My wife had her first stroke at end of this last August. As caregiver I’m here looking to learn from experiences of others.
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Hi @RLK and welcome to the community. We’re a friendly bunch here so ask away any questiona you may have.
Hope your wife is doing ok following her stroke & that you are managing ok too. There are a few carers on here who can offer some advice based on their experiences.
But the main thing as a carer is to make sure you look after yourself too. That’s really important.
Best wishes
Ann
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Hi@RLK sorry to hear of your wife’s stroke but welcome to our community. We are a merry band of stroke survivors and their families and carers and I hope you will find this a useful place to be. There are a number of carers who are regular contributors and will be along shortly to offer information and advice if you need anything.
I wish you and your wife well as her road to recovery begins.
Regards Sue
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Thank you for your replies and encouragement.
Rick
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As Ann says it is important you look after yourself. If anyone offers help take it. Your friends and family are probably eager to offer any support they can. When things get tough you may want to hide your feelings from you wife. You are welcome to come here and let your feelings out. We have all been there when we want to scream at the universe.
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Thank you for suggesting coming here when things get tough.
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Hi @RLK
Welcome to the community, I’m sorry to hear of your wife’s stroke. I hope her recovery is going well and that you’ll find this community helpful for both your wife and yourself.
If you need anything whilst you’re using the Online Community, please don’t hesitate to tag me using the @ symbol and my username.
Anna
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Hi @RLK sorry to hear about your wife hope both of you are well just now. I’m both survivor and carer when its comes to stroke. I would advocate that taking time for you is important, as much as you love your wife ensure you have me time or downtime as a carer it can be hard some days. With my dad an extensive family all share the load - benefit of 3 sisters and 2 brothers.
Talk to your wife and all your family, accept there will be changes for all of you, also if and when support is needed you accept this it’s not a failure it’s what is needed. The support and encouragement on here as well as the acquired knowledge is second to none. If you ask a question chances are you’;; hey replies of support and plenty with great knowledge. Wishing you both the very best in this recovery journey.
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Hello @RLK - Welcome to the community.
I note you have had some excellent advice from our membership already. Wishing you and your wife a successful and happy journey down the post-stroke recovery path.
If you have any specific questions or request for information then please do ask away. Stroke survivors and carers are all so different and it is difficult to give a generic one cap fits all advice other than to say looking after yourself might be the most important thing you do as you need to be strong and healthy if you are to care for someone as well as yourself.
Up the Stroke Survivors!
Up the Carers!
Namaste|
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