rehab was a great experience for me
Well, I cant wait to hear what they have to say about all the test I took last week. Hopefully they will work with me at Dars and pay for rehab for my hand and speach theropy. The Peope at the rehab were very nice and knew a lot they answered a lot of my questions.
This may sound weird but this was a great experence for me. I got to meet people just like me. We kinda all have the same look, do you know what I mean. Its in the eyes. Kind of a sadness and confussion. But it gave me a sence of peace being there. I did testing all day for 5 days. I didnt think I would make it all week but I did. And when I burst into tears which I do all day they just went about there buisness. They knew how to deal with it. And me.
It was just so nice not to have to explain the crying the stuttering the missing words etc... I didn't have to explaine anything they already knew I had a stroke. I could just relax and not worry about what anyone would do or the looks I would get on the outside. I was almost happy for a few days lol.
There were 2 other women about my age one had a stroke and the other hit by drunk driver and we all talked and laughted. The thing is after a while I forgot I was a stroke survivor. Everytime I start feeling bad I now have another memory to pull from to keep my spirits up. I was completly surprised at how fast I fell for these 2 women each had a different story but then we were so alike,
I have my apt with Ann at 11am tommorrow(my theropist) can't wait to tell her I did ok. I did not get lost,did not run away,and I did what I was suppose to do. I know your probably saying whats the big deal! WELL this is the first time since my stroke I did anything that had purpose. And that I was totaly responsible for. I went alone found the place and got myself up on time in the morning fed myself food at lunch and at night. Took all my pills on time and didn't loose anything. And thats a big one. lol So I pat myself on the back and say job well done. he he
thanks for listning
sherry
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