Tracy it sounds a lot like the exercises Ray did.  In Occupational Therapy after his major strokes in 1999 he did things like make toast (which came in handy when I was sick and he was hungry). and simple tasks like setting out knives and forks.  Unfortunately subsequent strokes meant a relapse and a lot of things just slipped away each time.

My message to all who have had strokes is to look after yourself, eat well, sleep well, exercise as much as you are able to and keep healthy.

I think maybe I didn't have a tremendously hard time in that area a lot of my deficits were timing , coordination, set shifting, memory, and higher learning cognition. I probably just stumped her. I have heard even from you that occupational therapy helps tremendously. I ciould make the toast maybe but couldn'y stand up to do it and would forget to get outor forget to turn it on, those kind of things lol. Sue I appreciate your support and I really feel for you with being right there watching your husband climb his way up and as he did another landslide would happen. I know you were such a blessing to him.

Tracy 

Tracy  :

my stroke was in middle cerebral artery my whole left side was paralyzed left hand was worst I hated OT during her therapy hour she just focused on how to compensate & do things with my right hand total waste of hour & depressing, PT was best cause I could see results right away I was walking doing stairs, I don't think I needed speech therapy so that hour I spent on crying & telling her my inner thoughts & fears so it was basically emotional therapy. while she tried to find out what can I still cognitively do & making me more depressed in the process. Though life really begins when you come home & start living with other normal humans & try to function to best of your ability in normal world. I think having routine support groups good books all helped me get to my new normal & enjoy life one more time. post stroke life is just different not good or bad its just different. some days good, some days not so but its still satisfying & fun filled life & I feel grateful to have this second shot at life. I feel my life is more meaningful due to stroke. So no regrets its my journey.

Asha

Thank you Asha thank you for your insight!!!

Tracy

Yes I too feel that therapy gives such a sense of normal of hope and understanding to who I am. All those deficits or strengths are ME and my day is meaningful when I can do some things to work toward retraining relearning. Maybe those things are tedious but they seem to be my stroke school.

I send you many wishes of encouragement and strength to continue. And to continue to help teach others what your type of stroke is all about. Thanks.