Then and now: the long haul
Home from Hospital Early Supported Discharge Reflections on a tricky transition Discharge from hospital is probably something that sticks in the memory for most people. Terry had been in hospital for four weeks when he was allowed home under the local Early Supported Discharge scheme. Panic and delight in equal measure! We’ve since met other … Read more
Touch Improvements over time – 2013-2020 When we started this blog we subtitled it “then and now”. So far, we’ve focused on the first few weeks. From now on we’ll dodge around a bit and update to stop you getting bored. Regaining hand function has proved a big challenge. 2013 – Terry At times it’s … Read more
Sign here Reflections on signing up your next of kin for a clinical trial When you’re watching someone being ill, there are things that fuel your energy and there are things that deplete it. I’m going to add my two pennyworth on the AVERT trial which Terry mentioned in his last post (Staying Alive), which … Read more
Staying Alive – early days Saturday 20th April 2013 – the day after my stroke Gill came to visit me in hospital; for some reason she hadn’t slept much. Apparently, the study she had enlisted me for was AVERT (A Very Early Rehabilitation Trial). This was developed in Australia and taken up by many countries, … Read more
The Day I Stopped Working (19 April 2013) Posted on my 7 year Stroke Anniversary I loved my job. It involved visiting business executives all over the country, at their request. The down-side was spending hours in the car. I rationalised this by telling myself my employers paid me a lot of money for the … Read more
Are we nearly there yet? Hello. Thank you for your interest in our blog. This is our first post, on Stroke Survivors Day 2020. I’m Terry and my wife is Gill. I suffered a severe stroke in April 2013 which changed our lives. We decided early on to be grateful for the good things, help … Read more