Caregiver Stroke
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Recovery Questions...
My mom suffered a brain hemorrhage caused by a walnut-sized tumor in her occipital lobe last week on 7/11. The following morning she had emergency surgery to remove the tumor and blood clot, which the surgeon said was a success. When I was with...
read morelatest replynancym97, August 22, 2019 6:09pm EST
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How late is too late for recovery?
Hi, My boyfriend suffered a major stroke last November. We live in Brooklyn NY but his apt is on the second floor and he can't do stairs yet so he is in Buffalo with family doing ONLY PT 3 days a week. only just started walking afain in March 2019...
read morelatest replyJKViggiano, July 15, 2019 12:19pm EST
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Need tips and techniques for encouraging the will to live in mother recovering from stroke
Anyone have any tips and tricks for helping my mother, age 85 with mild dementia find the will to live and go on after her stroke? She had an ishemic stroke on July 5, 2019 and recovered very well once they pulled the clot out of the left side of...
read morelatest replyJKViggiano, July 12, 2019 2:32pm EST
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He doesn't know what he doesn't know
I am so frustrated! My husband had a stroke 4 months ago. He is physically fine, porbably going back to work soon. Just a bit of facial droop. But he is not himself. He used to be noisy, goofy, extroverted. We used to have silly...
read morelatest replyqueenbeem, September 13, 2019 11:22am EST
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My brother in law threw away his daughters possessions while she was in the hospital
Hi. I am at a loss for words. My neice was in the hospital recovering from a major stroke. She had a bit of a hoarding issue. But, her father threw away most if not all of her possessions. She is beside herself with grief and I don't...
read morelatest replyAHAASAKatie, July 9, 2019 8:48am EST
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personality change
my husband had his stroke 4 years ago and he is like a different person. he cusses all the time, he gets angry for no reason and yells, he only plays video games. we have 2 teen boys at home and he barely interacts with them. I went home on...
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Caregiver Help
Hello! My husband had a stroke a couple months ago. I am wondering if anyone can point me to online caregiver support forums? I do not know what to do - therapy is coming in the home to help but not sure what I can do other than nag him...
read morelatest replyRichr, June 21, 2019 5:10pm EST
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Participate in ongoing MIT caregiving research
Hello! My name is Adam Felts, I am a researcher at the MIT AgeLab, part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (http://agelab.mit.edu). The MIT AgeLab is developing a Caregiver Panel to learn more about the experiences...
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husband had stroke yesterday
My dear husband of 40 years had a massive stroke yesterday. I am terrified and feel lost and alone even with family children and friends around me. Massive stroke and in UCLA ICU
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Playing the stroke card
My Wife had a stroke two and half years ago. A week before her 50th. She had already had three open heart surgeries, the last being a valve replacement which is what is thought to have caused the clot then stroke. She he has lost half her...
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