A stroke can significantly interfere with our motor skills, like: eating, bathing, getting dressed, getting up and down, etc.
Oddly, despite the inconvenience, energy drain and the extra discomfort our lack of motor skills cause - some survivours will allow their pride to stand in the way of using the cool gadgets that are to [...]
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» Never trust your doctor
I sat down today to write up the advice my doctor in Brooklyn, NY gave me, which was: “Never trust a doctor. We don’t know everything. Do your own research. If we tell you something - research it out.”
For the fun of it, I googled, “never trust your doctor” and found the best video I’ve [...]
» Stroke Facts: When you need a challenge to get you moving.
Let’s say you’re bored out of your skull with the side-effects of your stroke and you just need a challenge. Why not work on your speech.
It’s been seven years since my last series of strokes and I still have a hard time with my s’s when I’m tired. So how about practising a sentence I [...]
» Stroke Facts: 2 Tips for falling with style
I fell a lot after my strokes. Partly due to the stroke and partly due to the stroke giving me dystonia (a neurological illness that causes involuntary muscle movements).
Despite the fact that falling hurts and we swear we’ll eventually break a hip, there’s no point in getting depressed over it.
Instead, turn it into a sport! [...]
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