persistance

[susan]

at 40 months post, I keep seeing at least some progress, never give up I continue therapy when i can, later this year i plan on going to college for occupational therapuetic assistant.

[Chris Ball]

Good going Susan! Too bad you're not on Long Island. The OT who worked with me in the months after the stroke ( a talented and caring woman who got me through the first few steps of regaining at least some control of my affected hand)
Is now the head of the OTA program at a local college. I go there once each semester and she uses me to demonstrate techniques to her classes...It would be nice to be able to do that work, but I'd be limited by my hand and my eyes, besides, I'm already buried in my psychology studies.

Her name is Lisa Hubbs and her email at the school is [e-mail] I'm sure she would be happy to answer any questions you might have about the training or the career. I'll email her now to tell her I gave you the address

[Elizabeth Carter]

Hi Chris
Could you please tell me something about the therapy techniques which helped you gain control of your hand.
Cheers
elizabethc

[susan]

thank you chris

[Louis Ruppe]

Hi Susan; did you know that you can do your own therapy at home using the things around your house? There are many things like your counter top you canuse to do squats with to strenght your legs. Have you joined a local stroke group? They are a great source of knowledge as a lot of them came from where you are now. The one thing I learned is never give up. Lou

[Ron Gardner]

Susan,
Persistenc pays big dividends. Winston Churchill said, "Never, never, never give up, never give in." I also like Napoleon Hill's quote "Prersistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel." I know persistence played a major role in my recovery as it still does. When you combine that with a positive attitude it becomes very powerful.
Ron

[Don]

That's how leave no stone unturned and DO NOT take NO for an answer in my case it only took almost 9 years for me to find out what I have been suffering from post aneurysm, APRAXIA thats right nobody knew me well enough to know what all I was capable of doing with my hands and know that I know what it is I will do my best to get back to where I once was. I guess if I was a couch potato my level of treatment would have sufficed as many are happy to shuffle to the living room and wacth the tube all day? But unknown to ANY doctor I lived a very full and active life they cannot even begin to imagine but they will try to mold me into something they think is OK? Not on my dime they wont.

[Kirk Lichtenberg, Robert Jr.]

I may be a stranger but I believe God is in all of us. Take care Kirk Lichtenberg

[Sharon Wagoner]

Hello, Susan,
Thank you for your post. I have been repeatedly told that progress for my husband will taper off soon. At 27 months after the stroke, the doctor was so impressed by my husband's progress, particularly his ankle movement, that he was sent for a new evaluation and new exercises. I don't think we should listen to claims that recovery ends at some date.