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Botox Injections Update

One of my previous posts was about the decision for my husband to get Botox injections in his arm. You can go here to read that post. We...

Open That Jar!

One of the biggest challenges my husband has is opening jars. There are some things he opens with his teeth, but he can’t do that with...

Tray Tables for Your Stroke Survivor

One of the things we struggled with when my husband came home from rehab was a convenient way to reach or “get at” the things he used on...

Shoulder Support for Stroke Survivors

When my husband first came home from rehab – and especially after moving from using a wheelchair to a walker – we noticed he had quite a...

Caregiver Survival Tips I Am Really Bad At

This picture made me laugh – not in a good way – when I first saw it. Then when I took a second look, I realized it’s actually true....

Botox – It's Not Just for Wrinkles

We had our third follow-up visit to the rehabilitation doctor last week. This was his primary doctor while my husband was in an...

Help in the Kitchen for Caregivers

Let me start this article by saying I am not a cook, I don’t like to cook, Paul used to do most of the cooking. Now? You guessed it, I am...

Short Term Memory Loss

Does this sound familiar? You walk into a room and can’t remember why you went there. You open a drawer and then stare at it trying to...

Walker Attachments

Caregivers, I have 3 suggestions that will make it a little easier to help your stroke survivor (SS) get around and maybe help you sit...

Coming Home

Paul came home on June 29th from the rehab facility. He came home in a wheelchair. Several of his co-workers came over that week and...

Oh The Germs…

Flu season has been seriously awful! When you have someone with mobility issues, being cognizant of germs is very important and very hard...

Mechanical Cut Food for Stroke Survivors

In the last post, I mentioned that Paul had a second swallow test and they said he was able to have regular liquids and mechanical cut...

The Day After The Stroke

His speech is very slurred and he is hard to understand. He gets frustrated because he has to repeat everything he says.

The Day

I look at my phone and notice I’ve missed a few calls from local numbers, but they are numbers I don’t recognize. The phone rings again...

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