Hello All.
Is anyone, like me, a bit fed up with some of the health shows on TV who advocate brisk exercise.
An example was a show on diabetes and within minutes was into exercising cures all.
I must admit that I shouted out - I wish I bloody could. Stroke and Afib limit my ability and energy to do this great exercise therapy. Why do they not consider this.
I would love to do brisk exercise. These days I just settle for slow exercise as and when I can do it which isnāt anywhere near as often as I would like. It would perhaps be nice if they mentioned alternatives for those that canāt do traditional exercise.
I totally agree. It would be good.
Brisk, high paced, fast, are not in a stroke survivors vocabulary. Exercise has to be planned and considered and can only be done at a rate or speed your stroke mind and body will allow. Aside from that exercise is doable. For me itās an hour a day on average for about 5 days a week. But non of it is brisk because I pace myself and have to factor in things like life and the rest of my day and Iām not 21 anymore.
Lorraine
I wonder if you might consider this ā¦
I refuse to be denied and will ultimately find ways to help myself even if no one else will. The healthcare professionals gave up on me the minute their āclot busterā failed to clear the clot and they had no alternatives and essentially wrote me off. Itās a long story, but I am here and doing nicely thank you very much.
I stuck to my pre-stroke philosophy and treat stroke as just another of lifeās obstacles, of which there are many, but there is not yet one I have not overcome.
Physical activity, is good for you. It does not have to be brisk - I do mine sitting in a wheelchair or Riser Recliner chair, but I still enjoy the benefits of physical activity.
Donāt take things you see or hear literally or at face value. Think about it and see how you can benefit from it or adapt it to suit your personal circumstances.
We are all different and we all have to work according to our own limitations and aspirations.
I wish you success, however, you choose to go about it.
Have a wonderful new year and surprise yourself 
Pea.
Iām the same now I know my limits these days sadly and know what stroke has done but I take comfort in the ability to be still able to manage to medium to lighter high intensity and know how lucky I am.
The fact itās taken just shy of 14 months does frustrate me but once again console myself by how lucky I am to have four functioning limbs and good eyesight. Currently due to a festive flu gift from a colleague a few weeks behind in plans but relaxed enough to know I can slowly catch up, post stroke is certainly a marathon not a sprint.
Brisk exercise didnāt stop me having a stroke. I was fit, a good weight for my height, and ate sensibly. However also T2 diabetic - diet controlled - and with Afib. Sometimes thereās more to the story than meets the eye.
Didnāt stop me having a stroke either.
However since my stroke I physically do not have the energy/capacity to exercise briskly. I do some seated stuff, dog walks but thats my limit.
I just get fed up with Drās, fitness people and even non stroke people telling me to exercise more to see improvements.
I āexplainedā to a family member
Non stroke person leaving a room walks through the doorway. Stroke Survivor has to leave by walking through the wall.
Brilliant! Thanks for sharing
Iām T2 but am medicated even despite good diet and exercise. Unfortunately all that doesnāt seem to beet old age and the natural deterioration of the body and its organs it seems, hay-ho 
Lorraine
I hear what your saying but I think it is more than old age catching up.
I can so relate to your post. No interaction or help from doctors after I couldnāt tolerate blood thinners so stopped taking them. Since when any contact has been a phone call from a āclinicianā which as the stroke has given me short term memory loss, I have forgotten 10 mins afterwards! It was a local pharmacist who said try gastro-resistant aspirin, Ā£1.59 from local pharmacist and Ā£1 from Home Bargains, hardly likely to break the bank. Physio [looked about 15 years old] said try brisk walking, at 75 I was lucky if I could stroll round the block, which I did and stuck with. Professionals - huh - I wonāt say any more as they probably donāt like swear words on the forum. I have go more help from this forum that the professionals, So thank you everybody who contributes.
