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LIFE AFTER STROKE
_My inspirational life after stroke to help you manage yours _
By Jeff Kagan
February 2010
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_Five years ago in 2004 I had a stroke. I am still recovering. There
is so much I have learned which I want to share with you. Information
you will eventually learn on your own, but which would be helpful to
you today. This is one part of a series of reports and books to share
what I have learned with you. _
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ABOUT JEFF KAGAN
Over the past twenty-five years I have been a telecom industry
analyst, speaker, author, and publish the _Jeff Kagan Report
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LIFE AFTER STROKE
_My inspirational life after stroke to help you manage yours _
_You have a choice. You can be bitter or you can get better. I heard
this from Bob Woodruff of ABC news after struggling to recover when he
was injured in Iraq by a bomb. _
You've had a stroke. So how long does recovery take?
Weeks? Months? Years? Yes.
You've had a stroke. First let me tell you I am very sorry. I
completely understand what you are going through. I had a stroke
almost 6 years ago. Expect to go through several different stages.
They are normal.
Hopefully by the end of this report you will be feeling much better,
much more in control, and have a better understanding of all the
questions you are currently wrestling with, and more.
How do I know? Because when I had my stroke this was the information
I was looking for and could not find. I had to learn the long and hard
way. I made plenty of mistakes, large and small. I want to help you
avoid these mistakes and focus on your recovery. Your focus should be
on getting better.
At first you are confused because your brain has been injured.
Depending on the part of your brain that is affected, things may or
may not seem normal for a while.
Next, you are sure you will get better quickly. After all you don't
know much about stroke and you don't learn everything you need to know
from the doctors.
Next, you start to realize how this has changed your life and worse,
it is not short term. You may have these problems for a long while.
Next, as a result, you then become depressed and beaten down. All
this can last several years until.
Depression and recovery
Until you set your mind right. Until you realize you can't do
anything about it. Until you realize you are the only one who can make
the best of a bad situation. You start to think the right way. The
positive way. Positive expectations is a different mind set. It will
lead you to heal.
You start to see you cup as half full rather than half empty like
you have been seeing things. Suddenly you start to see brighter skies
ahead. You realize your life will be different, but at least you are
alive and can still love and live and you fully intend to do just
that.
How long does it take to get to this point? The answer is different
for everyone. It depends on how severe your stroke is. It depends how
much it affects your life. I don't remember when, but it took me a
good year or two. Then I spent the next several years working hard to
recover.
Strokes are different. No two strokes are the same. It depends on
the part of your brain that dies and how much of it. That's what can
tell you what you will not be able to do.
Recovery has two parts. One is rehab. Learning how to do things
again. The other is time. Simply time. Giving yourself the time it
takes to heal. The time it takes for your brain to re-wire itself. And
it does do that.
Since I had my stroke I hear that word more often. I am suddenly
tuned-in. You will be too. Listen. Learn. There is not as much as you
would like, but there is more than when I had mine just a few years
ago.
Waves of recovery
As time goes by you will be able to do things you cannot do today.
That feels great, but it also takes time. It takes a few years, but it
does happen. Not in one big event. Rather in many smaller events. I
call them waves. Waves of healing.
This is the best way I can describe it. You may have one wave, two
waves, three waves per year. Its not gradual healing. It wasn't for
me. It was nothing, then suddenly a rush as you realize you can do
something again. It is thrilling.
Your life changes completely. You don’t understand it all. Nor does
your family and friends. The people who are taking care of you are
just as confused as you are. Stroke is new for everyone.
When you break your leg you deal with it because you still have your
brain. However when you have a stroke it is different. Your brain has
been injured. That means you cannot think and act like normal. Your
‘normal’ is now different. New. Maybe temporary and maybe permanent.
Doctors, nurses and counselors are there to take care of your
medical needs, but what about the rest of your life? What about
guidance and knowledge to save your sanity and your relationships and
finances.
Everything is suddenly changed; not only your health, but your job,
your relationships, your money, everything.
Changed relationships
It’s not just your life that is changed forever. It is also their
lives. Your family and your friends are there to take care of you.
Yes taking care of you. Your relationship has changed. Just like in
the movies, but this is the real world. You were equals. You are no
longer equals. They are now your caretakers. That is much different.
How long is the question. A few years or much longer? Either way it
will be for a long while so get used to it. That changes your
relationship. No one really understands how everything about your
relationship will change, but it does. Neither you nor your caretakers
understand yet.
Early on you don’t mind. You don’t actually know it. Your mind has
been damaged by the stroke and you enter on a long journey of
recovery. This journey has several different steps and none of them
are familiar. This is a very strange new world. On top of that your
brain may not be able to act or react like normal. You may feel drunk
or high for a long time.
You’ve talked with doctors and counselors. Nobody ever talks about
how long it will take to get you back to normal. That is assuming you
can get back to some state of normal.
I know what you are thinking. I thought the same thing a few years
ago when I first had my stroke. That’s crazy. Of course I would get
back to normal. But stroke recovery is different for everyone. Some
recover in months while others take many years and others never
recover.
The aggravating part is you don’t know in advance. You have to hope
for the best, and pray for speed, and work your tail off for recovery.
Then there are no guarantees. You still have to hope and pray.
Recovery will happen over time
However recovery is possible. You will recover. The question is how
much?
Early on your mind will not let you believe it. I remember. I
thought it would be like getting over a cold or flu, or maybe like a
broken leg.
I would get better eventually right? Perhaps it would take a little
longer, but I would get back to normal soon. But what is this new
normal anyway? And how soon is soon.
It has been 5 ½ years for me so far and I have learned so much over
that time. One thing I have learned is stroke can take quite a bit of
time to recover from. Even at that point, when you have some recovery,
you still probably won’t be back to normal yet. I am still recovering
after almost 6 years.
Stroke recovery happens at its own pace. But at least it happens.
That is not necessarily bad, just different. Very different.
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Stroke impact. Your conversations and your thoughts may be much
shorter , among other strange new things.
Stroke can impact many different areas among different people. It
all depends on the part of your brain that your stroke affected. Some
people have trouble on one side or the other. Some people can no
longer hold things in their hands, stand up, walk, talk, see or a
variety of other issues.
You may have trouble thinking normally. You may have trouble
remembering things. This was my problem. If this affects you then you
know this already. No matter what the problem, your life has changed.
At least for several years.
The results can feel maddening during the first few years.
Especially as you struggle to recapture what you once had. Fortunately
the struggle is from an injured mind so it is not that bad. Especially
in the beginning.
As the months pass and as your brain starts to recover it often
becomes a source of depression. You think that you have lost something
and that makes you very sad.
Fortunately I can tell you it gets better. A few years from now you
will be much better than today for multiple reasons. Mainly because
your brain will have begun to recover. Because of that you can
suddenly remember things again. Perhaps not as easily or as well as
before, but the good news is you are on the right track and getting
better, not getting worse.
I can speak of this because it happened to me. My stroke affected
the part of my brain that processes and labels the new information I
learn. I could remember everything prior to the stroke the same as
always. However new information that I learned seemed to go in one ear
and out the other. In reality it did get in, however it was not
labeled before it was stored so I could not remember it. It was lost
in space up there between my ears.
Still recovering
The good news is, over the last several years as my brain has
recovered my memory has improved. More good news is my brain is still
recovering, so I expect to be better one year from today.
That is what you have to look forward to. The amount of recovery is
different for everyone. It depends on quite a few different factors
like the health of your brain, your age, the part of your brain that
was affected and the amount of damage.
Recovery is different from person to person. However I believe that
if you expect and demand the best of yourself, and if you work like
crazy, you stand a much better chance of these good things occurring.
Set the gears up in your mind to have high expectations of yourself.
Here's a big question. If you knew you would get better would you
just sit back and enjoy being disconnected? But what if it takes you
being mentally connected and working like a dog in order to actually
recover? Then you wouldn't just sit back would you? You'd work like
crazy to recover.
Like I said, a paradox. When you think of it that way, even though
you could enjoy the early days of stroke, there is no way you would
ever sit back and hope for recovery. You'd jump in and fight your way
back wouldn't you?
That's your choice.
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A secret I learned that played a large role in my success over the
last 15 – 20 years. It works with stroke recovery too
_Positive expectancy _
Over the last many years I have become successful. It wasn’t easy or
quick. Not until I discovered one of the secrets I think. Positive
expectancy.
It seems that over time I had learned how to wave a magic wand and
create success beyond my wildest dreams over the last 15 – 20 years.
Over the years I tried to explain how, to everyone who was interested.
As it turns out it is not hard, but you have to be thinking the right
way.
This same secret that led me to success has helped me immensely with
my recovery to date.
LET ME EXPLAIN.
Whatever you expect, you will get. Your brain will make it happen
for you. I have learned that our brains do not know whether things are
real or imagined. They don’t think is it right or wrong, good or bad.
All your brain does is make it come true. Whatever you have in your
mind, your brain makes it come true. If you think positively, all your
brain does it make it come true. If you think negatively all your
brain does is make it come true.
Your life is what you think. What you believe. So it is so important
to think the right way. To have the right ideas in your head. Your
brain, even your injured brain, will ultimately make your dreams come
true. Don't ask me why or how this works, but it does. Try it. You
will be pleasantly surprised.
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Sleep.
It is important to realize a part of your brain died.
The rest of it is fine, but that that changed you, at least for a
while
Over the coming months and years as your brain works to heal, to
repair itself as best it can, you may find yourself wondering in a
sort of la-la land. This is actually not a bad place to be.
I discuss this more in the report. It is a very interesting place to
be. Actually believe it or not the first few months is a really
special and nice place to be.
You are disconnected from the stress and pressure of the real world.
Nothing bothers you. There is no pain. No worries. Everything is
wonderful. Beautiful. You have loved ones around you to take care of
all the messy details called life. All while you are in a very nice,
and very special warm and fuzzy place.
It’s like what you think getting high on drugs must be like. Except
getting high only last’s a few minutes or hours. This part of stroke
recovery lasts a lot longer. It goes on for months and years. At least
several months. As your brain begins to heal, after several months,
you begin to come back.
Then as you begin to realize what happened that is the beginning of
the tougher times called healing.
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You are very tired.
You sleep quite a bit. That is good. You wake up and interact with
the family and watch some television then get tired and fall asleep
after an hour or two. Then you wake up again for another hour or two.
Perhaps you try and play with your computer and grab something to eat,
then you get tired again and fall asleep again.
This lasts for months, even years. Don’t fight this. This sleep is
important. This is part of the healing process as your brain is
struggling to repair itself.
Time. It takes time. Time to heal. Time to recover.
Believe it or not its actually nice in here
This is actually one of the most relaxing times you will ever
remember. Its like living inside a massage. Not a bad place to be.
This is the strange part. People who are outside looking in see
confusion and pain and discomfort. Some people may indeed have that.
However others just live in a quiet, peaceful place for a while.
It is your body recovering. Your brain suffered damage. You can get
overwhelmed easily. So have a quiet life for now. Your brain has to
rebuild the connections through new paths.
This takes energy and it takes time. Give yourself that time.
Months. Years. However long you need.
Your family really needs to understand
Sorry to say I yelled at my brothers kids for just being kids
People around you need to understand what has happened to you. They
have to understand you are not choosing to act this way. Then again
you don't understand yourself so how can they?
You have no choice. You are now different. Injured. You have a lot
of self-repairing to do, and it takes time.
You will not be you for a while. I remember during the first year of
recovery when my brother and his family came to visit. It was the same
loud, noisy, crazy bunch as always, and I still love them like any
uncle would, except this time I was not able to handle it.
I didn't understand what was happening. No one told me about this to
prepare me.
So let me help you to understand.
I needed peace and quiet. Understand this. It wasn't just something
I would have preferred, it was necessary. My brain was injured. So I
lost my temper and yelled a lot at the kids. They didn't understand
why I was acting that way. The kids or my brother and sister in law.
Neither did I actually.
I was suddenly and simply overwhelmed with the chaos. I could not
handle it at the time.
Today is it 5 years later. I am better, but not back to normal. I
still get a little nuts when I deal with that sudden wave of noise. I
still love it when they visit or when we go to my parents place in
Florida to visit, but often I have to get in the car and go out alone
for a while.
My brother doesn't understand, but it is for my sanity.
You may experience the same pressures. So understand they are there
working within you all the time as your brain struggles to repair and
rebuild. It takes time. Many months and years. You can't rush it. So
understand it. Don't overwhelm yourself.
Visit and enjoy your family and friends, but do it in small doses,
even if they don't understand.
Enjoy these early stages of recovery
What I am about to say may not sound right, but enjoy this time. It
doesn’t last.
After several months the new pathways start to recover enough that
you begin to recapture what you had lost. Suddenly the blissful peace
starts to get a bit noisier and that is when the stress begins to
creep back into your life.
All of a sudden you start to realize that you are now injured. All
of a sudden you want to get well soon, but you still have a long way
to go.
You don’t really understand everything that is going on. You don’t
understand all the words and issues. You don't understand what
happened to you. You don't understand what your recovery process will
be like.
You may find it difficult or impossible to read at this stage. Words
just don’t have meaning at this point for many. I could not read for a
long time. Fortunately I can read now, but it is still more difficult.
I can do everything I could do before, just in smaller and shorter
doses. That's recovery to me. What will it be to you?
Getting better is good. Getting aggravated is not good.
As you get better it is a mixed blessing. Getting better is good,
but getting aggravated is not good. Try not getting aggravated when
you cannot do the simplest things yet and now you suddenly realize
this
Every month that passes your brain is better than the last month. It
is repairing itself. You know that. That makes you happy. At the same
time every month that goes by you get more and more frustrated with
your inability to do what you used to do. You worry about your future.
I suppose the worry is good. It keeps you working toward repairing.
Sooner or later you will get better and better. However you cannot
control it. In fact you can’t do anything about it yet.
Fortunately it starts soft and slow. It grows over the months.
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You can do one thing, but not another
This is so strange. Only part of your brain is injured. The rest of
your brain should work fine still. In the first several months it is
busy repairing itself so you won’t act normally. However after that
you start to act more normally.
Don’t get me wrong, you won’t be normal for quite a while. It took
me years. However it will be harder for others to tell. Even those who
care for you. They are always cheering you on. Your family may even
begin to forget the things you cannot do. This can be a blessing for
their sense of well being, but can be a little bit of a pain when you
still need them. You don't want to disappoint them, but you still need
them as much as always.
This is when you will notice something very strange. You become a
mixed person.
It’s like breaking your arm, but still doing everything else
normally. Same here, but with your brain. Think about it this way, you
may be able to drive, but you can’t read a book. Part of you works
like normal, while other parts don’t.
Don’t assume if you can do one thing that you are normal in that
respect. You are not normal. Not anymore. That is something you have
to understand.
All of us who have had a stroke have changed. This is not bad, just
different. You must be aware of that.
Parts of your brain are injured while other parts are fine. In fact
most of your brain is fine. Understanding this is complicated, but it
is true. You will see.
Remember recovery takes time. A lot of time.
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Driving again
A while after my stroke I started to drive again. This was a happy
time. Back behind the wheel of my car. I wanted to take a long drive.
I thought that I would go to downtown Atlanta. I got behind the wheel
of my car and started.
It was a beautiful and sunny day. I was driving again. After a while
I thought it must have been a while now since I was getting tired. So
I decided to just turn around and go home. So this trip would be a
little shorter than I originally thought. I ended up just going about
a mile away and then turning around.
That's it. However it seemed like a long trip talking several hours.
You know how you feel after driving for several hours?
When I got back home I listened to the radio for a few minutes
before going in. I woke up an hour later. Yes I fell asleep again.
Remember you still need much sleep. Don't ever forget that.
But that was far enough for day one. This was a real sign that I had
to build up my stamina. Not physical stamina, but mental stamina. That
is something for you to think about. Keep in mind that your stamina
will not be normal for quite a while. Figure a few years.
That does not mean you shouldn’t go and challenge yourself. Just
know it and rest when you get tired.
However it was a good, but short trip. It seemed like it took a
while. That was all I wanted.
My cousin is a neurologist in another state and as we talked I
learned about something called Provigil. I got a prescription from my
neurologist. It helped me stay awake. Like coffee.
I get tied and fall asleep when I am sitting and not moving. Like at
business meetings. So this Provigil actually helped quite a bit.
Fortunately I no longer need this. Today a cup of Starbucks works just
fine.
Look forward to getting back to normal.
BEEP ! Wake up.
I remember sitting at a red light one day and hearing a beep that
woke me up. Apparently I had fallen asleep at the light. Knowing that
can happen I made sure that I was always fully awake and alert before
driving.
Over the next few weeks and months I took many trips. Each getting a
bit longer. Eventually I found myself in downtown Atlanta again.
However I drove differently. I did not drive straight to where I was
going. Instead I explored. I drove all over on streets I never visited
over the past 25 years in Atlanta. I visited all the changed and new
areas of the city. This was an amazing, multi-year adventure for me.
I also ended up in the North Georgia Mountains and all over as my
hours behind the wheel became normal.. I had books on tape and CD and
I drove listening to books and music.
Not that I really understood where I was going. Most times I had no
idea where I was. I wasn’t going anywhere. I was just driving. It was
freeing. It was sunny and warm and the leaves were changing. It was a
beautiful time.
Just make sure you have a GPS unit in your car or you will get lost.
I am serious about this. You’re sense of where you are disappears.
When my brother and his family came for a visit around Thanksgiving,
4 ½ months after the stroke we all got in the cars and drive to the
Fernbank Museum. I had been there many times and should have known how
to get there easily.
However I could not think of the route so I used my GPS. It got us
there. It did take longer than usual I think because it went a
different way, but it got us there.
To tell you the truth I actually cried trying to get there. I could
not remember. It was one of the devastating moments and I had many of
them over the first year or two. This was a much longer trip than I
remembered and the stress of finding a particular place was new.
Usually I just drove without anyplace in mind. But we made it.
That’s what life will be like. Trying new things and having mixed
results. Happy and sad all together. Thrilled that I was still able to
be there, out driving on a sunny day, but also frustrated and
depressed that my memory was shot. The good news is I eventually did
recover. It took years, but I did recover.
So expect the same of yourself. Don't take no for an answer.
Remember your brain doesn't know whether what you are thinking about
is real or imagined, it just works hard to make your thoughts and
dreams come true!
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Worry is good? Yes. It leads to recovery.
Believe it or not, this new worry is good. It is our human desire to
regain control. The worry whether we will be normal again starts
juices flowing in the old noggin.
Unfortunately it will be many months and years to see real recovery,
but you will be able to tell within weeks or months that you are
heading in the right direction.
You will start to feel the first wave of recovery. You will not
really understand this. I did not either. It was an actual good
feeling though. All of a sudden you are heading in the right
direction.
In my story I was in the la-la-land from July when I had my stroke
through around Thanksgiving. My brother came for the holiday and we
stood in the kitchen and talked.
Previous talks were short. They had to be. I could not hold a
thought for more than a couple seconds.
This talk was different. It was the first time since I had the
stroke that I could hold a thought for about 10 minutes. When I
realized it I jumped up and down.
Now holding a thought for 10 minutes may not seem like a big deal,
but when you couldn’t do that and now suddenly you can again, that is
HUGE.
Then over the next year I had another wave or two or three of
recovery.
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Recovery in waves
I talk about recovery in waves. Your recovery may be different, but
everyone I have talked with about this says this sounds typical.
Recovery does not happen gradually over time when you cannot realize
it.
Instead it comes in waves. All of a sudden you can do something you
could not do yesterday. You notice the improvement. That is terrific.
You are not back to normal, but it is a definite improvement.
Then nothing for weeks or months, then suddenly again another wave.
In the early years you will have more frequent waves. As the years
pass you will have fewer waves, but you will still notice each.
I had my stroke 5 ½ years ago. Just a few months ago I had another
wave. This wave gave me the ability to write this and understand how
to put it on the web for you. I continue to improve. You will too.
Your recovery may look different, but it is still recovery.
Look for it. Work for it. Enjoy it. Congratulate yourself.
Stroke recovery is a long journey. You can’t rush it. However I do
think your attitude can impact it. Can improve it.
So always remember that glass is half full, not half empty. Keep the
right frame of reference.
You have a choice. You can be bitter or you can get better. It’s
your choice. I heard this from Bob Woodruff of ABC news after
struggling to recover when he was injured in Iraq by a bomb. Bob is
successfully struggling to get his life back, bit by bit.
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How your stroke impacts your spouse’s life too
Over the first several years I never really thought about how my
stroke affected Deborah my wife. She was always there. She was my rock
while I was full of holes like a slice of Swiss cheese.
We talk about my adventure with stroke occasionally. She told me the
story about when I had the stroke. About the first days in the
hospital. About what the doctors told her. About how it was all one
big mystery. About how she felt it important to not be alarmed or act
afraid for me or of our future. Think about that. How much strength
that takes.
I don’t know if I could have done the amazing job she had done. She
had amazing strength and long term fortitude. To tell you the truth,
in the middle of it all I never realized there was a long-term worry.
I was always ok with it all. But I had a brain injury so believe it or
not, it was easier on me. I wasn't able to understand the risk at the
time.
Deborah was told I could have another stroke. She was waiting and
watching as well as caring for me when I was strutting around thinking
I was alright. Deborah had to deal with caring for my brain injury,
while at the same time she had her brain in tact and could see the
risk for our future.
Fortunately our income and money was not a problem in the beginning.
This gave us the ability to take our time during the healing and to
learn. Then over the next year or two I lost most of my business. I
couldn’t do what I used to do.
I love Deborah more than life itself, but apparently I was not able
to think clearly about how this was all affecting her. Then after
years I started thinking much more clearly and started to realize how
I would have simply freaked out if this had happened to her and I was
supposed to be in charge.
Deborah was instantly transformed from my wife, my spouse, my
partner, to my caretaker, my nurse, my teacher.
Our relationship had changed. I don't think that I was primarily her
husband. Instead I was in her care. Well let me change that. Of course
I was still her husband. However we are all multiple things to each
other. We are spouses, friends, fellow parents, breadwinners, and so
on.
First I was always her best friend and husband. Now suddenly I was
first her patient. It changed our relationship.
While writing this for you, I have begun thinking about what she
went through. I also realized we had to talk. I realized things were
changing again, for the better.
Now that I am getting better we had a talk and I explained to her
that I am beginning to understand what her life was like for her
during the last five years. Not a party to say the least.
I understand that she went through hell. Not knowing whether I would
recover until I did. Recover from stroke. That means mentally,
physically, emotionally and financially. We don’t think about that,
but that is very important for survival.
As bad as all that was, it was worse because she was alone. She
could not talk with me about it because I was not there. She has a
sister and my family to talk with and she did. However she was the
primary care giver to me and she saw things and understood things that
no one else did.
Thank God I found her 30 years ago. Deborah is the best thing in my
life and I love her more than she could ever know. Of course she still
says the same thing to me after all these years so I am indeed the
luckiest man alive.
Think about your spouse.
You are going through stroke, but so are they. They are going
through stress and pressure and look to you for support and
understanding. They are only human. They know they are the caretaker,
but now and then, look them in the eyes and tell them how much you
love them and are so happy and thankful they are there for you. And
that you will always be there for them.
Just tell them that you love them. And keep saying you love them.
This stroke may have hit you, but you are not the only one impacted
by it. Your whole family is. Everyone who cares about you and who
depends upon you. You are all together fighting this even though you
may not realize it yet.
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Here is a sample of a few other chapters in report
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Helping you manage your new life after stroke
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A stroke can feel just as debilitating.
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Rejuvenation describes the magical activity that occurs in the brain
after injury or illness like stroke. It heals itself over time.
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Tears and emotions were another problem.
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Tastes change
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Weight control messed up with stroke
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Coffee anyone?
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Jerks – you or them?
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Choose carefully whom you are around
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Almost 1 million of us every year have a stroke
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Places are just as bad as people
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Where did I park the car this time?
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Recovery is uneven, some days better, some days worse. Two steps
forward, one step back
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Pocket voice recorder saved my sanity many times
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Taped an interview for trade show after 6 months
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NOTES on your cell phone will help
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I could not remember new information
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Recovery never stops
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You are a survivor!
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Half full or Half empty?
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Income and job may be cut or even gone. What is next? Catastrophe!
Unless.
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This is your do-over.
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Will this be over quickly so you will be back to normal soon?
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How your stroke impacts your life
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Some days are better than others.
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The brain re-maps functions
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Back to normal
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A close call at hospital you should learn from
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Are you depressed?
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Publix vs Kroger grocery shopping, for better or worse
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Lay back and enjoy, or work hard to recover?
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Be careful when shopping
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Recovery may be right around the corner
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We are just starting to learn more about stroke
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Protect yourself, you never know, stroke may be right around corner
_And more !_
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