well we have decided to renovate the kitchen in our house so on friday me and my wife are going off in my scotter to the canada place in vancouver wher the home show is on as we need lots of idea what to get that is affordable and yes i do love to shop
well if it"s october 10th, it could only mean one thing here in canada it is time to give thanks to the cooks as on sunday it will be thanks giving here in canada time to eat and eart lots as long assomeone cooks it andthank god i do i have my wife/and caregiver and not only thank god for the cook but also thank god for all the caregivers in the world as we definetly need them and so since it is thanks giving i am giving thanks to all the caregivers here on stroke net thank you very munch for al
IN ORDER TO WALK YOU MUST LEARN TO TRUST YOUR PARILIZED LEG WHEN YOU WALK BUT YOU MUST ALSO BE VERY SAFE WHEN DOING THAT AND OF CORSE THAT WILL MAKE A DECISION OAS TO WEITHER TO USE A CANE OR NOT THE ABLABILITY TO WALK IS TO BE ABLE TO STEP THROUGH AND OVER YOUR HIPS AND TO TRANSfer your weeight over your body and your legs so in affecting allowing your leg to hold your weight whilr transfoering opnto the other foot , if you can do this and allow your affected leg to hold up your weight without
well as i got up to take a shower i was sitting on the adjustable shower chair just taking a shower when i was rinsing my hair the adjustable buttons was getting rusty and it collupse with me on it lucily i wasn"t hurt but i did get scared so check your adjustable char to make sure that it is nor rusting out as i would hate to see something happening to you so even though the chair was design to be use in the water IT DOES RUSTand when that happens you will go for an unwanted ride so be careful
well as i got up to take a shower i was sitting on the adjustable shower chair just taking a shower when i was rinsing my hair the adjustable buttons was getting rusty and it collupse with me on it lucily i wasn"t hurt but i did get scared so check your adjustable char to make sure that it is nor rusting out as i would hate to see something happening to you so even though the chair was design to be use in the water IT DOES RUSTand when that happens you will go for an unwanted ride so be careful
have you ever notice that if you want to cross your legs in order to dress that you are constantly having to pick up with your arms to lift your leg?well i use to as well but i have found that over time over munch time that i am now able to pick up my leg up without having to use my arm i just lift my leg up and get out of the car or into the car or when i am dressing i just pick up my leg and cross them over to put on my pants it has taken me a very long time to be able to incorporate the use o
wellmy cousin was having a 50 year old birthday party and me and my wife was invited to go and wow!!what a great time we had the party started at 5:00 and when we arrive all my cousin and other family was there and of coarse it was decoratuion to the 10swith party favors along with wine red and white or beer and lots of food oh wow did we eber eatyou name it we had it and of coarse when i went to the party i wore my bioness so when i do that i don"t use my cane and yes i did dance with my wife n
wellmy cousin was having a 50 year old birthday party and me and my wife was invited to go and wow!!what a great time we had the party started at 5:00 and when we arrive all my cousin and other family was there and of coarse it was decoratuion to the 10swith party favors along with wine red and white or beer and lots of food oh wow did we eber eatyou name it we had it and of coarse when i went to the party i wore my bioness so when i do that i don"t use my cane and yes i did dance with my wife n
hi folks well as you know i am able to walk but ,y arm left arm is not working so well and yes it has been 10 years now but my feeling is as long as i continue to do better i am still moving forward and i still might get it nothing is fo sure but if uyou don"t try to you won"t get it i am tring to remind my brain that i have a left side and an arm that needs to become fuctional so here is what i am doing to give my brain and my arm a kick started however you will need some assitance thank god fo
well as you know i went to physiotherapy and when i got there i went into the warm water into the whirlpool tub with my left srm up to my elbows, after soaking my left arm for about 10 minutes i then got up and then we imediartly start, working on my arm and fingers to open and close so fird=st of asll if you have lots of tone you will need some assitances but you can get the tools that you will need at no cost to you but if you have a water bottle enpty of cosarse then you can wrap a towel over
i have noticer that as time goes by like i said it is so slow that you have to wait for a long time to notice anythingbut i have notice that initially right after my stroke i use to jump right out of my skin when iwoul;d hear a noice like a bus using his airbrakes and that shsh sound that it makes my central nervous system has gone hay wire but over 10 years now the sound doesnt put me in panic mode so i am getting better all of the time but it is very small but still coming so i just find that
i have noticer that as time goes by like i said it is so slow that you have to wait for a long time to notice anythingbut i have notice that initially right after my stroke i use to jump right out of my skin when iwoul;d hear a noice like a bus using his airbrakes and that shsh sound that it makes my central nervous system has gone hay wire but over 10 years now the sound doesnt put me in panic mode so i am getting better all of the time but it is very small but still coming so i just find that
as you know i go to physiotherapy every wednesday and so when i go to physiotherapy my therapist spent alot of times on my hand and my arm and fingers to try to uncurl the muscle tone any way to do that we use a roller about the size of a paint roller but made of rubber with alot of texture good for feelings then my physiotherapy wraps my fingers around the roller and once done that she has me lift the roller and then move my hand using only my wrist onve to the left and once to the right using
as you know i go to physiotherapy every wednesday and so when i go to physiotherapy my therapist spent alot of times on my hand and my arm and fingers to try to uncurl the muscle tone any way to do that we use a roller about the size of a paint roller but made of rubber with alot of texture good for feelings then my physiotherapy wraps my fingers around the roller and once done that she has me lift the roller and then move my hand using only my wrist onve to the left and once to the right using
hello members well as you know i have been walking twice a day now and i spend about 20minutes per day going for a walk and what i found makes walking east is to swing your arms as you walk for one it is very good for balance so when you step with your right foot you swing your right arm and your shoulders and if you start to move your left leg you then move your left arm and your shoulders it is how you use to walk befoire the stroke and after you get in the habit of swing your arms left then r
i just wanted to let you know that i will be going on holidays for a couple of days asa you know i am a boston red sox fan and so my wife /caregiver bought tickets on line to go see the boston red sox in seattle now i have known of this trip since may and i was really looking forward to this trip and this game for quite some time , so the time has finally arrive and on AUGUST,13TH WE ARE DRIVING DOWN TO SEATTLE AND THEN SPENDING THE NIGHT IN THE SHERITON HOTEL JJUST FOR ONE NIGHT AND PROBABLY TA
as the title suggest i had a stroke, and i am very munch alive and loving every minute of my life, and i have beengiving the oppertunity to be home and close to my family and just loving the moment as i go through life i know now that i am very bless, to be giving the oppertunity to see what life has to offer me , and it has alot but you have to be willing to accept , the way that a stroke has affected your life but has still giving the oppertunity to relive and to enjoy life the way that you sh
well as you know i go to physiotherapy every wednesday and i am always tring new medical toys and this time was no different as you know i got to try the bioness for the hand it is known as the h200series and it does work very well for me but it is very expensive for the bioness so as i was tring out the bioness my pfysiothearpy told me about a arm brace that you wear while you sleep or watch telivision and what it does is it streatch out the muscles for your fingers so that your fingers is less
what are we doing for the long week end :Ask: well on friday my wife and me and some friends are going to vancouver to natbailey stadium to watch the canadian baseball team play boise idaho, and then after that it is a major firworks after the game and so if any of cabiodians are reading thid hope that you will enjoy the long weekend and i hope that you will have a happy canada day and i hope that all of you will have a very nice holiday filled with lots of fun thing to do :cheer:
hi there well as you know i go to physiotherapy alot and while on my travels and work out in physiotherapy i have run into this great rehab for the fingers and the hands , and so i was wondering if you have ever run into them or heard of them it was develope by a doctor in california and what it is is it is magnetic and it is a ball two balls in fact with lots ofbumps on the balls any way because it is magnetic it will stick to one another and because of the bumpy texture it is very good for hol
well i just found out that my dog chance pass away , there is a shot of chance in the gallery with my grandson holding chance we got chance as a puppy after i hads a stroke so chance has been with us for 10 years now and i remember after i was in gf stong my wife and my family came to visit me with chance in hand and of coarse as a puppy every one wanted to hold chance and chance use to run around in the hospital grounds chance went to the bet and the vet told my daugter that chance pass away fr
okay as you know i posted in the message board titled just a question, so i thought that i would elaborite a little more in a blog rater than in a post from when i starteed to how far i have come other wise the then and now now the only then that i now am not able to do is run marothon which i did before and i am still tring , don"t ever give up then had a stroke, then came home in a wheelcair then us to transfer myself into the car by using a cardbord and standing on the cardboard to spin in or
well i just wanted you to know that valentines is coming and my friend jack who i have known for a very long time in fact when i had my stroke jack had one as well and now i found that we were in the same hospital at g.f.stongand he has a cargiver who is jacks wife her name is marilyn, any way jack is celibrating his 10 year anniversary by going out on val;entines day and he ask me even though it"s not 10 years for me only nine to go out to dinner with my long time friend so of coarse i accepted
well as you know prior to me having a stroke i use to work at c.k.v.u. a telivision station in vancouver, as a news editor any way i had a very good and close friend who use to go fishing with me quite a bit and we use to love going on the boat and just fishing and talking any way i had my stroke and ti went to gf stong it is a rehab hospital for stroke patients and i was only one mounth since my stroke so i was very out of it not sure what i was going to do with my life and i was in such bad sh
well another christmas has just gone by, and boy how times fly when you are having fun, and boy did i ever have fun, first of all i got up for christmas so that i could check christian face when he sees what santa brought him and then fred called mrtowish me a meeerry christmas , thank you fred i love hearing from fred any way i got up aonly to find that christian was not here he was visiting his father for christmas, so he got lots of toys from santa, lvery lucky boy any way christian came home
