Deans' stroke musings: 'Stroke changed my identity' former Errol runner calls for psychological rehab help

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.

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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.

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

'Stroke changed my identity' former Errol runner calls for psychological rehab help

Why would you need to be working on this? 100% recovery protocols and you don't have to solve this secondary problem. DON'T YOUR STROKE REHAB PROVIDERS HAVE ENOUGH BRAINS TO SEE THAT?

'Stroke changed my identity' former Errol runner calls for psychological rehab help

The lack of psychological assistance for people who survive a stroke in Scotland must change says former policeman and Perthshire runner Andrew.

Stroke survivor Andy Wilson from Errol. This image was taken during a running trip to Tiree when he first suffered chest pains. He recovered but had to take early retirement and give up running altogether (Image: unknown)

A former policeman from Errol in Perthshire has highlighted the untreated psychological damage he suffered following a stroke.

He told the PA his story to back up a call from The Stroke Association (SA) for Scotland’s 14 health boards to take immediate action to address the emotional and psychological needs of stroke survivors.

Errol was a Police Scotland public order instructor and officer. He was very physically active and, outside of work, a keen endurance athlete.

Afterwards he was out of the force, diagnosed with PTSD and depression and reported the frustration of having to give up his active hobbies.

The Stroke Association’s concerns come after they made a Freedom of Information (FOI) request and found less than 10 per cent of clinical/neuropsychologists had protected time for stroke cases .

In addition, the Scottish Stroke Care Audit revealed in June this year that not one health board is delivering specialised psychological care.