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.

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Relaxation

There is none anymore. It is not possible for me to truly relax anymore. I can't sit in a chair or couch without checking to make sure my left arm is not in the way as I sit down. Then after sitting I have to determine if I want to try to flatten and wedge my fingers under a leg or just go for the easy route and hang the arm down the side, hoping to reduce my spasticity enough so it hangs straight.  Even just sitting in a car requires much thought, watching the scenery is interspersed with checking my arm and working on my hamstring, pulling my foot under me.
No wonder I am mentally fatigued each and every day and all day long. Probably why I love the social events I go to where drinking alcohol is involved. For short periods of time I can just talk and laugh. Although with one usable hand drinking and snacking are not doable at the same time.
Flying is even worse because I have to hold and make sure my left arm isn't intruding into my seatmate or the aisle due to the damnable spasticity.  I can no longer relax enough to fall asleep while flying.

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