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.

Sunday, September 27, 2015

New Neuroscience Reveals 4 Rituals That Will Make You Happy

Read the details. I'm sure your doctor is not doing anything in this category for you post stroke.
Thanks to everyone out there who reads my blatherings and gets the word out on how stroke needs to be fixed. There are times when I feel not only am I tilting at windmills I'm trying to complete a Sisyphean task.
http://www.bakadesuyo.com/2015/09/make-you-happy-2/

Sum Up

Here’s what brain research says will make you happy:
  • Ask “What am I grateful for?” No answers? Doesn’t matter. Just searching helps.
  • Label those negative emotions. Give it a name and your brain isn’t so bothered by it.
  • Decide. Go for “good enough” instead of “best decision ever made on Earth.”
  • Hugs, hugs, hugs. Don’t text — touch.
So what’s the dead simple way to start that upward spiral of happiness?
Just send someone a thank you email. If you feel awkward about it, you can send them this post to tell them why.
This really can start an upward spiral of happiness in your life. UCLA neuroscience researcher Alex Korb explains:
Everything is interconnected. Gratitude improves sleep. Sleep reduces pain. Reduced pain improves your mood. Improved mood reduces anxiety, which improves focus and planning. Focus and planning help with decision making. Decision making further reduces anxiety and improves enjoyment. Enjoyment gives you more to be grateful for, which keeps that loop of the upward spiral going. Enjoyment also makes it more likely you’ll exercise and be social, which, in turn, will make you happier.

Read the whole thing, it's very important for your mental health. You need that mental happiness to find the best recovery, because your doctors and therapists really do nothing in terms of your recovery.
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  1. Geoff.WenkerFebruary 13, 2016 at 6:31 PM

    Dean,
    Just following the advice in this post by sending a thank you email for all the work you are doing to improve stroke care.

    I share your frustrations and I think it is making a difference, even though it seems like we are pushing a rope uphill.

    More specifically, your blog is my go to source for all things stroke. About 6 weeks ago, my health insurance tried to cut off my therapy, so I submitted an appeal that included 7 references to your blog as a reference to make my case.
    They approved my appeal last week!

    Thanks again!

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