I failed to notice that the train, I was on was actually sat on, was already at my destination train station, Cheltenham Spa. Truthfully, I was rather too immersed in my new One Love Manchester playlist on Spotify. So I was forced to quickly – stroke survivors...
I, nor the doctors, have a crystal ball. Who knows where you’ll be in 6-12 months? Progress may be quick and substantial or it may be slow and the rate of improvement not ‘significant.’ Note the word ‘plateau’ does NOT relate to improvement potential but is a health...
Volunteering is good for us, so says one the 6 priorities written in the NHS 5 Year Forward View. (That along with person-centred care, partnership services, focus on equality and lowering inequality, carer support involvement & voluntary/social enterprise and...
Prior to 2010, I was a marketing professional and extremely fit, fell running mother of three. Then my life changed catastrophically. I suffered a right vertebral artery dissection, occlusion and infarction of my pons at 39. When I woke up from my medically induced...
Please don’t be premature with your improvement expectations of patients presenting with locked in syndrome. As explained in Part 1 of my story, it was like waking up inside my own coffin. I could feel, think, hear and see normally, but can move absolutely...
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