Any Stroke survivors out there? Forums

birchr

I read all your replies and feel for you all, life is to short so get out there and do what you want to do now!

I am not classed as disabled but I suffer with a dissease called Cluster Headaches. I was diagnosed in November last year as having Chronic Cluster Headaches (right sided) and Chronic Migraine (left sided). This is a condition where you are in excrutiating pain mostly every day of the week, with me it is the night time I suffer. This entails the headache waking me up three to four times in one evening, by the third/fourth you are on autopilot, I have O2(Oxygen) which I inhail which seems to relieve the headache and also on medication called Lithium, and finally one tablet which you may of heard about or use yourselves Verapamil, this reduces the heart rate. I was taking Verapamil at 960mg a day, but this was causing my heart to stop when I was having an attack. I seem to be waffling so I will get to the point, I would just like to say that having my wife really helps and I do not know what I would do without her.

I am off work at the moment and been off since August last year, my wife works as someone has to. We both enjoy our motorhome which was purchased last year and both looking forward to a trip to Italy in April this year.

So I would just like to say live life to the full, you never ever know what is round the corner waiting for you.... Very Happy

olley · Campsite DB Admin

I never realised what a load of sickys we are Laughing

is there anybody on this forum who is in the peak of physical fitness Laughing

apart from pusser of course.

Keep on trucking

Olley

eddied

Buona sera tutti, well I may as well join this club. Had a ministroke (TIA) 4 years ago. This has lead to reduced sight/hearing LH side, and a weak arm/leg. Main problem however fo me is the mental thing. Memory/recall right up the spout and difficult to concentrate reading/working/computering. I can walk miles on the flat but struggle with steps/slopes. Main thing is, I can sit in the driving seat of my MH and do 500 miles no sweat. Recent medicals show good heart, no nasties lurking in the blood, and just a bit of high glycemea. Brain damage irreversable but stable. The lion may be injured, but he aint dead yet. Good luck to all of you that are worse off than me.
saluti,
eddied

runoutofnames

Hi all, Hope everybody above continues to live such inspirational lives ... I refuse to use the word 'positive' ..... lots of people are positive and continue to live life to the full but still don't make it ..... but you are all an inspiration.

I didn't have a stroke. I have cancer. My cancer, diagnosed four years ago, was incompletely excised and I relied on strong chemotherapy and radiotherapy in the hope of surviving. By rights I shouldn't be here now, as the chemo did its best on occasions to do what the cancer couldn't ... and now I suffer many side effects from the chemo which affect my motorhoming. I don't know what tomorrow will bring. I won't go into the effects but whenever I can manage a couple of days away from caring from two elderly parents, also with cancer and Altzheimers and Senile dementia, then the motorhome is my friend, my Haven, my release, my sanity. We can't determine how long we live, but we can determine how we live.

Mardie

Hi Biggermac et al.

My husband suffered a stroke at the age of 43 which left him with no use of his right arm and difficulty with walking, he hasn’t worked since and is now 61 When he had the stroke we had a sailing boat which with his determination we managed to continue sailing, but of course he was left much of the time confined to the boat. Five years ago he started to feel the cold quite badly and the weather just no longer seemed good enough and we bought a caravan.

He started to have a problem with his good hand which we discovered was arthritis, which happily now seems to have settled down. I did not fancy having to tow a caravan, something about this little thing in front with a great big flimsy thing behind and we started looking at motorhomes and bought our Burstner.

We decided to visit friends in France, but again problems my husband was diagnosed with kidney cancer and ended up losing a kidney, he has been clear for 12 months now, but this put paid to our France holiday for 2007.

2008 we have just returned from 3 ½ weeks in France and discovering French Aires (brilliant). Motorhoming is the best move, we carry a mobility scooter in France and in England we also carry a wheelchair for buses and taxis. My husband still likes to be in charge of the driving although I know I can drive if necessary.

We try to get out most weekends, but are very much looking forward to our next trip abroad.

JockandRita

Hi all,

I have nothing to contribute in the way of strokes or other serious illness's.

However, I am extremely humbled by others contributions, and outlook on life.

May you all continue to enjoy life, for many years to come.

Best regards to all.

Jock.

angie

WOW !! What fantastic members we have on this forum with such positive outlooks on life.You are an inspiration!
I hope there are many more happy years of motorhoming ahead for all of you thumbright

Angie