Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Thursday, January 3, 2013

buttoning my pants

I'm heartbroken. I used to fit in 34 inch waist jeans, prior to stroke I conceded that I needed a 35 inch waist. Until now.
When I started back to work after 6 months my main concern was  not anything cognitive or ambulating to meetings, it was the ability to rebutton my pants if needed. I practiced. I noticed that it did require a metal stud button.  I  can't get my left hand to participate in any way at all to assist buttoning, but I have gotten very good at one-handed use. Today I tried to button a newly bought 35 inch waist pair of cords. It didn't work. As a temporary solution I'll have to get one of those waist button extenders. But it really means I have to accept the fact I need to buy 36 inch waist pants.
Damn this stroke, taking away my fantasy of still being fit.
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