A very good start to your trip. I hope you have a feast of a holiday. 
Oh, and I hope you like Italian food.
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I do, Rups,
& It helps that I have an Italian wife, and lived there for 15 years, so I’m fluent in Italiano. Thanks for reading,
ciao, Roland
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@pando that’s exciting news & am so pleased for you. The start of much better things to come.
Have a great trip to Italy.
Ann
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Did you get any indication beforehand (not a joke 
) that the full connection was re-establishing itself ?
Little itch may be ? Any tingling ?
Cheers
Nige
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Hi Nigel, @Nigelglos
those windows have since closed, except for one brief moment last night. However, I am confident that the dendritic connections have pruned, since it was bedtime, and I eventually had to stop stimulating and get some sleep. But I will certainly retry again and again.
There was no run up to the windows. They came out of the blue, took me by surprise, and shocked me. Remember I had been stimulating my hand black and blue all day. Was it some kind of neurological mis-wiring? Possibly, but I would welcome it, since it really felt like a window opening, and reaching out and connecting, or holding hands with someone the other side. So if it’s a neurological anomaly, I welcome it, and if it is an established pathway to my somatosensory area (now relocated, possibly) it will strike again very soon !!
Hope you’re doing okay, ciao, Roland
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What a gift, so pleased for you 
Coincidentally I posted the same video on this about a month before you joined so you probably missed it 
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Yes, Emerald,
…and you rightly point out why babies, therefore, sleep so much. I have never slept so much in all my life, so I am confident my calm, gently motivated, and constructive approach is an ideal environment for my brain to repair and thrive in.
ciao, ciao, Roland
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One of the many reasons babies can get tired, cranky, agitated and cry is because when they’re around too much noise and activity they become from over stimulated; too much data input for the brain to cope with basically. Same can be said for stroke survivors.
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I slept loads on Sunday. Seemed a struggle to stay awake until very late afternoon
If I haven’t developed super human powers as a result and inevitably a role in a Hollywood blockbuster, I will be very disappointed.
Or it might be the apnea.
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Hi, your words were both enlightening and inspiring. I’m over the moon for you. Enjoy your trip…you deserve it!
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Wow! Fantastic news!! This shows that practice, practice, practice, then more practice is the key.
Hope you are enjoying Italy, my favorite holiday destination.
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A little update from Montegrotto, 45 min from Venice
Easyjet Assistance a dream. Having a fab time. Forgot what blue sky looks like many moons ago.
The area around my thumb continues to expand. My favourite toy is the blue spiky ball.
Have been in the pool for hours. Amazing for proprioception… but, Have you ever seen a brick swimming? that’s me. Ronald sank like a brick but Roland has taught him how to swim. Spasms / spasticity in leg is the same in water. Yin/Yang identical to Bristol. Joined in aqua zumba yesterday. Today at breakfast a waitress said to my wife “I woke up in the middle of the night, and thought to myself that husband of hers has “dos grandes cojones”” so my wife thanked her for the compliment, and eventually the waitress gave me a pat on the back. Now my readers know a bit more about Venetian women !! My walking is laborious, but I plod on. 150 metres to reach pool x4 a day. Read 2 books “Stroke Rebel” and “Stroke of insight”. Decided to put together a stroke recovery whatsapp group when I return to UK , because I am thinking so clearly and have developed another breakthrough routine that I call “X Frame” todo with CORE work, but amazing for my locked glute. Would love a tight group for rehab ; muscular and somatosensory tips. Also decided to find a good osteopath (check spinal alignment) and physiatrist or functional neurologist if such people exist in Bristol. Exactly half way through holiday. Very stimulating, ciao, best wishes to all on Forum, Roland
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Lots of good stuff above and I’ll comment perhaps later
But just to make you aware I’ve started a COMMUNITY on WhatsApp I’m the only member currently with a group called introductions let’s explore if you create a group for your therapy x if it can be a part of the community?
Community and group are the two names WhatsApp uses
I searched both areas for “stroke” and found nothing that’s why I created a ‘community’ - this seems to be way to aggregate groups - I’m not a sophisticated WhatsApp user so I may have got things completely tangled
Of course feel free to set something up separately but maybe banding together gives advantages
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Looks stunning, courtesy of Gloogle pictures, you must be very wrinkly by now after such a long dip. Glad progress is tipping in your favour and your encounter with the waitress anecdote has left me flummoxed. 
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Sounds like all going well in Montegrotto. Enjoy the rest of your trip & perhaps bring some of the sun back to the UK with you
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I don’t use such language in a language that I use regularly !
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Just irregularly ?
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Oh aye, I did translate and that’s why I was flummoxed.
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Brilliant idea Roland, just no crack the neck 
We don’t want you risking another stroke 
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