The next part of my journey has much to do with PT too, but it also has a lot to do with learning how to adapt to “Stroke Living”, which is something I never DREAMED I would be doing before this! But REALLY, who would?
After this I REALLY hated hospitals! I’d had enough of them to last a me lifetime! Unfortunately, Dr.’s and hospitals and PT would become a major part of my existence for the rest of my life. SO, I was faced with either take it in stride, or let it rule over me and make me miserable… I choose to take it in stride…
One of the things that happened to me was my right eye had shifted in it’s socket and this gave me “Double-Vision” really bad. I saw two of everything. At first it made me ill; and I would get nauseous trying to make my brain see one thing, instead of two. The Ophthalmologist told me that my eye would more than likely never go back to it’s original position, and I would have to wait until the swelling in my brain subsided before he could try prisms to try to even out my sight. While waiting for the swelling to go down he told me to wear an eye patch. So I got myself an eye patch and pretended I was a pirate… Arrrrrgh, shiver me timbers, matey!
The rest of the next year and a half is kind of a blur, as it was full of Dr.’s appointments, a TON of PT, and, of course, lot’s of crying, sleeping, more crying, Dr.’s appointments and PT. This had become the new “NORMAL”, for my life now.
As much as I disliked this new “NORMAL” in my life, I suppose it did bring a new virtue for me; I started to learn patience…
I’ll see you in my next post!
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