Hi Gary,

First and foremost - Keep up the progress Kyle - You're doing terrific. Continued thoughts and prayers to he and his family.

As to Dr. Taylor, I have not yet read the book -0 I have it ordered through my local library to read. It is out of curiosity that I want to read it. I've got her video and was not quite impressed with her outlook on stroke survival. I can see where some might take a different view regarding experiencing a stroke.

Thanks Donna

Yep first and foremost we are all soooo proud of our man Kyle. His attitude is the stuff that recovery's are made of.

His parents have both told me how much they appreciate the support and encouragement they have received from the stroke community.

Big thank you to everyone...

Thanks for your comment on Dr. Jill. Right after I posted I found the post by justsurvivin on her blog and all of the comments that she received on the subject of what I call Dr. Jill's "magic medicine show" complete with brain props.

I really think that there is a good possibility to put a positive spin on the whole Dr. Jill thing and use it to increase stroke awareness in a positive way right across the net. (which in essence is the entire globe)

I am most interested in hearing what others feel about what she is doing and just what message she is actually giving to people in general.

Smiles

Gary

Gary, good to see you relating that Kyle is such a brave survivor, and that his family, and all who know of him are cheering him on.

I think the whole thing about Dr Jill is that she had "A" stroke. Some folk here have had a series of strokes and that is a whole differnt thing, as is a stroke plus other illness. There is a whole different aproach needed to PT, OT etc with the second, third, fourth etc stroke and even with a lot of hard work sometimes only partial recovery. And as we all know a severe stroke may lead to death, either right away or within twelve months or so.

Ray "recovered" fully from his first stroke in 1990, it took six months of PT and a restructured approach to the work he did to get him back to work, but he was driving after two months and really ready to live life to the full again after six. He was left with anaesthesia down the left side and the fatigue that MOST recovered stroke survivors still have. After strokes 2 and 3, which happened four weeks apart in April and May 1999 there was NO WAY he was going to make a full recovery, the damage to his brain in depth and area was too great for that.

So when Dr Jill says she had a stroke we need to know how widespread and how deep into the brain the damage was, in what area etc. We need to know how much therapy she had. It is insulting in a way to boast about one person's recovery in front of people whose strokes, being much more severe, have left them with visible, restricting, permanent limitations. My two cents worth.

Sue.

Hi Sue

Thanks for your comment and your feedback on Dr Taylor. I know it is difficult to watch someone making fun of the experience of having a stroke when there are so many that not only have to endure the stroke experience more than once but also have to live the remainder of their lives with the after effects of those strokes.

Thank you for sharing.

The more we care, the more we share...

Smiles

Gary