... Joe dresses himself, He does his excerises,both physical and mentally, but not much as far as geting things for himself, He uses a quad cane .I brought him...
Has anyone came across a supplement that helps with coordination issues after a stroke? It's been over 7 years after the stroke and it seems like I just ...
Larry.....I started taking vitamin b-6 and B-12 several years after stroke. I saw and felt many subtle changes. If you're not taking it you may want to give...
Thanks I will try that! BTW - I checked out your website and in the section about the author there is a spelling error. You have stroke spelled as stoke. ...
Some news about the Stroke Recovery Conference, August 18 and 19: 1. First Milos Popovic will present the results of his Regaining Arm and Hand Research: ...
HEllo. I am doing well physicly But mentaly I am a mess. It seems they have therapy for everything but the mental stuff. DOes any one go thrugh this stuff. I...
Call your doctor and get that med changed, it sounds like it is not working
for you and there are so many out there that something will work. Not all
meds...
Hi Christine, I struggle with depression, even before my brain bleed, but I rarely take any medicine for it. Occasionally I lose interest in living life and a...
Christine, There are many antidepressant out there. Obviously this one is not working. How long have to been on it? My hubby had to chance a few times until we...
Stroke shatters a mind. Often thoughts do not connect to reason and rational..I know how crazy a stroked brain can be. Please talk to your dr. There are many...
Christine, I am on Welbutrin (300 mg. per day) which I take in the morning. At night, I take 5 MG of Paxil. I am calm, happy and very little bothers me. I...
I have incredimail which you have to download and use as your mail. YOu
can keep your same address etc, but have to transfer everything else. ... From: Gail...
Hello Christine, This cymbalta isn't working for you, tell your doctor you have to change to something that has a better record in working with depression. I...
I am new to this site, and I really would like to talk with some care givers of a stroke. Every day I feel like I am goin nuts, and need to know if anyone else...
Hi! I'm crossposting this to the 3 stroke lists I'm on. Sorry for the overlap for those of us on all three. It turns out we need to replace the plumbing under...
I have a thing that just takes the space where the tub used to be. The floor is slanted in now, instead of being a tub, they left that out. I am paralyzed on...
Barb- I don't have an opening shower/tub at home but I worked for a facility that had one.The latch was fairly difficult to operate. I doubt someone qho has ...
That is what I mean, minus stroke talk! LOL! ... From: Kate Lautzenhiser To: Stroke_Helps@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 8:29 AM Subject: Re:...
Thanks so far folks. My friend Jack cannot use the bathroom at all by himself. He is completely right side paralyzed and doesn't speak well either. We use a...
Barg asks-I'm beginning to think about one of those lifts that can attach to the wall so that sometimes Jack can take a bath sometimes and not always be stuck...
Hi Barb, Try these people. Call my area to these people, they probably can find sources for you in the Philly area. Also see Messages #'s, #295 and #303 here...
Hi Barb, I think here to my group I saw a photo (awhile ago) of a lift being used. I think it was a sling. It might have been a link within a message. Might...
Hi Carol, Really heroic of you to take care of your EX. Hope he appreciates it. I'm a loner type anyway, but my social life, too, ain't much, but that is...
For me, the privacy of anyway to take the shower by myself is very very important. People do not realize it and get upset when you say anything (even nurses),...
Hi Shari, Good advice. Some people don't try hard enough, want to be waited on. Makes it very hard on their support help. One guy in our suport group drives...
Well, I finally did it, got courage enough to see how post brain bleed does on a jet plane at 36,000 feet. Ok I guess. Tight turns get me disoriented,...
Help get the word out that there are many people with aphasia ! The National Aphasia Association want you to email Oprah! Information and links are on the...
Hi, Be careful with these TV talky groups. One lady I use to know had MS. She went on a talk show like "Oprah" , might have been "Oprah. She wanted to tell...
