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Cerebellar Stroke - experience/treatment/recovery
Stroke & Cerebrovascular Diseases | Last Active: May 5 11:27pm | Replies (515)Comment receiving replies
"I tend to think I am just feeling sorry for myself at times and always try to remember how lucky I am compared to many others"
I get that! I also tell myself things could be worse when I am having negative feelings. I hate to use the term lucky (I didn't win the lottery here), maybe more fortunate than others, always somebody dealing with bigger challenges than I am. That being said. life has changed. I still get up every morning and check to see if the room is spinning before getting out of bed. My right hand is still a little off causing me to concentrate a little more on those things that I use it for. I have been playing guitar since my teens but have spent almost every day during the last 10 months relearning how to hold and grasp a pick, learning how to keep a beat with my strumming hand, finding the right string when picking, and so on. All of those things that I never had to think about in the past. The thing that keeps me going today is I am a little better than yesterday. Yesterday is a whole lot better than last January. Keep focusing on the positives and hopefully I will someday be close to 100% normal again.
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Dear @hammond99,
My Stroke happened on 05/04/01! I also had to learn how to do everything with my non-dominant hand; as I wrote, ate, etcetera with my left hand; and my Stroke was n the right side of my Brain, so It has frankly , taken me 17 years to relearn everything! I know how lonely and depressing one can feel after a Stroke; however, the bright side, is that you are ALIVE!!!!! I also still experience Vertigo, because I have left ear infections, which throws off my balance, but I have also learned to accept and move forward, no matter the obstacles! It's hard for me to have not earned any money in 17 years, and to depend on the lousy , good for nothing benefits from our Government; which they keep threatening to take away! I have learned to speak up, am writing a book about coming back from my Stroke, and am also staying positive! I used to love playing the piano, teaching preschool, and not being exhausted in the afternoons; however, I have learned to compensate now and have been involved in many Stroke Support Groups, and am in 2 Youtube Videos from my Stroke Camp in Ashland, MA from the Faulkner Hospital Stroke Support Group! I am therefore choosing to participate in life and keep focusing on the things I am able to accomplish daily, by writing 3 things, that were positive or good in my journal every single day! I hope you also look at your daily accomplishments and keep up the positive attitude! I also use Meditation, Yoga, Qui Gong, and other classes to keep my mind and body healthy! I have also decided to cut out sugar, wheat, and other foods, which contribute to so many Physical ailments!