Healther,

Congratulations on the 96%! My husband is over 6 1/2 years out from his stroke and gets tests twice a year for word recognaiton and each time there is improvement. Some times the changes are small but over time all those small changes really add up to something big.

Jean

Heather:

congratulations on your improvements. I was thinking about you mentioning control other day, and thought of something very wise thought share with u.

In life only control we have is how we are going to react to situation, there are lot of outside forces can make us happy or unhappy, but we make decision on how to react to certain situation in life, by believing in higher power, and leaving all our worries to him, gives us lot of peace of mind.

Asha

Heather,

Congratulations on your progress! Remember though, every little bit helps - no matter how small. We have to be our own cheerleaders sometimes. Maybe we need a page on tjhis site that resembles a refrigerator - we could post our accomplishments. Glad too you were able to celebrate!

Congrats Heather!!! sometimes it is hard to "see" the progress.. sometimes it is not physical progress but mental .

I was told by another survivor, dont compare yourself to before the stroke hit you, but compare your self to the few days or weeks after stroke happend..... you will see a lot of progress.. don't forget to pat yourself on the back, and share with us so we can be GREAT CHEERLEADERS.. we love cheering you on and celebrating your progress :cheer: :cheer: :cheer:

BRAVO!!! Congrats on the improvement!

congrats on your progress. I think that is fantastic Remember you never walked all in one day so take baby steps and it will come.. one step at a time, deenie