Hello all
I hope everyone is keeping well.
It has been around 2 months since my stroke in May and the recovery is fine. I am lucky to be operating fairly normally, walking, talking, driving and doing all normal chores.
I have been discharged from the hospital, occupational therapy and speech language therapy and received immense support from yourselves, my loving family and vocational therapy.
I am lucky in that I will be starting my new job in September with Surrey Police and agreed with my MIP Health rep, HR & GP to remain on sick leave to fully recover, leave my current role and start my new role afresh. UHS would not just let me leave and pay my notice period but they will pay my outstanding holiday and in the end my health is more important that any of this.
Although this put some financial pressure upto end August being on half sick pay and SSP, it is manageable and decided that i should reset myself, my life, my mind for the new challenges ahead.
I do still face fatigue and although I can do all normal things for a full day, I do just get tired and need to rest and lie down. I sometimes need to rest once or twice on the same day, sometimes the following day and sometimes two days later. I also find that when I bend down it does affect me slightly in that I can bend down but then need to stop to refocus and carry on.
I am getting stronger but still have to be very mindful and conscious of this in my daily life. I can see this is getting better and hope that this will be better in time for September. I am using this time to just clear the decks for once slowly in terms of finances, DIY and fun stuff like my music production, photography and badminton (albeit slowly of course!). It is so important to manage your time more carefully and prioritise what you can actually achieve and then rest appropriately.
From my last post, my mother is now in Gosport War Memorial Hospital as she was put under section 2 and taken there last Monday. She is being assessed and monitored for either dementia, depression or even both. It is very hard to see my fully functioning mum become a person who doesn’t remember, not eating properly, not taking medication properly, walking slowly and limited personal hygiene. I am visiting regularly but not daily as I am still recovering and realised I need to do my duty but in a more controlled manner to manage my health better.
I am lucky she is being cared for as it was very stressful before she went with her being suicidal, bedridden and non functioning. At least there is less stress but I am very worried about her as I can see she was worse than when she went in. I will be meeting the doctor on Thursday and find out more then.
Despite all this, things are progressing in the right direction and I just hope we get a clear direction on my mother as I would like to get a holiday before my new role. I know it is very late but we all do need a break with my most certainly included.
Cheers very much and hope to hear soon.
Regards
Gurajit
