2ndChance

Stroke Survivor - male
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About 2ndChance

  • Birthday 05/16/1966

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  • Stroke Anniversary (first stroke)
    12-18-2002
  • Stroke Anniversary (second stroke)
    12-18-2002
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  • First Name
    Rene
  • State
    AZ

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  1. Happy Anniversary 2ndChance!

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  5. Ask a rehab nurse to talk to your Mom? keep stressing that you have a permanent brain injury?
  6. Dianne - I sent you a PM for a referral for services for your parents in case they disrupt at their current placement. I hope you don't need it, but hang on to it! Rene
  7. Joy - you are grieving in your own way. Ignore outside standards. Listen only to your own heart/soul. Kuebler-Ross did not base her 5 stages of grief on any research whatsoever. It was just her theory that people who moved through her 5 stages of grief in any order would achieve relief. Research has never supported her theory and she never attempted to prove her theory herself. Apparently she was trying to tie her 5 stages of grief into her belief in transcendental meditation and out-of-body experiences.
  8. I've never regained any use of my affected arm/hand but I started doing things around the house while my husband was at work - nothing that required standing or balancing - but moving laundry to the washing machine and then the dryer/loading the dishwasher, getting the mail, stuff like that. As to your child, have you sought advice from other disabled moms? http://lookingglass.org/parents/
  9. Is there any indication that has insight into his owmn behavior? Is he apologetic later?
  10. Rich: would you be willing to give us a 2 year progress note? Where are you physically 2 years after Kiev, what was the final cost,and do you think it was worth the expense? Rene
  11. At one year, it seems impossible to delude yourself anymore that you'll find a miracle cure or that you'll ever get your original life back. It's really a turning point for most survivors, I think.
  12. DJ: If you are licensed, I recommend you practice law from home, as I do. Do pro bono work if income will mess up your case.
  13. Get to a physiatrist or a NEUROpsychiatrist and ask them about adding on a mild anti-seizure med - they boost the effectiveness of ant-depressants and stop emotional outbursts.
  14. I wouldn't go to the specialist first unless you believe you are having perception problems.
  15. I'm a survivor and after a year of outpt therapy I quit. It was my decision and I'm glad I did. The therapists and my family wanted me to continue but after a year of 5 day a week therapy I still had exactly the same neuroresponse as the day I left the hospital. There was zero improvement! I felt it was a huge waste of money and time to keep going to PT/OT. I accepted my condition and changed my focus to living independently while my husband is at work. I have never regretted the decision. Rene