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Hi there. I have been toying with the idea of blogging here for a week or so. So much has changed for me over the past 6 weeks or so. At 36 the last place I ever thought I would be is recovering from a stroke. But it is has been a capper to a year of change. Last May my wife of 12 1/2 years and three wonderful kids decided that we needed some time apart (We finally agreed to divorce while I was in the hospital). In September I quit using smokeless tobacco, an addiction that consumed me for nearly 25 years (yep since I was 11).
The stroke has been a mixed blessing in many ways. I know there are no such things as a good stroke, but not everything has been bad. I have learned that I have made many really great friends over the past year, and one in particular who is willing to accept me for who I am. Without her I would probably be alone right now. :wub2: I am very thankful for that.
I also know things could have been worse. I was fortunate the clot took the route it did. I am very aware that things could be much worse than they are. But now I must deal with my mortality and the struggles of day to day life with the limitations I have been dealt.
It is expected that I will eventually regain most of what I have lost. But I know, no matter how well I recover physically I will have lost the last of my youth. Now I really know it can happen to me. Hopefully I can figure out how to live with that.
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