I had a stroke (or multiples) on Oct. 28th, 2018 - I am in rehab and at times I feel like I am going backwards. I did not have the typical FACE either and answered all the protocol questions...but very slow to respond. I felt like someone hit me on the side of the head with a bat (right side), and my vision was that of a kaleidoscope - I had to keep my eyes in the dark for a week and suffered extreme headaches. They said I had a stroke in the right cerebellum. I don't understand and am confused by the fact that I have no pain feelings in my right side. I go to therapy and my right side does not want to do what my mind is telling it to do. I have to do it with the left first, to try and figure out what to do.
I am frustrated, depressed, and just want to be normal again. I forget everything now...I write it down, but then I have no clue where I wrote it. I have started keeping one book for everythiing, but need to remember to use it. I used to be a highly intelligent person, and now I mess up words all the time. I hesitate and stammer most when I am on the phone with someone I don't really know and have to answer questions (like insurance, etc.)
Someone the other day (at a restaurant) said I was drunk. I can't drive. I now take zoloft to help with the depression. It does minimize my crying spells, but still. I can compensate and appear okay to people, but it takes everything out of me and I am exhausted.
Some of you are saying 10-12mths of this??? I am only 54 and that seems like forever to me.
Sorry, I feel like I am just venting.