but i can get it into chunks., i can't crack an egg. I can't open a teabag without using my teeth. I can walk across the room but then i am ready for a nap. I can take a shower. . I can type with one finger.

Hi Fred well I do agree with you you have to learn how to live in a two arm and hands world, but you can learn how to its all about practice over and over again. Don"t give up Fred there will be a rainbow down the road a bit.  Don"t give up life and don"t give up learning how to live in a two hands world after all there's still super bowl to watch!  We all struggle even with two hands but we still try to get to be even better stroke or no stroke Fred.