...hello you wonderful people... your kind thoughts and well wishing on my behalf really is overwhelming and quite humbling for me... I thank you so much!... the latest update?...
...I got onto a Gymnasium bike for the first time in my life today...
>>>> insert shock/ horror moment<<<<... wow!... how do you healthy people exercise each day on purpose?... lol!... all my life I have never done such things as the exercise that I have done in these two Hospitals since my stroke... as I say... you healthy people choose to do this exercise thingy
on purpose???????... anyhow... to compare as to how far that I have progressed since last Friday until today here are the differences:
(1) today I did 100 stand-ups from a sitting position as opposed to 20 last Friday...
(2) I did two sets of 50 leg stretches whereas I could only do 10 last Friday...
(3)in a sitting position I had to lift my right leg (the good one) an inch from the ground and had to hold it there for 3 seconds then put it down and repeat the same thing with my bum leg... that was the hardest exercise out of all of them believe me!... I managed 3 last Friday... I did 50 today!...
(4) I also did extensive hand training exercises involving picking up matchsticks/ beads/ pegs nuts and bolts and placing them into a container... also some reaching and hand stretching exercises... I get impatient with those exercises because I feel it's wasting valuable walking type exercises but I do understand the reasons to do them though so I guess I should stop being a Princess and suck it up eh?... lol!...
(5)I did 100 'stepping' up and down exercises as opposed 10 last Friday...
(6)I chatted up 2 female Doctors.... 4 female nurses and 2 female Physio girls as opposed to none last week...(I did say that my 'mojo' was back didn't I?)... lol!...
...I'm able to spread my toes on the left foot as wide as they can go now... they are moving independently to the big toe... I'm now able to tie my shoe laces as easy as I used to be able to do before my stroke... I even managed to pick a Boogie out of my left nostril with a tissue on my finger on my left hand!... (now if that's not progress then nothing is!)... all in all I feel proud of myself for what I am achieving... it is always very hard to impress myself as I always set myself very high standard objectives.... even by my standards I am really impressed by my achievements...
...my Neurologist and my main Doctor have told me that I have progressed in just under 3 weeks of rehabilitation as far as someone would normally progress in 5 or 6 weeks so I guess that my stubbornness is finally working for me rather than against me for one of the rare times in my life!...with Doctors telling me stuff like that I must be doing something right I guess lol!...
...anyhow... enough talking about me... and as I like to say...
...keep on posting you wonderful people... cheers.