Oh contrare Stu, you are smart - you're out living life after stroke - showing and proving to newcomers that there IS life after stroke. Glad you guys had a good time. With all that shopping, did you buy us anything???

Stu:

It's good to know you are pleasing your wife by going for shopping. you have mastered long happy marriage's secret

Asha

stu, you are a good man. shopping is a woman's key to happiness. i like your new avatar. i bet you feel like he looks,huh. you are enjoying life, nothing wrong with that,LOL. glad you had a good time.

I agree with Donna. Live life to your full potential, then have a down day if you need one. I take Ray out a lot, only locally due to petrol (gas) prices, but then give him a day at home to snooze, sit and do his puzzles etc on the verandah in the sun. It is only eveining events that seem to make him real tired. If we go out at night he needs a bit of a sleep in the next day, if that is possible.

Good on you for going out and giving your wife her shopping tonic. It is a great thing to do. Enjoy your summer.

Sue.

Stu,

It seems you did learn the most valuable lesson. You can't let the stroke dictate your life!

One week food shopping will wipe me out, the next I'm fine.

You may have just been a bit run down, might have come in contact with a little germ you were fighting off, too much fresh air and pollen. Too many variables to live your life not doing things fearing what if?

See you have learned... go on a cruise, go shopping, enjoy being alive then take a nap after you take pictures to share and have a blast!

Maria :friends:

hi stu,

ya know when you have the good days or a really fun opportunity you push yourself....don't be too hard on yourself. just take the rest your need now! i sure hope you got some good bargins! kathy