Walking Video, Facebook, Daily life, E Stem
Hi again,
My daughter found 2 pictures of me in the hospital and a small video of me walking on her IPOD. She uploaded them to my Facebook page if anyone is interested in seeing them, my page is public and the name is Tina Trew Cornett.. I hope that is okay to put here, I am not promoting anything and I would post it here, but I am not tech savvy enough to know how to bring it here from there. My whole left side was flaccid, I have movement, but it is not functional. When I first started walking, it was with a lite gait, a harness that holds you up, then in this video you can see it is with a quad walker (I think that is the name, kind of forget) then a regular walker and now a quad cane. With the quad cane I can walk about 6 minutes. I am talking so much about it because I find it a great motivator. Last night when I first watched it--I cried and cried for how sad I looked and realizing what the stroke actually took from me. My daughter asked if I wanted to make a video of how I walk now, I think we need to do that soon.
I guess a lot of times we can't realize and see our progress, but when you watch it on a video, it makes it more real.
I have been doing E Stem on my left arm for about 2 weeks for about 2 hours a day. Have you ever done E Stem? and what did you think of it? I think it has really been helping my arm. Still not functional, but a little more moveable
My husband takes care of me, and he went last night to stay at his mom's for a couple of nights. This is the longest he has been gone since my stroke last August. I have been reading on here a lot about caretakers and my Dad pays his niece to take care of him. My husbands mom only lives 45 minutes away and she is almost 80, so I told my husband go stay when the kids are home, I don't want to be left alone; the kids are 11 and 15 and can help when I need them . I only need help with a few things, my leg brace, I can only cook light meals, I m not allowed to drive.so it is not that big of deal to be left alone.
But after reading in here, I thought he would enjoy getting away a couple of days and having a break , like I said in an earlier blog--this site has been a blessing to me already!
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