Hello my friends,

Today is the first day of 2015. It is a quiet day around here and I have been doing a little of this and a little of that. I read a few blogs and there are so many things about strokes that we know nothing about. Its kind of scary. And with that in mind I have a couple of questions to ask and see if I get any answers. I mentioned in my last blog that Ray took a bad fall in November and since he got out of the hospital its like starting all over again. One of the new things since his fall is dizziness and so much more unbalance. He walked better when he got out of the hospital the first time in July. It seems as though he had more energy, and was more cognitive in the beginning. Ray has fallen 4 times since his stroke in June. All of them he hit his head in some way. But this last fall was worse, as he didn't remember the fall or even getting out of bed. Lately it seems as though his brain is worse. He is a wiz at math and yesterday he couldn't figure out numbers. He insisted that he was 21 years old when he got out of the Navy and since then we have been married for 62 years. I told him that would make him 83. He is 75. He thought and thought and could not figure it out. He has always been so good at math, in fact whenever I have had a math problem I go straight to him. Is this extra dizziness something that others have experienced? I took him to a Neurologist and he couldn't figure it out either and he said since Ray said he feels goofy and dizzy and gets sick to his stomach that maybe he has inner ear problems. Another question, is it common to have headaches? He always gets headaches. Is this a stroke related thing?

I believe its called "The practice of medicine" because they are always practicing. There are so many unanswered questions. There is so much "unknown".

I also came here to wish all of you a Happy New Year and lets all hope that this year brings us peace, joy and recovery!

Love, Judy