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Idyllwild Cali here! We are a beautiful mountain community in Riverside county. We have several handi-capable resorts, bed and breakfasts, and a hotel here. We are seasonal tourist area (Spring and Summer) I wiould be happy to host a California and surrounding states, or any one that wants to come here. I have 1 extra bedroom but the other accomidations I mentioned are very reasonable especially off season but let me assure you there is nothing like being on a mountain with some snow. I am not talking feet here just a few inches every now and again. Let me know if anyone is interested!

Hi All, Thanks for the warm wishes. I think I need a change of scenery to clear my mind. So Bob and I are taking a leisurly drive to Palm Springs tomorrow and checking out some house for sale in the Idyllwild area then just relaxing doing absolutly nothing else for the weekend in Palm Springs. This is giving my brain a break from all the worries in normal life. I think it will help. We can all use a break. I will have nothing to do but enjoy the ride and the relaxation and forget about everything for 3 days. Looking forward to it!

Bob, When I feel people start to pull away, which I am already seeing and it has only been 6 months since my first stroke, I simply tell them "I am not going to beg you to remain my friend, I have others. But ask this of yourself. If you had a stroke, heart attack. or some other type of accident that incapacitated you, would you want me to treat you the way you are treating me? And also, God forebid, if this is your last day on earth is the way you want to spend it?" Then I just walk away leaving them with their thoughts. If there is any good in their hearts I usually get an apology, if not they were not worth having as friends in the first place and yes this includes family members. Just my 2 cents

Well, I just spent 2 days in the hospital after suffering sroke number 3. This one was a particually bad one. I Kept falling and lost most of my vision and if felt like all the progress I made with theraphy was compltely gone. They wanted to keep me longer but all it seemed they were doning were pumping me full of narcotics and making me stay in bed. I explained that bob, my husband, worked from home and he could do the exsct same thing, they do they let me come home. I hate staying in the hospital. The boredom alone is enough to kill me! I promisead complete bed rest, eat as much as possible (I have lost 50 pounds+ since the first stroke), take my medicine faithfully, and keep the heplock in untill Friday. All of which is doable since I have my man in my bed next to me along with my kittiy cats. Saddest part of the whole thing was that I was only 6 days from being over the 6 month danger hump. 6 DAYS! Now I have to start counting all over again and this brings me all the way to June. Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers just ike I do all of you!!

Having just passed my 1 month date (I refuse to use anniversary as I will not be celebrating the day) of my first stroke at 44, the thought of possibly having a second one is on my mind constantly. My Neuro Doctor whom I have been seeing for years now (I have Epilepsy to join the party in my brain) was honest enough to say it is a possibility but not something he is expecting to happen. I have trusted this man with my healthcare for many years now and he never has lied to me before so I hope he has not begun now. He is the first to admit that he is not God and that there is no one on the face of this earth who can tell you every single thing there is about the brain. It is one of those mysteries that probably will never be solved! So I am just hanging in there, following his directions and advice to the letter and hoping this was just a one-time event that my brain felt, for whatever reason, it needed to experience. And now that it has it is out of it's system and realized it was no fun and not worth the hassle. Kinda like that time your belly convinced you it could handle all that booze that one night and it quickly learned it was wrong when it had to get rid of it!