Reply To: How do you handle feeling like you’re going backwards in recovery?
[quote quote=36427]We received this from a survivor. This is his story: I got up and went down [had a fall] in the morning. Luckily my wife was there. I got to the hospital, but not in time for the shot (TPA). This is his question: I went backwards in my recovery. I exercised regularly and about 1 year things got worse. I have bad balance. It has been 2 years now. What can I do? Your insights might be helpful and any help you can provide is appreciated.[/quote]
Vince, thank you for posting. Please forward the URL of this discussion thread to the survivor who asked the question.
And I would really encourage professionals being notified of this discussion offer your opinion.
I would myself do 2 things:
1) I would have a candid discussion with the professional in charge to talk through my concern. I would also ask for an MRI just to be sure.
2) then I would also have faith that recovery continues. 2 years seem a long time. Most of my functions return in 3-4 years. Jill Bolte Taylor, the Harvard Professor who suffered a massive stroke and fully recovered, documented that by Year 4, she could not handle division. Her math skill was less than a 5th grader. Although after full recovery, she went back to become a dean of neuroscience again.
