stroke facts for patients

“The impossible just takes a little longer.” –Art Berg
The perfect quote for recovery.  To put with the doctor telling you that after 6 months you won’t see as much progress.  Laugh in his face or drool if it’s the best you can do. 
Many people see bigger gains after the first 6 months.  A friend [...]

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
- Thomas Edison

Last weekend I was on the hill and surrounded by briers and thorns as long as 3″.  It was overwhelming for my little brain.

It takes very little to overwhelm you after a [...]

After hearing an update last night on a friend who had a massive stroke a year ago, I decided to do another post on recovery.
So, I pulled out my white board and began mind mapping the idea of “recovery”. I placed the word “recovery” in the middle and circled it.  From there I drew [...]

Outwardly one’s life may suffer every kind of limitation, from bodily paralysis to miserable surroundings, but inwardly it is free in meditation toreach out to a sphere of light, beauty, truth, love, and power.
Paul Brunton Meditations for People in Crisis
(Thanks Dena for the quote!  If you’d like to read more inspiring quotes, check out [...]

If you’re left or right handed, do you know how a stroke might affect your ability to do certain things?
Do you know the different treatments that might be used if you have a bleeding stroke or a blockage?
How long will it take you to recover in rehab?
Is it possible to recover various functions [...]

[Although stroke isn't mentioned in the article, it's still something to look into.]
Hype of Hydrotherapy / Aquatic Physical Therapy
By Milos Pesic
Doesn’t water suggest life? Since the dawn of time, water has possessed an overflow of revitalizing healing properties. Water cleanses, purifies, soothes.
In more medical terms it eliminates inflammation and infection. Helping healing better, and [...]

Make it a great weekend!  See you Monday!
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One of the many tough things about having a stroke was seeing my reaction time slow to a near stand still.  My grandma at 94 had a faster reaction time than me.  So, I took to playing games to help me improve.
One trick was bouncing a tennis ball off the wall and trying to catch [...]

I remember when I was a little kid, about 5 or 6, dragging a kitchen chair behind me to the living room and exercising with Jack LaLanne.  It was fun and he always kept you exited about exercising.   
Anyway, if you’d told me back then that when I was 48 he’d still be alive, [...]

Yesterday’s video came from a blog post on exercise I came across on Dr. Gupta’s (CNN) blog.
I thought the comments were even better than the post.   The coolest one was about a woman in her 90’s who exercised at the gym every week.  She’d participate by exercising  in aerobics classes and pretty much do [...]