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Deb you my friend will be beautiful and like all of us worry about all the little details. I'm sure that you have things well in hand. Get Bruce ready and put on that dress that you have been waiting so long to wear. Relax (easy for me to say LOL)and enjoy your day Bruce and you deserve the most wonderful and happy day. Congradulations I wish you much happiness. Sally

Welcome I'm a caregiver to my husband Don and from what I can tell you the first year is the worst. The second year is when you get to start a routine and start a new routine over and over but you figur it out. Come join us in the caregiver chat on Tuesday nights at 8 pm EST you can ask all kinds of things. We are not pros but we are all walking the walk that you are. Sally

Glad that you came back and vented here. Sorry to hear about Marc and all of his issues but like other have said before you need to take care of yourself and be in a safe and quite place. Maybe you could talk to Marc about going to see a Dr and getting a nerve block for his back to stop the pain and them some help with his anger. Take care you are in my thoughts and prayers Sally

Beautifuly said Thank you Sue you are in all of our thoughts and prayer. Sally

Sooooooo very happy for you Enjoy Enjoy Sally

Sue You are in my thoughts and prayers. Please take care of yourself. Hugs Sally

Hi We live in PA and Don (my husband) is with the VR and they paid for his bioness that he uses for his leg. Get with your contact person at the Vocational Rehabilitationand get them to start the paperwork. It takes a few month but it's worth the wait. Good Luck Sally

Great news thanks for the update and it was great to have you in Chat with us so don't stay away so long. Big hugs and kisses for Cayden and you for all the work that goes in to recovery. Take care and hope to see you in Chat .Sally

So glead that your back I really missed you See you in Chat

Sue you are in my prayers please make sure that you take care of yourself too. We all know how us caregivers are, our love ones first and us second or so down the list but as you have told me many times we are no good if we are drained too. Hugs and prayers to you and Ray

Glad to read this wonderful blog. Glad that your family could be all together for Father's Day and that Ray got a chance to get outside and enjoy his new granddaughter. Hoping that next wekend is bright and sunny so that you all can go it again

Great news way to go Cayden keep up the good work Sally

Way to go11 you are both the best keep on keeping on you are doing great

You and Ray are always in my prayers. You will never know what you mean to this site we are so blessed to have you. Thank you for being here and showing us how to go thur the highs and lows of strokes. Take care of yourself Sally

Ruth is right we caregiver are in it for the long haul, we know that if the shoe was on the other foot you would be there. Yes strokes suck for everyone in the whole family but you learn to adjust and go with the flow. Hang in there. Sally

Glad to hear that you RELAXED. you sure did need it and that the trip was so enjoyable. See you later in Chat Sally

Sue I'm going to call it a night. You have a safe trip and enjoy yourself. If Deb come on later wish her a happy birthday for me and Ruth also. Chat with you when you get back Night and take care Sally

it sure does. Things here have been quite. Don sort of took to his chair and doesn't want to do much. He is off most of his anti-depressate and we go back to the Dr next week for a med adjustment,hoping that this time we get better results. Going to let him just be for the time being going to try to get him up to some of his friends house this Sat. for a day with the boys. Keep you finger cross that I can prey him out of his chair LOL

Hi how are you ready for your trip

Sue Enjoy your time with your daughter and relax,things have a way of working out. You are the best, and a great role model to us all. You have so much to give so take soon time and figur out what YOU want to do. You and your family all always in my prayers. Take care and enjoy your week with your daughter and her family. See you in chat when you get back. Sally

Dyan, I pray that you get this therapy I was just loooking into what it is and it looks like a great tool. Thanks for posting this so that we here on this site can look into this for our survivors. Happy New Year and all the best to Cayden and his family. Sally

:congrats: to you both sure does show what love can do thanks for the update Sally

Welcome to our wacky world of stroke. If you can join us in the caregiver chats on Tuesday nights at 8 pm EST or Thursday night at 8 PST. The groups are fun and lots of great information is shared by people that are walking your walk. Hope to see you soon Sally