My Journey
My Mission
WHO AM I?
I am a 72 year old male STROKE SURVIVOR of 13 years,so I understand the challenges and small victories that come with recovery. I understand how scary it is after having a stroke because it brings a lot of uncertainty about what your life will be like afterwards
I’m here to share practical tools and encouragement. I was very frustrated after my stroke because despite hours of searching. I couldn’t find a site that showed items I could use to improve my post-stroke life
my JOURNEY
I had my stroke in March,2013,while working in the office of our family owned business in South Florida. I continue to work on my recovery. My left arm and hand are paralyzed and unusable. My left leg is also partially paralyzed very weak requiring me to use a cane to walk. I’m blessed to have a fantastic wife who has been my CARETAKER for the years since my stroke Neither one of us signed up for this to be the way we’d spent our retirement. But we’ve both made the adjustments to our lives to keep going every day
ANNUAL THERAPY
I go to both occupational and physical therapy every year for as many sessions my insurance covers. I go to a different therapist each year because I learn something new from each one.(Doing this is sometimes viewed controversially)Although most therapists follow the same protocol(sometimes with small modifications and different exercises))This allows me to expand the home exercise program that I follow daily after being discharged from the sessions with a therapist. I’m very diligent and focused on continuing doing the exercises and walking in my house for at least an hour a day day 3-5times a week (Everybody needs a break! HAHA!
IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER
I am a stroke SURVIVOR,not a doctor or therapist, thus everything this site’s contents is based on my own experiences from what I learned from my therapist’s and doctors over the last 13 years I take my recovery seriously and I OWN MY RECOVERY. I suggest that every SURVIVOR do the same. How much you recover varies depending on the amount of damage done by your stroke and how HARD YOU WORK ON IT Several of my therapists have told me that some of their clients realized improvements many years after their stroke Some as many as 20 years post stroke. Perhaps you were told the same thing I was that “any improvements you realize will occur in the first 2 years after the stroke. This appears to be “old school” thinking that seems to have been modified over the recent years because of the extensive research that continues to be done on stroke recovery The amount of research being done is probably the most encouraging thing I found since my stroke. This research has resulted in the development of many new devices to help with recovery. Some that I’ve found are shown in the NEW TECHNOLOGY category included in this site Go to the site menu to check them out and come back often because I will add more as I find out about more.
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Our Mission
At strokesurvivorhelp, we understand how difficult the road to recovery can be We strive to provide products designed to bring comfort and independence back to stroke survivors’ life and the lives of their loved
This site will prevent other SURVIVORS from experiencing the same frustrations I did looking for useful items/products to help improve the quality of your life Please come back frequently to see new items/devices added through my continued research and the suggestions made by other SURVIVORS
Please share With other SURVIVORS anything that you’ve found helpful in your recovery. This could be a device,an exercise and/or another website If something has helped you there’s a good chance that others will also find it beneficial. PLEASE SHARE WITH OTHER SURVIVORS! Go to SHARE in the menu Thanks!
SHARE WITH OTHERS
Please help make recovery a little easier for other SURVIVORS by sharing other products/tools and anything else that you found helpful returning you to your pre-stroke abilities These items will be considered for addition to the site. Not all will be added,but many will based on the judgement of the Site Administrator