CagedBird

wow and I thought I was busy. Loan me some of your energy please!

That is great news. Keep up the good work and remember "Don't let great ambitions overshadow small success"

You will be in my prayers tonight at church. I hope you feel better. The meds and things can really make us feel bad all the stuff going through our bodies and the side effects. I havent been feeling good myself ever since my botox injections. Thank you for always reading and commenting my blogs and post. Once again, you are in my prayers

:Clap-Hands: I enjoyed your post! Its a blessing to still be alive

I only recently started sitting down without reaching back for the chair first. I still lean my hand on a table or chair sometimes to get up since my vision loss scares me that I might lose balance and fall back down into the chair. You did help me realize though that my arm stays bent as I am sitting. I want to start straightening it out so it can just hang at my side while Im sitting. Hopefully it will stay at my side when I get up and begin to walk. Thanks your blog was very helpful

I eat activia also and I drink miralax. I used to walk hunched over to keep my knee from popping back. Fortunately for me I had to start high school at one of the largest schools in my county just 2 years post stroke so I got used to walking far distances. My knee doesnt even pop back anymore. I got the right side of my brain removed but through practice and time, I can walk standing straight up without leaning or popping back my knee. I only lose balance when taking steps or not wearing my brace. I am 9 years post stroke. I believe you can get better. I am a witness btw, I know what you mean about the short PT sessions. by the time i check in, walk to the ot room, and the pt set up the cones and things were going to use thats already a good 15-20 minutes. I have medicaid so i think its an insurance rule.

fking im here. I usually dont comment right away because I wait for everyone to finish commenting. but when its been a month and i only have 2 or 3 comments (which are probably saying some of the same things) i just make a new entry and address everyone at the beginning of the entry.

but as i said before i appreciate those of you who leave words of inspiration even though i dont do my part in return. it means a lot to know there are people out there who care about me and appreciate me. sometimes i cry when reading your comments because it makes me feel so much better. but by the time i make a new entry way later, sometimes i forget to address your comments since its not relevant to the new entry. i do read them though and try to apply them to my situations

I have the same pain. I think they are spasms from tight muscles in your affected limbs. My doctor gave me baclofen for spasticity and it losen the muscles but sometimes while stretching my leg I will get a bad spasm from my thigh to my foot and I cant move because it hurt so bad! My guess is it comes from lack of exercise and circulation.

I have no left field vision so when I watch tv I dont see the left side unless I look over there. I also have the same problem as arogers husband. Its like whats on one side just isnt there or it can be there one minute then gone as soon as I look elsewhere. This is permanent. The problem is not in my eyes. It is in my brain where the stroke permanently damaged those nerves needed for the vision