Unlike yourself the only outward disability that I have are some balance issues and a stupid annoying leak from the left side of my mouth it kind a looks likes I’m always drooling. The drugs that they have me will sometimes will make me look like I’m a little spaced out, so I tell people if I look like I’m spaced out and drooling I’m really okay and no need to call ambulance!

Everything for me is cognitive, concentration and headaches. These are all hard to be seen outward to people and therefore they think that I’m OK from the stroke. I work in the IT field has a network admin which requires lots of concentration it seems like every day something is going wrong which really builds upon the headaches.

I wife is a physical therapist at some of the classes ithat she has gone to deal with neurology rewiring the brain after trumatic brain injuries. The last class so she came from they talked about learning to play musical instruments and art as a way to re-wire the pathways and help recovery. In the evenings when I get home I find myself coloring an adult coloring books a lot it helps me turn off the brain at the end of the day and it really calms me down and calms down the brain. I’m really considering trying to learn how to play a musical instrument next.

I really hope that things do get better for you soon.