Fatigue

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Hi everyone. My first day on the forum.
I had a stroke 6 months ago which affected my right leg and foot. I made good recovery through physio and determination. The biggest battle has been fatigue.
Last week Flu came along. It wiped out my right leg again and I am back to square one. I hope that with physio my recovery will be faster.
Any advice welcome. Many thanks, Ian.

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Hi @Ian37 and welcome to the community. Sorry you’ve had a stroke.

A lot of people say if they get poorly their stroke affects become worse. Many say you bounce back a bit quicker than your initial progress took so fingers crossed you find that’s the case too.

Fatigue needs to be managed. Find an activity level you can manage and stick to it for a bit before trying to increase your activity level further. You can always drop back a level if you find the increase too much. I use a diary to help identify my fatigue triggers which may not occur until a couple of days after the event. Get plenty of rest too. Your brain needs it to help it recover.

Best wishes

Ann

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Hi @Ian37
Welcome :slight_smile:
A good general place to start would be with
Welcome - what we wish we'd heard at the start - if its one of the 40 posts you’ve already read I guess you’ll have an idea of where else to look for things like fatigue management strategies :slight_smile:

If not the shout and we can signpost stuff for you

Caio
Simon
SIG

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Hi @Ian37

Welcome to the community, I’m sorry to hear about your stroke and that you’re struggling with fatigue.

Have you read the information on this webpage about fatigue there is lots of useful information on here and some links to more information too.

If you need anything whilst you’re using the Online Community please don’t hesitate to tag me using my username and the @ symbol.

Anna