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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.

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Saugatuck Sand Dunes state park, MI

Walked 5-6 miles of these trails this past weekend. Beautiful yellow and gold colors, warm, 50s and 60s.  The forested sand dunes were good walking, fairly stable and well packed. The dunes however were quite the challenge.  A friend told me that was because the sand grains were round rather than angular so climbing up has almost no stability. Walking the beach was pretty good because the packed sand was at a slant, forcing you to use the muscles that prevent the affected foot from rolling under. When climbing the dunes my left foot was at a 45 degree angle because I still have no pushoff with my toes.


Lake Michigan looking south
Lake Michigan looking north

Sand dune path down to the lake

Only 50-70 feet high

Interior trails
Interior trails

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  1. Barb PolanOctober 28, 2015 at 11:04 AM

    Beautiful. How long did the 5-6 miles take you to walk? After my knee surgery (my limiting factor now), I want to routinely walk the 5-mile circle around the block, but I don't want it to take too much of my day. I know we're all different - blah, blah - but I'd like a reasonable estimate.

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    1. oc1deanOctober 28, 2015 at 3:00 PM

      3 miles took me about 2 hours, the sand dunes slowed that down considerably. If I was walking in that sand for an extended basis I'd need an hour for a mile.

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