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8 years - good for her. It just goes to show how the brain takes it sweet time. Dammit I want to be just like was sooner than that ... Patience be damned I want it all and I want it now. Who am I kidding - I'm in it for the long haul because I've got nothing but time now. Slowly but surely I want to rebuild the old me. No matter how hard or long it takes ! 

quick update. it has now been 71/2 months since  my stroke.  i am now sleeping in bed, shoulder pain is subsiding, outpatient therapy finished last week. i am now walking with a cane and move around the house inside without the cane.i am working on getting driving privledges back. i have been fishing in my boat twice this summer. its hard work but i do see results. hang in everyone, we will  prevail.

cap4you:

quick update. it has now been 71/2 months since  my stroke.  i am now sleeping in bed, shoulder pain is subsiding, outpatient therapy finished last week. i am now walking with a cane and move around the house inside without the cane.i am working on getting driving privledges back. i have been fishing in my boat twice this summer. its hard work but i do see results. hang in everyone, we will  prevail.

Praise God!
This is FANTASTIC, Cap!
I'll bet you have far exceeded the expectations of some doctors and therapists!
You're absolutely right; recovery is slow, difficult and usually not instantly gratifying. It's not for wimps.
Keep up the great work, and keep us updated.
This kind of news makes my day.
Carla N.

Talked to a woman the other day who happened to mention she'd suffered a hemm. stroke. I've known her awhile & I had no idea. She's recovered fully, walks normally, types with both hands. I said her stroke must have been a mild one. She said no, she was paralyzed (left side), suffered with aphasia for a couple of years, learned to walk with a walker, then a cane; shed the cane ten years later! Don't let anyone tell you you've maxed out (like my neurologist told me recently-they don't know anything!) Never give up.

Hi Barry.........I just read your very first post..........and all the ones in-between.........Wow ! ......what a story.........you should go back to the beginning.......re-read it......Mike.....Carla's excellent advice.......others who also had strokes.......their progress.....YOUR progresss.......I'm just here to say.......CONGRATULATIONS !!!!!!!!......for sticking to it.......for working hard in spite of,,,,,,pain......slow....agonizing progress......naysayers.......etc. etc. etc.....................glad to have you back..........and I'll bet anything........same time next year will be even more reason for celebration..............isn't God great ?................much peace and love......Norma

Hi Antraweathers.......just noticed that it was your very first post........so I wanted to extend a warm welcome to disaboom..............I'm also an R.N................boy...........you got handed alot.....all at once......the stroke......your mother's passing......that's alot to swallow in one gulo.........but here you are......on disaboom......trying to share your experience with Barry. I also live in Texas........about 30 miles east........in the country. You know by now.......you're definately not alone with your experience.........you should do what I just did........read Barry's post from the beginning.........read all the advice he got........see the slow but steady progression..........that should give you some real encouragement............I would only add .........don't negate how much our dear Lord can help............just ask..............my best and prayers are for you towards your recovery...............peace and love ...........Norma

AndyZ:

Don't let anyone tell you you've maxed out (like my neurologist told me recently-they don't know anything!) Never give up.

 

Eeek! That's a doctor who hasn't kept up with the science in the last ten years. Jeez!  

This sounds awful familiar.  My stroke wasmarch 28(07).  mine was a blokage on my right side which got my left side like yours.  I now walk about anywhere

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

i want unassisted but now I'm having the by the way dissusions.  such as . I had a gran-mal sezure.  SCARED MY WIFE OF 37 YEARS SLMOST TO DEATH.  wE LIVE WAY OUT IN THE STICKS Here in oklahoma.  The dr. said by the way lots of stroke victims suffer seizuresand was suprised it took a year to have one.   Next one will be #3.  Sorry I didn't catch if you were M/F.  I don't get messages thru Disaboombut feel free to ask me ANYTHING YOU WANTatonthecanadian@itlnet.net.  My name is Mike E Roberts and i'm a retired school teacher doing my best to hang on.  If your male be careful of anti-depresents, they tempalarily break your gun .  No ED it just won't shoot.  that will make you want to take more .  the strange thing I'm dealing with now is when it got my left body side it got my circulaytion, my left side stays cold all the time. I was so cold this morning I woke up at 2:50.  maybe thaths why I can't spell or type with my good hand.