You know, my friend was telling me the other night that it is nothing short of a miracle that I am here and that I need to share my story. To be honest, I had never really thought of it that way until then. Then I started thinking about the 2 patients that died in the hospital from a stroke (2 different hospital stays) and just how blessed and lucky I really am. I am blessed that I have the right side of my face back as well as my right arm and hand. I was lucky enough to regain those in the hospital and did not need physical therapy. I do have some slight drooping on the right side of my mouth but or course I am among the very few who notices it, along with the doctors and my sons.
The very reason that I am here on this site is to help those who are not as blessed/lucky as I am. Having decreased blood flow to your brain makes things very difficult to sort out and organize things that you need to do to arrange your care, your bills, your every day life. I am sure that that is where some of the depression and anger come into play. I have no guarantees that I will not have another stroke but I do know that as long as I am here and coherent, I will do whatever I can to get the word out about strokes, blood disorders, auto immune diseases.
Thank you for listening and know I am here to help or just chat.
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Nice blog Melanie. I am the creator of Strokes Suck. My gf had 5 strokes because of this. She runs strokes Suck UK. Thanks for posting
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Bob. Your support means alot to me. Please let me know how your gf is doing and maybe a little bit about her history.
ReplyDeleteBob can you post a link to your site?
ReplyDeletei love how you are blogging so much. to me it is like having your own journal... to have support of people can sometimes help you through the tuff times.. i love you girl, hope you are having a great day!
ReplyDeleteThank you Ray. I gotta be honest with ya, I am surprised at how the emotional effects are harder to deal with than the physical effects at times. I am pushing through. I do have a good support system with my sons and Brian and my family. I think I need to do more though. Working on that.
ReplyDeleteOur site is http://StrokesSuck.com
ReplyDeleteWe have another site dedicated to our members in the UK run by Denise Burkill and myself and another dedicated to caregivers and family run by Christina Dionne, Denise and myself.
I'm really looking forward to meeting you Melanie