Share your story
13 Feb 2012 2 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: ccomplishments, inspirational moment, struggles, successes, you know has had a stroke
Hello Everyone out there,
I would like you to share your story. If you or someone you know has had a stroke, please tell me your story or someone else’s story of your struggles, accomplishments, successes, inspirational moments, triumphs, etc. I would love to hear them, please share with me .Together we can get better if we help each other.
Talk to me!
Lori
About me and my blog
25 Jan 2012 3 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: determination, experience, stroke, stroke prevention. share stories
My name is Lori Dear and I am a 42-YEAR-OLD middle school teacher who had a stroke. Yes, a stroke, believe it or not. I decided to start this blog to help people who have also had a stroke, like myself, recover more quickly or prevent one from happening. I would like to share things with you like things I have that I have learned to do with one arm over the past four months as well as share some personal stories of determination and motivation that I have had throughout my recovery process. For instance, how this stroke was a wake up call for me to start changing my life in a positive way including my poor eating habits the lack of exercise, and all the stress I had in my life at the time. I will also share interesting websites that I find online related to strokes and stroke recovery and prevention. As well as videos that might help you in your recovery. More
Stroke Recovery is: Mind over Matter
22 Jan 2012 4 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: believe in yourself, determination, God, never give up, patience, positive attitude, Prayer
Thinking and staying positive will help you be successful
Positive thoughts always prevail
• The way you think plays a big role in how you will heal after having a stroke or any type of illness. If you believe that you will get better, you will, your body follows your mind, what you believe in your head, your body responds to, it’s amazing how this even works, but it does, I am living proof of that, never once did I believe that I wouldn’t get better because I wouldn’t allow those thoughts into my head. When I first had my stroke, I wasn’t able to move my left arm(which was my dominate side) at all, but now I can move it up and down and even behind my head now I can also move my fingers too almost everything has come back, my face is no longer slanting down toward the left side, I wasn’t aware of my left side for awhile, but that has now come back, I can move my fingers, even though I am back in therapy to help strengthen them to be able to use them more, but I know they will come back in time. I have a friend who has lived with Stage 4 Ovarian cancer for 7 years just because she has a positive attitude and refuses die, she has never given up and that is why she is still here with us today, she is my hero More
Help! how do I get dressed with a paralyzed arm or leg?
19 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
- Dressing yourself is important
- Learning to get dressed with one good hand/arm and one good leg was one of the first things I accomplished while in rehab. A nurse there showed me how to do this the second day I was there, she said, “Lori, you need to know how to get yourself dressed before you will ever get out of here and go home.” That was the best advice and very motivational to me. She only had to show me once and I learned how to do it instantly and I never will forget it to this day There are 5 simple steps that I learned that can help you be successful at getting yourself dressed following a stroke.
- Putting your shirt on
- First, The nurse showed me how to put a shirt on by myself by putting my weak arm through the sleeve first using your good arm to assist you, then putting your head through the head part, just like you are putting on a shirt, then you put your good arm through last. Taking your shirt off is a little more complicated, what I did was I would lift up my shirt with my good hand half way up my back where I can reach it and then I would pull it over my head from my back and pull my arms back through the sleeves.
- Putting your bra on
- The most important thing that she showed me was how to put my bra on the easy way. First, you have to hook together the hooks in the back, if you cannot do this yourself, you can ask someone for help, a family member or a friend and once it’s hooked, just leave it like that so the next time you can put it on with no problem. The way you can do this is to put your weak arm through the strap first depending on what is effected, the right or left using your good arm/hand to assist you, if needed and then you put the rest of it over your head, just like you would a shirt, then you put your good arm through the other strap and voilla it’s on. When taking it off, all that you do is pull each strap off , your bad arm first then your good arm and simply pull it down the length of your body until it reaches the ground and just step out of it. Put it somewhere safe until the next morning, when you are ready to put it on again.
- Finally something else I learned was to buy sports bras because they are much easier to get on just like a shirt like I stated earlier because there are not any hooks to worry about and they are much more comfortable too. More
