Deigh

Stroke Survivor - male
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  1. George, where in NZ is the 90 year old, Not full address, just area please! Fred, where have you been? Some of us have been putting messages on for you to ask how your wife is? Deigh
  2. just helped close down all the stores in our city (which were the only ones in the state) where I had been working for close to 10 years. Tracey, Can't understand that statement, Would you mind explaining please? Deigh
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    Ellis Graham Parker

    trying to contact you on the forum. Deigh
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    Norfolk Rise Waiuku
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    Justin, Grandie and new offroader.
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    Finger exercise tools.
  7. Happy Anniversary Deigh!

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    View of gorge taken by passenger with fear of heights.
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    Deigh climbing on kitchen sink to install new blinds.
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    Smallest home workshop
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    This a wooden carving produced by my eldest son at school 40 years ago. It now hangs in my den. I am very short of space so have turned the mask into a holder for my earphones and Ipod. Deigh
  12. I learned an amazing short term memory trick meany years ago which now proves invaluably. firstly you learn a list. One is a bun. Two is a shoe. Three is a tree. Four is a door. Five is a hive. When you have locked this in your permanent memory you use it as a shopping list. You gotta buy bananas, peas, baked beans just put them in the list. A bun with a banana in it. A shoe with a can of peas in it. A tree with a tin of baked beans hanging on it. You will be staggered on how well this works, you can add objects to numbers to go right up to ten. Beyond this you should write it down! Deigh
  13. Youv'e got to admire a person laughing at their disabilities.! I have a confession to make......To get my wife out of bed in our younger days I used to become a monster, sidle in with back hunched up, one arm locked up. Hair in disarray, dragging my right leg and drooling at the mouth. She would shriek and hide under the covers. For a bit of fun last week I went to do it again to get her out of bed. We both roared with laughter when I remarked that I didn't have to act it any more since it was practically my normal posture. Deigh
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    Caregiver's needs

    Today is our 55th wedding anniversary. Don't know how I'm going to cap the birthday suprise! Deigh
  16. My wife is one of the best caregivers one could ask for. Nothing is too much trouble for her and I am very aware of how much of a burden this could be so I do my best to make things easy for her. Firstly I insist that she continues with her own hobbies and group functions. We used to go out together weekly to a quiz. I was pretty useless and quite frankly rather pleased for an excuse to pull out. I insisted that she continue and I save sci-fi tv programs that I can watch on my own. She is allowed to keep her mobile phone active in case I require her. Day before yesterday was her 76th birthday. I am allowed to walk around the block on my own so I took the opportunity of sneaking into the local supermarket and purchased one large chocolate bun and some party candles. Left it with a neighbour till I knew the coast was clear, snuck out and collected it, put it on a plate with the candle stuck in and that evening as she was cooking the evening meal I put it on the meal table. It was beautifully timed, she walked in from the kitchen with the finished meal to find it alight and glowing. She was overjoyed with my deceipt. Deigh
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    A slow start

    Hi Mitch, I heard you were coming over to this forum and was eagerly awaiting your first post. Here in NZ we have no stroke forums so in desperation I joined Stroke Connect and hoped no-one would recognise my accent. The bad choice of dumping it and starting Enableme was terrible and I wonder what can be done to reverse things. There was nothing wrong with S.C. that a bit of tweeting wouldn't fix. I envy your Shed connection. I was looking forward to becoming a member of a local shed when we moved to this township but unfortunately it closed down and I see no chance of a replacement. I have moved into a pensioner flat and have very little workspace to do projects in. If I get desperate I can visit my son's house and have all my tools in his garage. I am not allowed to drive yet so this can be a bit of an embarrasment. Regards Deigh
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    Gadget (rather badly made!) to exercise the fingers using elastic bands. Hand can be reversed to change direction of pressure and gadget ambidextrous!
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    can't sleep

    For the last twenty years I have had irregular sleeping habits. The solution as I see it is to keep the mind away from serious problems by chanelling thoughts into something inane and not unsolvable. At first I would do a crossword before switching off the light and then concentrated on an unsolved clue. Trouble with this is that if you solved it you have to switch on the light to read another clue! I wrote a Sci-Fi book by putting my characters into difficult situations and then solving them. I could mentally rewrite the chapter several times before having to get up and type the result into my computer. Painting is incredibly boring, I took on a mental contract to paint the Great Wall of China. It required ladders so I borrowed an anti gravity device from my sci-fi book. People kept leaning over the wall asking me what I was doing so I borrowed another device which made me completely uninteresting. A further device controlled the weather around me and for a few years I dropped off to sleep quite easily. I think I covered one tenthousandth of the wall during that time. Hope I have given you some direction to help your sleeplessness. Deigh
  21. Been reading your profile. What is meant by 'erector sets' in your list of activities? Would really like to know Deigh
  22. As achandra says, every stroke is different. I get very tired and have to be careful not to overdo things, but I'm retired and my only domestic duties are self-imposed ones to do the washing up, light maintenance and help with the laundry. I'm not allowed to even drive yet so my total time can be spent in achieving recovery! I'm quite spoilt! I take my hat off to you having to cope with a couple of active, demanding schoolboys, as well as cooking, housework and everything else. Can't give you any advice but I can give you my respect. Regards Deigh
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    Problems photographing it!!!
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