PhilW

Stroke Survivor - male
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  1. Happy Anniversary PhilW!

  2. Happy Anniversary PhilW!

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    little note from an aussie, keep ya chin up & flex those muscles girl!!!!!

  4. PhilW

    Still bouncing

    Hello my name is phil -affectionately known as Webby. Im a West aussie who enjoys having a laugh. Two years ago my life changed, due to having this brainstem stroke, the early days were quite difficult, but now I have never looked back, as I have said to a couple of people I dont wish to post my recovery stages as to there are many out there who are still fighting recovery,it's my way of respect & I wish them well .All I can say Im getting there, slowly. To the friends of this magnificent site what can i say.... you have helped not only me but hundreds if not thousands get through this and I will always be your#1 fan and will be highly recommended by any one who asks . Im not a very good story teller, but from the botom of my heart -THANK YOU
  5. Allan- YOU'RE A LEGEND. I'm right behind you all the way mate! :Jammin:
  6. Since I & we contemplate with our new world I sometimes look around , and see the world full of drug addicts, alcoholics, smokers,obesity& just lazy people.Let alone a majority of those people still walk the normal life. Thats when some times I get upset, even my wife who is dangerously obese, smokes 30 a day , has high blood pressure 160/ 100 & never exercises still has a normal life I tell her she must do something only to fall on deaf ears. Then there was me correct weight, good B.P. bit of a sport addict, although smoked 15- 20 a day, liked abeer or two ( socially), then Bang look what happened. A bloke I knew ran along the beach religiously 3 miles, dropped dead before he hit the ground.So whats going on you look after yourself and you cop this & if you abuse it you keep on living the normal with of course problems as well. So sometimes I get jealous of people who abuse themselves and still got a normal life, how do you guys look at this. I know that abusive people have some complications of their own, but they can still drive, run, etc ,thats what gets to me from time to time.
  7. just a simple top bloke!

  8. Before i had my stroke ,I saw the world around me full of people with DIABILITIES, blind,MS, deaf. Of course Im partially deaf myself ,wear a hearing aid . But my attitude towards these special people was very humble occasionally I use to help a blind person cross the road. I did feel sorry for them but did I enough?Maybe Ijust accepted life as it is. Until the day I had my stroke my attitude differed seeing the bigger picture about being disabled or a survivor that Ihave cared & listened more about other peoples situations & yes shed atear sometimes in certain cases. So i must admit it has changed my personality apart from getting grumpy about my condition, this site also has helped me change as well ,to help each other if I can. Has this changed you?
  9. Interesting topic, when I was in hospital everybody came and saw me as much as they could,my wife & mum, dad alternated every 2nd day it was fair way to travel, also work mates dropped in. At rehab it was pretty much the same. Now here comes the strange part, when I came home I saw everybody once in a blue moon now. I suppose because of this, is the inital shock of hearing that you are in hospital they come, but when you are home thus thinking you are treated everything goes back to normal- its strange or its just the way Im thinking?
  10. Gidday DI, Yes we are all in the same boat and it does frustrate us all. Ive lost count too how many times Ive yelled &screamed when things dont go the way I want it. Unfortunately you just have to be patient&accept the way things are Im sure we all have too. I wish you all the best with your recovery & chill out so you dont damage yourself **hi**
  11. Louis, sorry to hear what you are going through. Ive had the same problem too, unfortunately they will never understand as one told me you will never know unless you are in that situation yourself. I have too agree, for you & asto ido myself take each day as it comes, when you do things look at it as a form of therapy plus take it in your pace not theirs, the balancing as to mine hangs around for awhile, but try do alittle a time it does help to improve things slowly even try go down to your or own pool &walk in it its a big help . they say communication is the factor sometimes it works, sometimes not. I wish you all the best in your road to recovery .Lets hope it works out for both parties. We sometimes keep explaining to whoever what difficulties we have from time to time just to let them see its not easy. Best of luck
  12. Mate, i use my cane (walking stick) as a awareness so that everyone can see that i have a problem walking rather than before in just barging straight thru me big help and no questions as yet. Best of luck anyhow.