You. You alone have to do it.
This is only my 6th related post on this subject;
1. http://oc1dean.blogspot.com/2012/09/my-theory-on-motor-recovery-stroke-rehab.html
2. http://oc1dean.blogspot.com/2012/09/what-is-your-stroke-protocol.html
3. http://oc1dean.blogspot.com/2012/09/are-you-on-your-own-for-stroke-recovery.html
4. http://oc1dean.blogspot.com/2012/08/when-your-recovery-fails-what-is-your.html
5. http://oc1dean.blogspot.com/2011/11/why-good-doctors-give-useless-answers.html
You will need to rely on yourself, your therapists can give you exercises to do but you will need to do them. Dr. Steven Wolfs contention, 'Stroke patients need to rely more on their own problem solving to regain mobility', You can read all the survivor books you want and the common factor is persistence, not giving up. There are NO shortcuts, NO drugs, NO stem cells in the current environment to help you. That's why I am ranting so much on the hyperacute possibilities. If we can prevent lots of neurons from dying the future survivors will not have such difficult times trying to recover. And that will only happen if we can convince the whole stroke medical world that they are failing and need to look for solutions.
Until that wonderful world comes you will have to follow this and make yourself be in the 10% as listed below.
This book, The survivors club : the secrets and science that could save
your life / Ben Sherwood, was interesting in that it broke down
survivors of disasters into 3 groups. 10% would actively become leaders,
80% would follow the leaders, 10% would do nothing. I try to apply this
to my stroke survivorship and am working on being in the top 10%. Maybe this is why only 10% of survivors fully recover.
If you are a follower you may not recover to the best of your ability.
You have to become the 10%. Its lonely up there.
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