TNstroke61306

Stroke Caregiver - male
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  1. Happy Anniversary TNstroke61306!

  2. Happy Anniversary TNstroke61306!

  3. Happy Anniversary TNstroke61306!

  4. Hi Sue,

    I haven't been on chat for awhile but George and I are still doing fine. How are you and Ray? Miss Tuesday chats. Hope you are well., Love Wendie

  5. Hello strokenet friends. I have missed participating in chats and blogs.

  6. Hello strokenet friends. I have missed participating in chats and blogs.

  7. TNstroke61306

    George in TN

    George and Wendie
  8. Hi Sue, I enjoyed chatting the other night with you and the others. I will try and get on each Tuesday. It really helps to connect with other caregivers. Hugs to you!!, Wendie

  9. Hi Sue, George calls me Momma most of the time because he can't remember my name. Sometimes he calls me Marie (his sister's name. I know he knows I am his wife because he still likes to pat my bumm everytime I walk by him, in fact he is grinning at me as I write this. He is so funny and hasn't lost his sense of humor. When he is real tired that is when he is the least cognizant and his aphasia is the worst. He usually cracks up when he tries to say something and it comes out all garbled. I laugh and tell him he has invented his own language. Can you believe it's been four years since his stroke? I know it's been a lot more for Ray. I keep forgetting to chat on Tuesday nite but I miss the commaradarie. Take care and maybe next week I can remember to logon. HUGS, Wendie
  10. Hi Sue, I so know what you mean by needing an UNDAY. Your days sound like mine. I can't believe it's been 4 years for me and so many more for you I think. You are lucky to get some respite in Australia. We get none here in the US. I have no one that can help me so I do it all alone. I am like you and would like just one day of pampering and not having to do anything but relax. God Bless You. I am so glad you posted to me. You have been so faithful to keep in touch. Hugs, Wendie
  11. The fire department helping Georgie get into our friend's beach house in May this year 2010.

  12. Hi Asha, Thanks. We are going back down to Florida this week to help with my Dad. He is still in rehab and is wanting to go home. However he cannot walk without assistance and a gait belt being held. He lives alone and thinks the neighbor will help him but she also has a life and a husband to take care of. She took care of my Mom before she died, but my Dad payed her for that so I feel he will need to pay her to help him too. My sister is coming down on the 11th to help but can only stay a week. I don't work but I don't want to move to Florida so my Dad may have to decide to come up to Tennessee. I still take full care of my husband and I am plumb worn out from that so I don't know what we will do. I will do what I can. We had a nice Christmas. I hope you did too. And Happy New Year to you and I hope you will have a happy prosperous one too. Wendie
  13. Thanks for the nice reply, Sue. I hope you and your family have a happy holiday. Wendie
  14. From the album: George in TN

    My Dad, sister, George and me in Akron, Ohio for our Tidrick family reunion. My Dad has since had a stroke Too.
  15. :Soapbox: Now the ugly demon STROKE has struck another member of my family, this time my Dad. He had a stroke in his Cerebellum on Sunday, December 13, 2009. Three and a half years since my husband, George's stroke. He was lucky it was not a massive stroke like Georges but it was bad enough. My Dad will be 83 Jan 4th and was a very active man. He bowled in two leagues, played golf, shot pool, played shuffleboard and bocche ball every week. He fell a week before his stroke thinking he had a bout of vertigo. Bruised almost all of his backside and fractured his clavicle. He didn't know he had fractured his clavicle (sp??) until he had his stroke. Luckily he was able to call 911 when he was stroking. He spent a few days in the hospital and is now in a rehab facility. They think he will need 3-4 weeks of therapy. He is ready and willing but not quite able to get all of his therapy done in a day or so and it is hard on him to not have control of his balance and coordination since he is so active. My Mom also had a stroke several years ago and died a year ago May. Part of his grieving and recovery from her loss was keeping active and social. My husband and I are down here now and will go home while he is in rehab, for Christmas with our grandkids, then back down here to Florida to help acclimate him back home. I still take care of my husband at home who is mostly maximum assist. Hopefully, my sister will share in the care of our Dad?? I got layed off in August from my job so I don't work and she works part time but is single and lives alone. I don't think I can handle doing it all myself and really need her to help. She won't come down until mid January because her daughter is coming in from TX. I am venting because I feel I have to handle this all by myself. What can I do but help him!!! He is my Dad. But I also take care of a 66 year old husband who cannot walk, cannot talk much and requires total bathroom help. I am exhausted to all my fellow caregivers: Merry Christmas and God Bless. To all the survivors out there Hang in there and keep doing more each day!!! To all have a Blessed Christmas and a Happy New year!!
  16. Hi Asha, Yes, there is still wonderful life after stroke, and there is hope. So good to hear from you. I look forward to coming back to chat. Wendie
  17. So good to hear from you Sue!!! I will try and get on chat this week. I have really missed it. It has been 10 years for Ray!!! WOW. I hope you are doing well. Wendie
  18. Hi, good to hear from you. Thanks for replying. I have really missed caregiver chat and I will really try and get in on Tuesdays. Keep in touch and tell me how you are too. Wendie
  19. Hi, thanks for the reply. I have missed going on chat and seeing you all. I will try and get on Tuesday evening. How are you doing?
  20. Easter, Nonnie and the grandkids Mayson, Lakyn and Harbor
  21. George and Christie and Russell Christmas 2008 (his daughter)