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well just wanted to let you know that , I had a stroke, but I am alive, and I want to hope that if youto had a stroke as well, then , like me, you have been given a second chance!!!!! a chance to get better , and stronger, so please , don"t give up, take this opertunity, to do all that you can to enhance your life, to learn how best to cope with your new life, yes it will be different, but you can go to work to make this life the life that we have all been given, to make this life work best for you, and for me, the weather is getting great , so this is your chance to ...go for a walk, learn a new hobby, life is not over, you have only just begun, so take this gift that you have been given to get even better, to enjoy what you are able to do and just try to learn how to do it even better, you can , I did, never say never , always start your new life with the statement when ,no can"t in the vocabulary, my new motto, if you wabt it bad enoygh, keep on keeping on, you can do it , I am rooting for you , this is your brand new life, put the gift that you have been given , to good use , go for a walk, get into a new exercise routine, all the best to you to everyone , I will be here with you everystep thatyou take . -
CALLING ALL MOTHERS!!! CALLING ALL MOTHERS AND CAREGIVERSMAY,12TH
lharrison posted a blog entry in AmbassadorLenny's Blog
well its mothers day today time to give your mother a kind thought for all that your mother has done for you and time to pay homage to the most important person in your life thank you mom for all that you have done for me and for always being there for me whatever I can do for you you certainly deserve it from me so I say a very happy mothers day to you and to all the mothers out there and not only a very big thank you to mothers on mothers day but a great big thank you for giving us hope by always being there for the stroke survivers a very big thank you for a very hard job as a caregiver one that you may feel is never fully appreciate for all that you do in order to help the stroke surviver just to get through lifes biggest challenge but instead you are always there in order to be able to conquer lifes challenge for both you and for me a great big thsnk you for all that you do for all the stroke surviver knowthat you are thought often about all that you have sacrifice all that you do for the stroke surviver I am very glad that you have chosen that job as caregiver you have made my life better because you have chosen to help me and all the other stroke surviver that so desperately needs you to be there I know that it sometimes feel like such a thankless job so for all of you caregivers a great big thank you for all that you do god bless the caregiver and godbless your mother happy mothers day -
only a reminder to my fellow stroke survivors, may,4th
lharrison posted a blog entry in AmbassadorLenny's Blog
I just wanted to blog to give all the members that ato always be very very careful out there while you are walking or even in your own home I had a friend who had a stroke and had a very bad fall and hurt himself quite bad and actually broke his hip and end up dying from his injury so please be careful at all times you are dealing with a stroke a stroke which will make you weaker and tired so tired that you may not think that anything will happen but think again I don"t want to scare you but I do want to warn you of the danger of falling down and injured yourself I was very close to my friend we was actually in the same hospital and became very close friend from this so please take care be careful -
I GUESS THAT YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS A MYTH THAT IS GOING AROUND :roadrage: TWO IN FACT :Ask: I am sure that you already know this :Nodding: but I will tell you anyway :secret: myth number one if you don"t get recovery within 8 mounths you will never get it :I-Thank-You: this is not true in fact I have been in recovery for 11 years and I am still getting better :Nodding: so in factit never really stopsgetting better :Clap-Hands: myth number two oh wow sorry to hear of your stroke I think that your life is over :Scratch-Head: no in fact you can make life and even enjoy your life I was told bymy doctor that if I m not walking I probably won"t get it :kicking: hey guess what I'm walking, and hey guess what I am enjoying life and even though it has been 11years I am still getting better :Nodding: so you see there is a lot of myth about your stroke and your recovery :groupwave: life is what you make ityou can be happy with lots of hope or you can be sad with no hope but whatever you decide don"t listen to the myth it will only make yousad and I choose to be happy and you can to life can be good if you want it to be what is your choice?
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please pray for the families living in oklahoma
lharrison posted a blog entry in AmbassadorLenny's Blog
I am sure that you have hear the very bad news about the tornado families survivers in moores Oklahoma. I would like to ask you to please pray for the survivers that has had to go through not only once but twice in fact and the lost of the children in thhe school. I cannot even imagine what it must be like to lose your house and your families it is very sad to think of all the devestation that they the residents in moor Oklahoma will have to deal with. And as munch as I would love to help the families that has to deal with the loss and the devestation of all that they knew but we can offer to say a big prayer for all the residents who had to suffer a major loss. We are thinking of you and we are hoping for you that all will be fine. We will pray for you and for your families that you can be strong rebuild again and pray that you will never have to suffer again. We are all thinking of you and we are all praying for you that you will rebuild your lives to come up stronger and lots of courage. We could learn from your strength and from your ability to come together and to rebuild an even better community and we pray that once you have done this that you will never have to suffer through this major crisis again. -
new goalsnew exercisefor the limited mobilitymay,2nd
lharrison posted a blog entry in AmbassadorLenny's Blog
I just learned a new exercise that works for me :Nodding: if you own a cane :gym: that's great :Nodding: because all you need is a cane and a bed to lye in it :Nodding: first of all you lay down in bedwith your kneesbent and then you take the cane holding it in your hand :gym: and you simply lift up and hold then while holding the cane in your arm move to the left as far as you can you will then get a very good streatch after holding it a while then using your armes whilr holding the cane move to the right as far as you can this will give you a really great streach, do it very slow don"t jerk this will help you to get great shoulder movement and lossen up those tight muscle I hope that I have explane it well and that's a great goal to work on your mobility movement you can work and get mobility in your shoulders that's what I do as well as go for walks I am always searcing for new exercise that is cheap and very easy to do that helps you to want to keep on doing it allthe best to you in your new workout so now grab the cane and lye down with your knees bend and lift up as far as you can and then to the left as far as you can now to the right and soon you will start to see an improvement hope this helps you I know that it did for me and now it gets you to start incorporate your left arm and your brain will thank you for that :signthankspin: -
exercize makes rolling over in the bed, without hurting
lharrison posted a blog entry in AmbassadorLenny's Blog
WELL YOU KNOW WHEN I FIRST GOT HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL, I COULDN"T ROLL OVER IN MY BED,without getting stuck or without hurting my arm, but now since i have creating my own kind of exercize and doing it over and over again and again i am now able to roll over onto my stomack and onto my left side and now it has gotten so easy to do that i have forgotten tjust how hard it was so i know that i am getting better all the time just by doing exercize while laying in the bed just start by streaching your muscle in your arms and your back over and over and before you know it you will be sleeping on your left side and stomack all the best to you in your recovery
