Things were going along and I thought I was making progress. Them wham pain, and more pain. I've had pain since my stoke but I've been dealing with it. But it's changed now. It's every day. All day and intense. It starts with a sharp pain to the bottom of my rt foot then in both calves more like a cramp with a sharp pain too. Front of my leggs below and above my knees. At the same time they burn, feel like the flesh is being torn from the bone. My rt hip is stuck and when I move it is sharp and constant pain that moves into my lower back.

As far as my upper body my rt sholder feels exactly like my rt hip and my arms like my leggs, my hands same as my feet.

Then there are the chest pains like a belt around my chest and the numbness in my face.

There may be a few moments with less intense pain but it is now constant.

This is slowing down my progress because I can't walk when the pain realy sets in. And It makes it increasingly difficult to go on.

I have a dr apt the 25th with a new dr so hopefully he'll believe me.

I don't want to be drugged but just a little help to go on with rehab.

I've been trying different things heat, cold, exercise but I can hardly do anything and I'm really mad.

Ispent a couple of days curled up in a ball in my bed but thats not what I want so I try to do something every day.

Pain makes it hard to think and I'm just waiting till the 25th.

Is this common. It's almost my 1st year aniversery and I had such hope.

Perhaps this is just the way strokes work?

Thanks for Listning

Sherry