recovering from a brain stroke

[Greybriar]

Get well soon!

[Rodwonder]

May your recovery be fast!

[warspite1]

Glad to hear you are on the mend TD. Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

[Josh]

Wow. What a story. Hope you recover soon TD.

What I find inspiring, and this might also be inspiring for you don't know, is the (U.S) paralympics group on facebook; https://www.facebook.com/usparalympics?fref=nf
I've been an athlete for more than thirty years now, and as a consequence one of the older guys in the gym [:D], and you know how it goes sometimes you feel too worn out, too tired, too cranky or whatever to train, or do your exercises, or you are just feeling lazy (just let me sit on the couch and watch telly please?) Then go watch these paralympians, despite all their injuries, despite the fact that their training can be so much harder than mine... they *still* do it. Utmost respect for these guys and gals. So if they can do it, you can do it.

Good luck with your recovery and see you on the battlefield. [:)]

[terje439]

ORIGINAL: TulliusDetritus

Many thanks for the kind words. Really appreciated.
I'm very optimistic, not only because they clearly told me I would totally recover.
I started moving the fingers of my left hand just like 3 weeks after the stroke, which is definitely very fast or early. A massive good sign.
The physiotherapist in charge of me (a competent young woman) says she likes to work with me because I always cooperate, never say "no"(au contraire, its always a "yes" with a big smile)and that I a am sponge: my brain quickly adapts and relearns apparently. And of course because she sees the same progress.

What's surprised me is to see many people around me saying "no", refusing to work hard. Mostly old people (tired to fight?) but i guess some young ones with no hope, apparently. They gave up. Sad, but im no one to judge. Here Im only the one who will work hard to get out of here, thats my only goal now! The rest can and WILL wait!

Yes, im having a blood thinner and when i will get out of here i will pay much more attention to my health (this is my FIRST time in hospital, I never visited doctors LOL AND looks like im not inmortal, who would have thought itl!)

Cheers

I recall from when I was a cap driver here in Norway (here the government will pay for cap fares to and from hospitals and rehabilitation), how one thing never failed. Those that were negative in their attitude never got back to full health, while those that remained positive would get back to 100%. The mind is a powerful force indeed. Keep the spirits up [&o]

[GaryChildress]

Wishing you a speedy recovery TD! Know that we are all rooting for you. Stay determined. You will recover. We have faith in you. [:)]

[tcarusil]

Keep up with the rehab. It is vital.
Good Luck

TomC

[sven6345789]

Hope you get well soon. Recovering from a brain stroke can take a long time and often requires a lot of hard physiotherapy. Never give up, even if the advances seem small. Glad to hear your making advances already. Hang in there, and ones again, never ever give up!!

Godspeed!

[USSAmerica]

Best wishes for a speedy recovery! Keep the positive attitude. It is the most important factor in your recovery!

[Alan Sharif]

Sorry to. read of your misfortune. Hope you make a speedy recovery.

[aaatoysandmore]

ORIGINAL: TulliusDetritus

The 7th july i suffered a brain stroke. I could have died that day but looks like I have been relatively lucky after all...

I survived but the ischemic stroke literally fried the part of the brain that tells me how to walk. In other words, the locomotor system has been annihilated. I have to relearn how to walk again, to use my fingers,arm.
The good thing is that i am already recovering really fast, according to all the doctors (I am relatively young: 47 and the stroke was not very severe, i already started rehab), so a total recovery (left leg and arm) is expected. But its a slow process. Very slow. I' m literally relearning to walk!

Its been of course a terrifying experience. I had horrible nightmares when i was in the intensive care unit (10 days IIRC).
I even jumped out of the bed (dont ask ne how i did that because i ignore how I managed to do that!) TWICE, in two different nights... I didnt break my neck and remember very well how I was trying to convince the nurses that everything was ok,that they did not need to tie me... They didnt LOL (I really feared that)!
As i said its really been terryfying but I do know there will be a total recovery. I just need hard work. When i look back (a mere one month) i see a lot of progress, i will walk again, and pretty soon. And ride my trail BETA bike too!

Edit: sorry about the many typos. Typing from my hospital bed; with the celll phone.

Cheers and everyone stay healthy!i[:)]

Amazing...I had my brain stroke on July 1st about 2 years ago (57 then) and didn't go to the hospital until the 7th of July. I did not lose the motor functions of my left arm and leg but I lost balance and have lived with a cloudy feeling in my head for 2 years now. I stagger going down my hallway and no longer can see well in the dark or judge my side to side vision when driving my car very well. Everything feels so close to me on either side. I also can no longer type 62wpm as my fingers no longer go where I tell them to on the keyboard. I'm down to more like 32wpm.

It's an ordeal to take a shower or put my clothes on. It's hard to hit the opening of the legs in my pants, my legs just warbble around trying to goto the right place.

So, you have all my symphathies and I do hope you recover better than I did. I had a 2nd stroke about a month later and this one hit my right side hand. I could raise my arm but I could not use my hand. Was the weirdest feeling that everything just stops working. I tried to put my hand around a doorknob and turn it but I could not do it.

Then about 2 months later I had my 3rd stroke still what they call a TIA and I actually watched myself in the mirror have this stoke. I could not swallow correctly and I went into the bathroom to get some water and the right side of my neck got a weird feeling and I couldn't swallow. Then I looked in the mirror and the left side of my face was dropping and I got vertigo for just a moment. Within a minute everything stopped and everything went back to normal. I'll never forget that look I saw in the mirror.

I'm 2 years in now and still have the cloudly head feeling and fatigue. I watch my salt intake daily. Try to keep it around 1500mg or less but I still eat all the foods I enjoy just with less salt now. Do you know how much salt is in ONE slice of a meat lovers pizza? One slice over 2800mgs almost double a heart attack or stroke victums intake for one whole day. Think of all these young people just pouring it into their systems who eat a lot more than one slice. I use to eat whole LARGE pizzas at a time.

Take it from someone who wasn't as lucky as you. Slow down on the salt. Eat lots of fruit, oranges, bananas, cantalope, stuff like that and lose the weight if you have any. I've lost 40lbs since the strokes and it feels great. Now to lose another 40 and I'll be where I want to be in weight class.

The sad thing is the Dr. told me that only reduces my chances of having another stoke or heart attack but it's no guarantee they won't still happen again once they have happened at least once. I love the way Dr's give us hope sometimes. [:D]

[TulliusDetritus]

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Amazing...I had my brain stroke on July 1st about 2 years ago (57 then) and didn't go to the hospital until the 7th of July. I did not lose the motor functions of my left arm and leg but I lost balance and have lived with a cloudy feeling in my head for 2 years now. I stagger going down my hallway and no longer can see well in the dark or judge my side to side vision when driving my car very well. Everything feels so close to me on either side. I also can no longer type 62wpm as my fingers no longer go where I tell them to on the keyboard. I'm down to more like 32wpm.

It's an ordeal to take a shower or put my clothes on. It's hard to hit the opening of the legs in my pants, my legs just warbble around trying to goto the right place.

So, you have all my symphathies and I do hope you recover better than I did. I had a 2nd stroke about a month later and this one hit my right side hand. I could raise my arm but I could not use my hand. Was the weirdest feeling that everything just stops working. I tried to put my hand around a doorknob and turn it but I could not do it.

Then about 2 months later I had my 3rd stroke still what they call a TIA and I actually watched myself in the mirror have this stoke. I could not swallow correctly and I went into the bathroom to get some water and the right side of my neck got a weird feeling and I couldn't swallow. Then I looked in the mirror and the left side of my face was dropping and I got vertigo for just a moment. Within a minute everything stopped and everything went back to normal. I'll never forget that look I saw in the mirror.

I'm 2 years in now and still have the cloudly head feeling and fatigue. I watch my salt intake daily. Try to keep it around 1500mg or less but I still eat all the foods I enjoy just with less salt now. Do you know how much salt is in ONE slice of a meat lovers pizza? One slice over 2800mgs almost double a heart attack or stroke victums intake for one whole day. Think of all these young people just pouring it into their systems who eat a lot more than one slice. I use to eat whole LARGE pizzas at a time.

Take it from someone who wasn't as lucky as you. Slow down on the salt. Eat lots of fruit, oranges, bananas, cantalope, stuff like that and lose the weight if you have any. I've lost 40lbs since the strokes and it feels great. Now to lose another 40 and I'll be where I want to be in weight class.

The sad thing is the Dr. told me that only reduces my chances of having another stoke or heart attack but it's no guarantee they won't still happen again once they have happened at least once. I love the way Dr's give us hope sometimes. [:D]
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3 strokes in a short period of time. sorry about that[:(] and on the right side its worse. take care.

[Rosseau]

Bad enough, but glad it wasn't worse for both of you. We take so much for granted, until it is suddenly taken away.

[Volunteer]

I hope you make as best a recovery as possible.

[wodin]

I too wish you a speedy and full recovery.

[Erik Rutins]

Good luck, keep at it and I hope you have a full and swift recovery!

[jack54]

Also wishing you a full and speedy recovery!

[Gilmer]

I love this forum because all of you are so very supportive.

[Zap]

Many of us are in the age range where something can go wrong with us. We understand the suffering of others.

[decaro]

Tell your doctors that gaming is "therapeutic".