• A  blog is a personal journal of your daily life as a stroke survivor or stroke caregiver.  Surprisingly, countless members have called it therapeautic to write down their thoughts and to vent their frustrations.  You can make it private, just for your eyes or public and share your personal thoughts with your friends.  Why not try it, create your blog and start writing and see if it helps you.  

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  • swilkinson

    Living on angel time.

    By swilkinson

    I went to see the neurosurgeon on Tuesday. I was interviewed by a young Asian associate doctor and sent for a 3D MRI and angiogram, a brand new way of showing  the blood supply within the brain. The results were given to me by the associate and then I saw the specialist. It appears the aneurysm is larger and deeper than previously thought but at my age they are not going to operate as it would mean a full brain surgery. Coiling, one method of dealing with an aneurysm, is not an option. I think I
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ChefDenny's Blog

ChefDenny's Introduction

Hello :   I have been a member since November 2004, and I am a frequent 'visitor' to the chatroom. I like to cook and I was encouraged, by several chatroom members, to start a Cooking Blog.   Let me start by introducing myself a little. I had a mild stroke on June 26, 1998. I was an office furniture / office cubicle installer. Because of my stroke, I could no longer do this job - too physically demanding. I needed to find another job I could do, not knowing what I WANTED to
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hostpam's Blog

Talk of God

So Sunday is Easter. I prefer to think of Easter as cute cuddly bunnies, colored eggs and candy. Yeah so what if it is a holiday that the greeting card industry has created? It is better thenall the religion BS. Now, just for the record, I had a christian upbringing. I earned my own bible at church as a kid. My parents forced me to go every sunday to sunday school, they never stepped foot mind you in a church. I always thought it was so hypocritical of them. They always told me when I was old e
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kimberly9's Blog

eating binge

i binged and purged from the ages of 15 to 28. that's how i stayed thin. after chest pains and an ekg, i was told by my 300 lb doctor that if i didn't quit, the heart arythmia would turn into "heart stop", so i reluctantly stopped, little by little. the BAD thing was that my body was in "starve mode" so EVERYTHING i ate made me get fatter and fatter until i was obese.   after many years of struggle, i have gotten my weight and my binge purge problem under control, for the most part. HOWEVE
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Janice

Made it through the night

Man, oh Man, alive, I made it through the night. I wasn't sure if I'd get any sleep the way my mouth was throbbing last night, but Hubby gave me sleeping pill that put me out like a light. This morning my mouth isn't throbbing yet but it's like waiting for the other shoe to drop. You know it's coming, but just not here yet. (See 'fun & games' to explain my mouth thing) Now I wait till 4pm to see the periodontist. I'm just sure that's going to be fun,NOT! Will update when have more
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ssanchez's Blog

Strange day !!!

Yesterday it was a strange day here in California. It started out to be a nice day nice weather, but we were told it is going to rain by the news casters.   I started to do things around the house dusting/ cleaning and stuff. then it got cloudy and man oh man the rain just started to come down. After that we had a Earthquake that was really strange not the Earthquake but just the timing of it it was small but we felt it I was sitting here on my computer and it started to shake rattle a
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sam/boston's Blog

it's here(my newest baby)

it;s weird,i'm happy& all,it's only been 2 years of saving,starving,robbing peter to pay paul but i feel like so old hat,kinda like work you work hard& do amazing stuf,[yeah i know i'm saspose to],that's one breth taking guitar[yeah i knowi had it redone to my spesaftions] i should be pleased.in a way i feel sad knowing chances are i'll never bond with it like say sunshine of candywitch i had the longest& done countless gigs with,the newbies are there just to look nice and that's
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vmoran's Blog

Sheer H E Double Toothpicks!

You've read my post asking for prayer's for my Mother In Law   - what you don't know is that I've had 48 hours of what can only be described as crap!   Someone shot at my house last night with a pellet gun - missing my son by 2 feet (he was on the computer - the windows in the "office" face the front of the house and the shades were opened) breaking a window.   The police showed up at 12:30 - a half hour later - and did NOTHING.   Ryan had just been at another funeral - for the 17
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hostpam's Blog

Burning Bridges

Ever since I was a kid, I always burned every bridge that was in sight, I never just set a small flame to them, nah they were always glorious conflagrations. Since the stroke, I haven't changed in that aspect. True, the bridges I now burn are done with a verbal type of fuel, but I haven't yet felt the need to bite my tongue. My latest bridge burner was regarding my childhood friend. We've been friends since 5th grade. As adults over the years I'd get a nagging feeling that we didn't have much
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Janice

New Fun and Games

Well, today, I found out that I broke my tooth off....one that had a crown and dentist wanted to do a root canal but stopped because he is sending me to a periodontist to see if there is enought of the tooth to even do the root canal. So now, my mouth is still numb from the deadening to remove the crown and I can already 'feel' my tooth. He reamed out the dead nerve/root and stopped short of fininshing the root canal. Wow, did that ever stink...the dead root/nerve. So tomorow, I 'get' to go
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kimberly9's Blog

my wiffle bat list

my top ten list   "michael's wiffle bat list"   1) people who tail gate on a rural road and when you realize that you have missed a turn, put on your blinker to turn around in a driveway and then THEY turn on the same blinker making you THINK that they live there. so, you turn off your blinker and keep going and SO do they. after about three or four times of this and 15 miles later, you realize the idiot is signaling the non existent drivers behind him. THEN, you put on your blinker again
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hostpam's Blog

Controversial topic

This morning I have an internal struggle going on, it is a struggle between yes and no, aren't they always about yes and no? I am trying to merge my personal beliefs with how I feel regarding Terry Schaivo. I'm not having very much sucess with it. First of all I have said to let her die. But that goes against every bloody thing I've said to survivors and cg on this site. I've said time and time again to never give up hope. I've said No one knows what will come back. I meant those words too every
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Janice

Long Weekend

I forgot to log out before I left for the weekend. Yesterday, Hubby and I traveled across the state (out in the boonies so to speak) so he could shoot pics of wedding for his friends daughter's wedding. Had a fun time. It was a 2nd marriage for both...nice couple...both recovering alcoholics and have their s** t together now. Hubby and I stayed overnight in the small town nearby.   Well, I'm tired out but had a good time. I know beyond a doubt I can not start 'doing' weddings again, I h
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Michael's Blog

Adventures in housework

Today was the big day. Since Kathy had gone to the hospital 4 weeks ago, I haven't done any major housework beyond picking up a few things here and there. Today I broke down and did the housework and found out a few interesting facts.   1) Lettuce mix turns to liquid if left in the fridge too long. 2) Non-clumping kitty litter somehow clumps to the bottom of the litter pan. 3) I haven't been able to match my socks because my dog stole one of each pair and hid them under the couch. 4)
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Janice

LDL too high

Got a call from doctor's nurse saying my blood work was back and my LDL was too high...170, and they'd like it to be below 70. So they're changing me to Vitorin, off the Zocor. I've read elsewhere that chloresterol isn't the villian that it's made out to be. So, now what?  
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Becky from Chicago...... its Blog Time

Please don't misunderstand!!!!!!

I just want to clarify. I DO NOT WANT A SPINAL CORD INJURY, however, there has to be an explination for a 23 year old who had a stroke who still can not walk. Personally that is the only reason that I see. Everyone else on this site, who is around my age, is doing so well and so much better then I am. I am over a year post stroke.   Becky from Chicago
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ctaylor's Blog

Going to fry those Blues

Got them blues again... Boy my depression has really gotten worse in the past couple of months. My shrink tells me the depression is all attributable to my stroke but that
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vmoran's Blog

Sick of snow

Do you know why it continues to snow here?   It's all because of my freaking neighbors! They refuse to take their Christmas Lights down! They light them up everynight, confusing spring into believing it's still winter!   It's March 18th already! The kids are on Spring Break next week!   I'm sick of snow but, the neighbors are courting winter. I'm thinking about taking the lights down myself - In the middle of the night, I'd creep up and silently put them all away in a box marked Chris
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hostcindy's Blog

Brighter days

I heard from a good friend yesterday who has always been there for me. I was so glad to hear from him. Funny how one day is blue and then just at the right time the ray of sunlight comes back in. Monday's rain is gone and with his help the days ahead seem brighter than ever. It's so good to have friends you love and who always seem to know when you need them the most.   Okay...on to my therapist. It's my blog so I guess I can talk about whatever I want. I never thought I would ever have
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Janice

Top 10 list

In keeping with Michael's (GreyHE) wiffle ball bat list...here's my top 10   10) people who don't wash their hands after using the commode 9) rap music played loudly in cars so that windows rattle 8) bozos who whiz around me only to slow up and stop to turn...causing me to have to stop unnecessarily. was it really so important that I see their bumber? 7) my neighbor lady..see other posts regarding Helen "More Grace Needed" 6) I love my cats but they are little twerps...both think the
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kimberly9's Blog

the carpet cleaner

last night when i got home ashley( my 14 year old) asked me if i had written any "good" stories in my blog lately. i told her that i had a kind of writer's block. then she said" what about ernest". the memories FLOODED IN AGAIN.   ERNEST, THE "CARPET CLEANER"   the summer before i stroked i had waken ash up from a dead sleep one saturday with the phrase that she HATES to hear. ASHLEY, HOUSES DON'T CLEAN THEMSELVES!!!!! this means that we're going to have a 'CLEAN UP DAY".   after w
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Janice

Less of who I am

I am so depressed and discouraged about my weight. I need to lose 100 pounds. I'm 5'9" and weigh 240 my ideal weight is 140. It's hard to eat right when you can't cook to begin with and don't do the shopping for groceries. It's equally hard to get motivated to exercise with half your body not functioning. I look in the mirror and see a person I don't recognise burried inside a blubber layer. I would dearly desire to be thin again, for myself and my marriage. I want my husband to want
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cyndip's Blog

Finding the strength

I am sitting here this morning with my world spinning out of control. I'm not sure which way to jump or how to act or how to feel. I have thought alot about God and really felt like there is no such thing. I'm not saying that I have 100% changed my mind to believing again. I am just trying to find the strength to deal with the situation that surrounds me right now. I don't really know how or where to turn. Maybe there is a God and this is a test of my strength or faith. I really don't fee
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