The Info Insight Into My Soul | Health News

05.00.00

frustration

I have wondered why I always get irritated when able-bodied people offer to help me.   These kind-hearted people see that they could do what...

The Info Astronauts & 1900's Women Get Surviving Stroke | Health News

05.00.00

frustration

Before I had a stroke I would have found my post "9 Things I Have to Do to Drive Independently" obsessively tedious.  I know of on...

The Info Nails Do Not Stop Growing After a Stroke | Health News

05.49.00

basic ADLs, frustration

         CAUTION: CLIPPING NAILS REQUIRES GOOD SENSATION AND COORDINATION I live alone so I have to cut my nails .  I cut the nails on m...

The Info Why Mice Are Not Men | Health News

06.00.00

frustration

The Dilemma .  Innovative treatments have helped mice who have been given strokes, but the results often cannot be duplicated in humans.  A ...

The Info Answering Machine Challenge | Health News

05.00.00

advanced ADLs, frustration

Opening voice mail requires a code.  I use an answering machine because all I have to do is push the blinking button on the machine to hear ...

The Info Frustration is a Promise Breaker and Unsafe | Health News

05.01.00

advanced ADLs, fatigue is a deal breaker, frustration

Frustration is emotionally draining.  Stroke survivors cannot afford 15 seconds of frustration as they struggle to pull up their pants one-h...

The Info A Secret I Have Kept for 11 Years | Health News

06.05.00

basic ADLs, brain plasticity, frustration

There is a stroke issue I have never shared with doctors, family, or friends - urinary incontinence. After I feel the urge to urinate, I hav...

The Info Starting or Shutting Down Conversations | Health News

06.00.00

frustration, meaningful tasks make OT personal

When an oncologist (cancer specialist) says "this drug has a 70% chance of working" clients have hope as long as they do not thin...

The Info Rehearsal 2/2015 | Health News

05.00.00

frustration, rehearsal turns back the clock

I rehearsed finding my Congressman's office before I visited him.  I did not want to bring anxiety to the meeting.  Thank God It's a...

The Info Being Undressed Like a Baby | Health News

06.00.00

basic ADLs, caregivers, frustration

Recently I snapped at a dear friend who has been very good to me.  When she saw me preparing to retie a shoelace she offered to help.  When ...

The Info Fitting Into Cracks Can Be Painful | Health News

06.00.00

advanced ADLs, frustration, meaningful tasks make OT personal

I learned everyone has deficits when I took a course to become certified to administer tests for Sensory Integration.  My lab partner was in...

The Info Reviewing the Fitbit Pedometer | Health News

05.30.00

advanced ADLs, frustration, hemiplegic leg

A pedometer tracks the number of steps people take each day.  Since walking is my only form of exercise, a pedometer tells me about my physi...

The Info Big Ballet | Health News

05.00.00

frustration

I love dance so I watched a mini-series called Big Ballet on the Ovation channel.  The show is about overweight women and men learning to p...

The Info My 2nd Pet Peeve | Health News

05.00.00

advanced ADLs, cheap cheap equipment, frustration

To read about my first pet peeve click here .  My second pet peeve is long-handled reachers.  The long handle puts objects far from the hand...

The Info Taming the Beast Called Frustration | Health News

05.00.00

advanced ADLs, frustration

Frustration never stops appearing after a stroke.  For example, it is REALLY TEDIOUS to peel a hard-boiled egg one-handed (Grrr!!). Once aga...

The Info I Would Go Stark Raving Mad | Health News

07.14.00

frustration, hemiplegic hand

My hemiplegic hand helps my sound hand do over 100 different tasks.  However, I am often slow or do a modified version of the task.  Despite...

The Info Just Do It | Health News

05.00.00

frustration

The good news about neuroplasticity is that the brain can heal itself.  The bad news about neuroplasticity is every time we learn something ...

The Info Stroke Prevention | Health News

05.00.00

advanced ADLs, frustration

I had a second stroke two years after my first one.  My hemiplegic leg acquired central pain and lost the ability to distinguish between hot...

The Info My Heart Does Not Get to Choose | Health News

04.00.00

frustration

I used to think emotions like joy and love are good while emotions like sadness and anger are bad.  Now I believe that how I react to my emo...

The Info Ohio Sucks | Health News

03.00.00

driving, frustration, snow strategies

I've been driving safely for seven years since my stroke.  1,800 mile round trips in the summer have gone well.  I thought it was safe t...