today, Dana is sleeping a lot. I guess it's due time, he hasn't slept properly since his stroke. we got some sleeping pills prescribed yesterday, so I hope the half of one he took is working. I worry he will become quickly depressed, as this is a past issue for him. I don't mind him sleeping, I just pray it is because his brain is...
Sleep is another time that I need to constantly think about what to do to keep my stroke therapy going.
I used to have a hand/wrist splint for nighttime use that kept my fingers and wrist straight but after 3 years of use the plastic rotted and it was time to be on my own. Specifically how to reduce the spasticity in my finger flexors, biceps,...
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It is September now. The May stroke seems so far away.... but I am still reminded daily that I am not the same.
From time to time we reach some sort of turning point and I realise that something that was once easy for us to do as a couple is no longer possible. I guess with spring now approaching and seeing summer ahead with all it’s enticements I am again listing what Ray and I can do and what we can’t do. And I sit here mourning the losses and...
I'm new at this "blog" thing.... We moved in with inlaw to take 24 hr care. Its been a rollercoaster ride of physical and mental emotions and breakdowns especially in the beginning. We sold our house and moved in and in the beginning it was "different" but things are getting more comfortable. My inlaw has come a long way...
I am new to this website, but have read many of your experiences with stroke and find this to be very comforting and informative. My Dad had a stroke in april of this year, he is 61 (I am 32). I would like to know any of your experiences with post stroke denial, where the stroke survivor really feels that they can do something that they cant. I...
WELL AS YOU KNOW MY CARE GIVER IS MY WIFE SHE IS A VERY LOVELY GIRL AND I THINK THE WORLD OF HER WE ALSO HAVE 3 WONDERFUL CHILDREN ONE BOY MICHAL AND ONE GIRL STEOHANIE, and of coarse the love of my life christian my grand son and my daughter son christian any way when i first got married to my wife darlene we would always go for a walk around...
I haven't blogged in a few days and I'm just marking time right now being released from a 2 day stay at the hospital for observations! I'm still a happy person just with a little more pains than usual. That hurts! My wife is ready to put me to work on her computer. I bought her a new one. The last one, a guy sold me, was no...
Contaminated Eggs! Earlier in the week the news of salmonella in eggs came over the news wires. We checked and the number given was not on our eggs. Then Friday they came out with another list. This time we had eggs with one of the numbers. The way I found out was that I had started to make pancakes Saturday morning and my sister came into the...
I will be getting a Stephen's minister and so will William. I was describing my life to the counselor and she could not believe that i do so much. She said that with my schedule the minister would have to get in touch with me at 1AM in the morning. I told her that that is about the case.
I am alive! I lived through 3 strokes. Found out I have cns vasculitis through a brain biopsy. My kids dont call me or see how I am doing. I suffer from depression. I have daily headaches, pain in my hips and I am just having a bad day. I hate it. I am blessed to be alive, but I am miserable.
So, what’s new with me? Well, in my opinion; not too much. Deb and I were recently in Arizona to attend a Fleet Reserve Association in Tucson. We took a side trip down to Tombstone. Now, that was interesting. We walked through the Boot Heel cemetery and saw where Tom and Frank McLaury, and Billy Clanton, who died at the gunfight at the Ok...
This last weekend was one of our 3 day weekends. My facility has a 9/80 schedule which means we can take every other friday off. Kinda nice! 
I am so excited that I just had to tell about it. A month ago I got an e-stim or tens unit from the VA. I have been using it faithfully nearly every day. The results have been amazing. I am now doing things with my left arm I have not done since my stroke. I can now reach up over my head and actually lift small items with the left hand. I was...
