The trouble with life is that it is so unpredictable. One finds onself constantly ducking and diving to meet new challenges & situations and it can be very exhausting. I have always been one of many who finds this stimulating but this week has been exceptional.
A positive development this week has been that I finally have physical therapeutic support and like buses, it has arrived in 3s. I have had a session of Hydrotherapy, a visit from the local post-stroke support unit to assess my therapeutic needs and some much- needed chiropody treatment. Not all of this was via NHS but all essential nevertheless for my recovery so I offer no apologies. It is a time when I feel that I cannot compromise or wait indefinitely for treatment and support that will help me to climb up my ladder to recovery. I am not impatient. Merely, eager to realise my potential. Maintaining a positive mental attitude tends to have that effect.
I have come across many stories of stroke sufferers, these past weeks, who have succumbed to depression and given up on recovery. It is almost inevitable given the challenges they face but I have found so many ways & reasons to remain positive that it has made me impatient to receive the right care and support I need. I urge and encourage other stroke sufferers to seek out and ask for help because it is out there- just takes a lot of asking! But YOU ARE IMPORTANT and deserve So MUCH BETTER so DON'T GIVE UP on YOURSELF.
Finding the strength and tenacity to ride the ups and downs is a tough call when your energies are depleted. So after a few days of celebration ad socialising, when I received some sad news about the untimely passing of a friend's husband, I was shattered! We had met this talented golden couple, some months before my stroke and I fell in love with their love story. The lady is a talented singer who can light up a room with her stage performance and her husband did all he could to share this, his personal treasure with the world. He was like a jeweller who had found a precious and rare diamond and he wanted to make it sparkle and proudly display it to the world.
I visited this diamond recently and she had lost her light and lustre due to the sudden passing of her loving partner. My heart is sad and heavy for her and I pray she finds the strength to fulfil his dreams for her.
Pratima and Satish - Your love lives on, even though we will miss the physical presence of the elegant Satish. Sadly, I could not attend his funeral yesterday, due to my health, to pay this tribute personally, as requested by you, Pratima, but I hope these words bring you some small comfort.
Never Lose Heart or Hope
'Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future'.
A positive development this week has been that I finally have physical therapeutic support and like buses, it has arrived in 3s. I have had a session of Hydrotherapy, a visit from the local post-stroke support unit to assess my therapeutic needs and some much- needed chiropody treatment. Not all of this was via NHS but all essential nevertheless for my recovery so I offer no apologies. It is a time when I feel that I cannot compromise or wait indefinitely for treatment and support that will help me to climb up my ladder to recovery. I am not impatient. Merely, eager to realise my potential. Maintaining a positive mental attitude tends to have that effect.
I have come across many stories of stroke sufferers, these past weeks, who have succumbed to depression and given up on recovery. It is almost inevitable given the challenges they face but I have found so many ways & reasons to remain positive that it has made me impatient to receive the right care and support I need. I urge and encourage other stroke sufferers to seek out and ask for help because it is out there- just takes a lot of asking! But YOU ARE IMPORTANT and deserve So MUCH BETTER so DON'T GIVE UP on YOURSELF.
Finding the strength and tenacity to ride the ups and downs is a tough call when your energies are depleted. So after a few days of celebration ad socialising, when I received some sad news about the untimely passing of a friend's husband, I was shattered! We had met this talented golden couple, some months before my stroke and I fell in love with their love story. The lady is a talented singer who can light up a room with her stage performance and her husband did all he could to share this, his personal treasure with the world. He was like a jeweller who had found a precious and rare diamond and he wanted to make it sparkle and proudly display it to the world.
I visited this diamond recently and she had lost her light and lustre due to the sudden passing of her loving partner. My heart is sad and heavy for her and I pray she finds the strength to fulfil his dreams for her.
Pratima and Satish - Your love lives on, even though we will miss the physical presence of the elegant Satish. Sadly, I could not attend his funeral yesterday, due to my health, to pay this tribute personally, as requested by you, Pratima, but I hope these words bring you some small comfort.
Never Lose Heart or Hope
'Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future'.
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