I've been trying my best to hang in there. I had to go back to my parents for some appointments, now back at my own place till Monday. Tuesday I will get myt third round of botox injections. The tension/spasticity in the flexors of the fingers is so high, they constantly want to bend into a fist. So botox is used to shut them down. I still can't stretch my fingers. But I started physical therapy Wednesday. There has been a bit of a hiatus. My outpatient therapy program ended 2nd of October. I told the physical therapist I wanted to focus on grabbing and holding onto things, dumbbells in particular. My grip strength is weak. I've been using a 10 kilo kettlebell for lower body exercises, cause I can hold it with both hands. I'm hoping the physical therapy will help me get back to weight lifting with dumbbells. I've also seen the recovery doctor at the recovery clinic near me. He's going to try to get me into the arm/hand therapy group there. I was in one at the recovery clinic where I did my recovery, But it was too discouraging since I was the only one in the group who couldn't really use their affected hand. I've also ordered a new brace that will hopefully help. Of course it never arrived. Got lost at the post somewhere probably. Ordered another one, should arrive Tuesday. Fingers crossed. Monday another physical therapy session. I'm allowed to get there earlier and just start working out in the gym there, so that's pretty nice. We focused on walking and the leg the first time. My affected knee has the tendency to buckle in and out. Turns out the exercises that could help with that problem are ones I've been doing myself. Seated hip abduction with resistance band and a standing side leg lift with band. I miss cooking. My boyfriend has to do it now, with me telling him what to do. It's frustrating cause he's really bad at cooking. He nearly butchered an avocado. Anyway, still can't find my spin in life. But I also think it's because I constantly only stay for a short while and then I have to go back to my parents. I had an appointment with the neurosurgeon who basically relived his trauma of the brain surgery, Apparently I was never expected to survive the surgery. I was also never expected to ever walk again. So the guy was really surprised to see me walking. I've seen the CT scans and now I understand why so many specialists are shocked I survived, My entire skull was flooded with blood, it was really bad. And because I didn't have any platelets, they couldn't get the bleeding to stop. It's really insane to hear that stuff afterwards. I had gone into a coma on the way to the hospital. So the last thing I remember is having the stroke and being carried down by the paramedics. It's really strange to hear about that stuff now, because I have no memory of it at all. Anyway just an update. I hope to go to that arm/hand therapy soon after the botox, Hope you're all doing well. I'll definitely continue to keep you guys updated, cause you're all so supportive!
Hanging in there
I've been trying my best to hang in there. I had to go back to my parents for some appointments, now back at my own place till Monday. Tuesday I will get myt third round of botox injections. The tension/spasticity in the flexors of the fingers is so high, they constantly want to bend into a fist. So botox is used to shut them down. I still can't stretch my fingers. But I started physical therapy Wednesday. There has been a bit of a hiatus. My outpatient therapy program ended 2nd of October. I told the physical therapist I wanted to focus on grabbing and holding onto things, dumbbells in particular. My grip strength is weak. I've been using a 10 kilo kettlebell for lower body exercises, cause I can hold it with both hands. I'm hoping the physical therapy will help me get back to weight lifting with dumbbells. I've also seen the recovery doctor at the recovery clinic near me. He's going to try to get me into the arm/hand therapy group there. I was in one at the recovery clinic where I did my recovery, But it was too discouraging since I was the only one in the group who couldn't really use their affected hand. I've also ordered a new brace that will hopefully help. Of course it never arrived. Got lost at the post somewhere probably. Ordered another one, should arrive Tuesday. Fingers crossed. Monday another physical therapy session. I'm allowed to get there earlier and just start working out in the gym there, so that's pretty nice. We focused on walking and the leg the first time. My affected knee has the tendency to buckle in and out. Turns out the exercises that could help with that problem are ones I've been doing myself. Seated hip abduction with resistance band and a standing side leg lift with band. I miss cooking. My boyfriend has to do it now, with me telling him what to do. It's frustrating cause he's really bad at cooking. He nearly butchered an avocado. Anyway, still can't find my spin in life. But I also think it's because I constantly only stay for a short while and then I have to go back to my parents. I had an appointment with the neurosurgeon who basically relived his trauma of the brain surgery, Apparently I was never expected to survive the surgery. I was also never expected to ever walk again. So the guy was really surprised to see me walking. I've seen the CT scans and now I understand why so many specialists are shocked I survived, My entire skull was flooded with blood, it was really bad. And because I didn't have any platelets, they couldn't get the bleeding to stop. It's really insane to hear that stuff afterwards. I had gone into a coma on the way to the hospital. So the last thing I remember is having the stroke and being carried down by the paramedics. It's really strange to hear about that stuff now, because I have no memory of it at all. Anyway just an update. I hope to go to that arm/hand therapy soon after the botox, Hope you're all doing well. I'll definitely continue to keep you guys updated, cause you're all so supportive!