Susan I'm mike and yes I do feel like a lost child some.  Really just once.   My wife & i went to a large store & I asigned myself a seat to wait on her to shop.  By the time she showed up I was feeling very nervous.  This was about a year ago.  It'll be 5 years this March 28th for me with my massive stroke.  The feeling was very difficult to deal with & I'm thankful it hasn't happened again.  We travel quite a bit and I would miss getting to do that.  To give a word of… Continue

I am watching your posts with great interest and appreciate all you have shared.  Unfortunately, I had a bleeding stroke and because I also have diabetes and kidney disease the hosp. gave me NOTHING to stop the bleed, so I lost it all.  To make matters worse the RN on duty stuck the feeding tube into my lung instead of my stomach, so I got pneumonia, etc. every hospital infection you can think of and ended up being sent to nursing homes, by the time I got home I was so weak that they wanted…

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I am an old geezer who suffered a bleeding stroke two and one half years ago, after too many hospital infections and wasting away at nursing homes, I finally got home, where finally, I started getting enough activity to start getting strength. 

Currently, I have a little, mostly lateral movement in my bum leg and none in my arm.  I exercise in my bed three days a week and go to P.T usually once a week where I am trying to learn to walk but with a great deal of help.  Also go to a…

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It's a scary feeling being a 51 year old woman, but feeling like a 6 year old wandering around without  adult  supervision!  Sincemy stroke 6 months ago,  I find myself afraid to be left alone in even thesmallest local shops, it's like I " need " my husband or one of my children along to instruct me when I try browsing at clothes or anything else in a public place! I wasalways the onethat could walk into any  store& find my way. Is this normal?  WHAT is "Normal" after a stroke? Is every…

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