You’ve had a stroke, now what?

Endless hours will be spent looking up what a stroke is, how it happened and what are your chances of recovery. Most of which is a complete waste of time and effort.

Think about it, you’ve already had it and you know what it’s done to you. So what are you willing to do to get rid of it? Right, how do you get rid of it?

Here’s the drill. You’ve been attended to by doctors, nurses and therapists who’ve assessed you. They’ve categorized the damage and potential of recovery. Getting you up and out of the hospital, back at home is their driving need. Long term therapy is something they want you to do as an outpatient. This frees up another bed for the next stroke survivor.

This sounds cold but in the glaring light of day it’s more than true.

The numbers are staggering. Of the survivors 60% will be left with some kind of deficit. Those who fully recover will be told how lucky they are to have dodged a bullet. So that’s it for the 60% then, nothing can be done if the long term therapy doesn’t work after several months.

If you’re willing to except this fate well there’s nothing I can do or say to change that thought. The thing is I knew better! I knew the brain is more powerful than we think and it has backup systems that can be reprogramed to do a task that has apparently be wiped out. All you need is understanding and will.

If you understand what I’m talking about and have the will to work at changing your outcome then you can do what I did and fully recover, for the rest, I can’t help people not willing to help themselves. It’s been my experience that many just want to confirm what the caregivers are saying; you’ll just have to live with what you’ve been giving.

If you really want to learn how to get better then listen to someone who’s do it and yes that makes me an expert because I have. Yes, I’m not a doctor or a therapist but being both of those doesn’t make them experts. They have useful knowledge but are not experts on getting rid of the effects of a stroke.

To help others I wrote my book on how I solved all the problems my stroke presented me with. It’s all there and fortunately it’s a short, easy to read story.

So decide, continue to waste your time or waste no time getting better. Your choice. Good Luck.

Read the book and start getting better!