Just found this online community. I live in South Carolina, United States. I had an eschemic stroke in 2021. I was not able to use my left side for a while. Eventually everything came back. The main residual defecit I have is getting tongue tied. There are days where I struggle to get the words out. I am a police officer in my City.
My wife of 31 years passed away in 2023 from a stroke as well.
I’ll keep it short but wanted to introduce myself. Looking forward to getting to know everyone.
So far it hasn’t been terribly inconvenient. I’ll laugh it off and repeat a little slower. It really seems to affect me if I try to sing certain songs that were popular way back when I was in high school and college. The tongue just can’t keep up depending on the song
I uses to run for leisure before my stroke. Not been able to return to it but will always remain hopeful. 7.5k was about my limit so not as good as you but it was a great way of destressing after a difficult / busy day at work.
Hi Adam sorry to hear of your stroke but welcome to our community. We have a wealth of experience and information to share and I hope that you will find this a useful place to be.
It sounds like your recovery is going well and that you have been able to return to work. So sorry to hear that your wife passed away, that must have been very difficult to deal with whilst recovering from a stroke yourself.
I look forward to hearing from you as your road to recovery continues.
Absolutely a great stress relief. It’s all about relentless forward motion. Just keep pushing every day and don’t forget to celebrate all the victories no matter how small.
Thanks for the welcome. My wife’s situation was devastating. I had her in the ER registration when I noticed the symptoms of the stroke. I told them to call a stroke alert, which they did.
They didn’t believe she was having a stroke. Really long story. We sat in a room in the Er for 6 hours. She was unresponsive when they finally admitted that she did in fact have a stroke. She was then transported to another hospital. The damage was already done at that point. We kept her on life support for 9 days before taking her off.
That was the toughest decision I ever had to make in deciding the day and time your wife was going to die.
Welcome to the community, I’m sorry to hear about your stroke and about your wife, what an awful situation for you.
It’s great you’ve found this community and I hope you’ll find it useful . If you need anything whilst you’re using the Online Community, please don’t hesitate to tag me using the @ symbol and my username.
Shwmae Adam, firstly must say that I am innocent whatever they say, and creoso to our community, hope you find some support here. Our stroke forum is a great resource for touching base with issues post stroke and we all aim to help each other as best we can.
that’s how I got through the initial struggles.