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An outpouring of my thoughts and feelings as I try to adjust to life post-stroke

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It's time to get a few things settled.

Generally, my outlook on life has improved. You'd be surprised what a couple of good days in a row will do for a person.   I skipped my walk with Sam yesterday. I ran an errand to the bank, then took myslef to the nail salon for a much needed fill-in. It's been over a month and I'm surprised the acrylics had continued to stay on. More than half my nail was new growth.   Tonight, after Laney gets off work, she and I will be availing ourselves of the last day of one of Frederick's of Hollywood

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Erin is learning to accept the "new me."

Let me start off by saying that Erin is a dog.....an actual canine. He lives with my parents-in-law.   Erin is a Kerry Blue Terrier that they got through Kerry Blue Rescue about 4 years ago. Through a strange set of circumstances, Sam and I ended up dog-sitting him for a little over a month, about 2 weeks after Sam's parents got him.   He was skittish - to say the least - didn't trust males, knew absolutely NO commands of any type, was very undernurished, and since he had spent the first 14

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A Small Step Forward

I haven't felt like being very active since my stroke. I get around, work part time, and probably do more than I should around the house - no real "probably" about it. But as far as exersizing has gone, I haven't wanted to do anything. I used to be very active - I saw it as a way of staying ahead of the complications of Lupus, a way to prove that I wasn't going to let that condition "win." Then I stroked. Basically, the stroke was caused by..... oh yeah..... complications of Lupus (and a heart a

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Who am I now?

I posted on the forum, yesterday, about my daughter Laney moving into her first apartment with her fiancee, and how I had reacted to the change. Trust me, even though I am very happy and excited for her, my reaction was not as positive as it could have been, for me anyhow.   I guess part of it is because I feel like I have lost so much, had so much taken away, with having had my stroke. I feel like I have lost who I am and I don't know I will be yet. I don't like unknowns like that. They are u

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There are so many things to sort out.

Christmas day 2010, I celebrated the holiday with "the whole family" for the first time in more than a decade. I had been estranged from my parents and sister. This was a big family reunion that included my husband's parents and sister, my husband and kids, my sister and her husband, my step-brother and my parents. We had a great day, even though my sister had recently had surgery and was feeling the effects of her pain medications a little bit. I really started feeling close to my family again.

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