Life after a stroke

[oldguy]

After just recently suffering a stroke, and having spent almost six weeks of work, I am looking forward to going back to work, all be it on limited hours and only 2 days week.
Its a slow road to recovery but Im getting their, I consider my self lucky, as I didn,t suffer any real long term problems, as some I saw in the stroke ward at MM hospital.
On the recommendation of the Community Based Rehabilitation Team (CBRT) my GP said it was OK for me to drive again :woohoo:, But as the CBRT nor the doctor knew how to asses my riding, recommended I not ride, sent me off to the LTSA well the AA office, they sent off the letter the doctor gave me and said they would get back to me.:wait: thinking i my have to do a riding assessment.
Just on a side note, I never lost my license, was told I could not drive for 1 month, so Im thinking legally I should still be able to ride.
The other thing is my Family want me to give up riding:doh:but as i told them it wasn,t the riding that put me in hospital.
Having this Stroke, has been sort of life changing, the worse thing about it is, I had the tell tail signs for years and just ignored them.:stupid: I consider my self very lucky.

[Crazy Steve]

After just recently suffering a stroke, and having spent almost six weeks of work, I am looking forward to going back to work, all be it on limited hours and only 2 days week.
Its a slow road to recovery but Im getting their, I consider my self lucky, as I didn,t suffer any real long term problems, as some I saw in the stroke ward at MM hospital.
On the recommendation of the Community Based Rehabilitation Team (CBRT) my GP said it was OK for me to drive again :woohoo:, But as the CBRT nor the doctor knew how to asses my riding, recommended I not ride, sent me off to the LTSA well the AA office, they sent off the letter the doctor gave me and said they would get back to me.:wait: thinking i my have to do a riding assessment.
Just on a side note, I never lost my license, was told I could not drive for 1 month, so Im thinking legally I should still be able to ride.
The other thing is my Family want me to give up riding:doh:but as i told them it wasn,t the riding that put me in hospital.
Having this Stroke, has been sort of life changing, the worse thing about it is, I had the tell tail signs for years and just ignored them.:stupid: I consider my self very lucky.

Sorry to hear about that John, Luana and I will stop in and say hi next time we are in Auckland..

Take care till then we will be thinking about you...:yes:

Crazy Steve.

[hellokitty]

All the best for a full recovery - surely having a stroke would be a good reason to make the most of life and enjoy riding your motorbike rather than giving it up!!!

[martybabe]

Very sorry to hear that mate, here's to a swift and full recovery with many a road travelled upon two wheels.

All the best John.

[oldguy]

Sorry to hear about that John, Luana and I will stop in and say hi next time we are in Auckland..

Take care till then we will be thinking about you...:yes:

Crazy Steve.
Thanks mate, Im all good, hey sorry didn,t get back to you about coming down to ride, had a good excuse.
Be good to catchup with you guys, Im mobile again, so I can still ride the dirtbike don't need a license to ride offroad.


All the best for a full recovery - surely having a stroke would be a good reason to make the most of life and enjoy riding your motorbike rather than giving it up!!!
Thanks, those were my thoughts exactly,


Very sorry to hear that mate, here's to a swift and full recovery with many a road travelled upon two wheels.

All the best John.

Thanks mate.

[oldrider]

After just recently suffering a stroke, and having spent almost six weeks of work, I am looking forward to going back to work, all be it on limited hours and only 2 days week.
Its a slow road to recovery but Im getting their, I consider my self lucky, as I didn,t suffer any real long term problems, as some I saw in the stroke ward at MM hospital.
On the recommendation of the Community Based Rehabilitation Team (CBRT) my GP said it was OK for me to drive again :woohoo:, But as the CBRT nor the doctor knew how to asses my riding, recommended I not ride, sent me off to the LTSA well the AA office, they sent off the letter the doctor gave me and said they would get back to me.:wait: thinking i my have to do a riding assessment.
Just on a side note, I never lost my license, was told I could not drive for 1 month, so Im thinking legally I should still be able to ride.
The other thing is my Family want me to give up riding:doh:but as i told them it wasn,t the riding that put me in hospital.
Having this Stroke, has been sort of life changing, the worse thing about it is, I had the tell tail signs for years and just ignored them.:stupid: I consider my self very lucky.

Hey there John, having a TIE or stroke is not the greatest feeling, I have had three of them myself so can empathise!

Best not to discuss riding with any of those medical people or they will say "NO" to riding just because it is outside their knowledge range and it is what they do best, saying no that is!

Exercise and good eating is what brings you back to the planet and you have to raise your pulse during the exercise for it to do any good.

Stress and recovery, stress and recovery, until your recovery time is as short as you can get it, walking is easiest on your joints

You need to get onto a good course of Magnesium supplementation to help your heart and arteries to function properly too.

I was dragging my left side round for quite a while but if you stick at it you can beat it but it wont be easy!

Don't discuss your bike riding with anyone just do it when you know that you can do it with safety to yourself and others then just do it a little at a time till you are back, you are the best judge of that!

Just don't over do it or allow yourself to get too cold.

Good luck and cheers, John.

[DMNTD]

Jebus mate...cut that out John! Good to see that you're in good spirits considering.

Please explain your 'tell tale signs'

[DidJit]

OG! Very glad to see you typing, and here's to seeing you riding again soon. :yes:

[Cary]

John, don't give up on the riding mate, road or dirt. Hope to see you at a SATNR soon, bout time I went myself!!

All the best.

[hellokitty]

Jebus mate...cut that out John! Good to see that you're in good spirits considering.

Please explain your 'tell tale signs'

Yes please tell us the tell tale signs

[Maha]

Bugger John, some strokes can have a devastating outcome.
Sounds like you have come through this reasonably ok?

I am at the age where a full WOF is on the cards, starting this week in fact.
Take care buddy.

[Swoop]

The warning signs of a stroke are:

•Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body.
•Sudden confusion, trouble speaking, or understanding.
•Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes.
•Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination.
•Sudden, severe headache with no known cause.


My father has had multiple strokes' and is now extremely debilitated from these. Please take a second to look into what happens.

Please take it easy with the recovery John.

[onearmedbandit]

I love these threads, make you realise how precious life is. Great to hear you're up and about again John. And yes please tell us what these signs were that you ignored.

[Vampirella]

so sorry to hear about this hope you get well soon

[Mom]

Hey you lovely thang, you best take extra special care of yourself for a while. Do what ever the medics tell you to to get yourself fit and to prevent anything like this from happening again. Take a careful and measured time to recover slowly and well.

:love: Anne

[Katman]

Sorry to hear about that John, Luana and I will stop in and say hi next time we are in Auckland..

Take care till then we will be thinking about you...:yes:

Crazy Steve.

Who are you and what have you done with Crazy Steve? :blink:

[oldguy]

Hey there John, having a TIE or stroke is not the greatest feeling, I have had three of them myself so can empathise!

Best not to discuss riding with any of those medical people or they will say "NO" to riding just because it is outside their knowledge range and it is what they do best, saying no that is!

Exercise and good eating is what brings you back to the planet and you have to raise your pulse during the exercise for it to do any good.

Stress and recovery, stress and recovery, until your recovery time is as short as you can get it, walking is easiest on your joints

You need to get onto a good course of Magnesium supplementation to help your heart and arteries to function properly too.

I was dragging my left side round for quite a while but if you stick at it you can beat it but it wont be easy!

Don't discuss your bike riding with anyone just do it when you know that you can do it with safety to yourself and others then just do it a little at a time till you are back, you are the best judge of that!

Just don't over do it or allow yourself to get too cold.

Good luck and cheers, John.

Thanks John, some of the things they put me through in hospital most of us take for granted, like putting one foot in front of the other, so simple yet so hard at the time, mate did i fail, the simplest of tests we take for granted.
when I was released from hospital,the physio gave me a list of exercises to do, and have been doing alot of walking.

As for the bikes, like you said I should have not mentioned anything about them.



Jebus mate...cut that out John! Good to see that you're in good spirits considering.

Please explain your 'tell tale signs'

pins and needles down the lenght of my left arm, that was over a year ago.

dizziness, loss of balance, coordination. on and off over the year.



Bugger John, some strokes can have a devastating outcome.
Sounds like you have come through this reasonably ok?

I am at the age where a full WOF is on the cards, starting this week in fact.
Take care buddy.
Thanks mate
I used to scoff at people who would get a medical, mate how that has changed.
I think I need to change from oldguy the wise, to oldguy the stupid


The warning signs of a stroke are:

•Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body.
•Sudden confusion, trouble speaking, or understanding.
•Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes.
•Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination.
•Sudden, severe headache with no known cause.


My father has had multiple strokes' and is now extremely debilitated from these. Please take a second to look into what happens.

Please take it easy with the recovery John.


I love these threads, make you realise how precious life is. Great to hear you're up and about again John. And yes please tell us what these signs were that you ignored.
As swoop posted, this is what happened to me.
Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance, coordination.
these are the signs I ignored
pins and needles down the lenght of my left arm, that was over a year ago.

dizziness, loss of balance, coordination. on and off over the year.



Hey you lovely thang, you best take extra special care of yourself for a while. Do what ever the medics tell you to to get yourself fit and to prevent anything like this from happening again. Take a careful and measured time to recover slowly and well.

:love: Anne
Thank you very much Anne, that is the hard thing for me, is listening but its the only way if I want to get back to a normal life.

[DMNTD]

...As swoop posted, this is what happened to me.
Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance, coordination.
these are the signs I ignored
pins and needles down the length of my left arm, that was over a year ago.

Best I get back to the Doc again then

Chris

[Pussy]

Here's wishing you a speedy and full recovery, Oldguy!

[gijoe1313]

Me old china! Geez, glad to hear you are alive and kicking! Been an age since I last saw your smiling mug!

Bit of a shocker to hear about what happened to you - but blardy glad you have had medical assistance and getting on with life.

Makes my high blood pressure seem trivial in comparison! Hope you are slowly getting things sorted ... and yes, riding helps a lot ... I've been unable to ride as much as I used to and it surely affected me!

I think when you get out again on the two wheels, invite me along and we can both tootle along at a sedate pace :msn-wink:

[scott411]

Shit John, thats not good to hear, hope the recovery keeps going well

hope you can still ride your dirtbike, i hope i can see you down at a couple of our rides

[Rogue Rider]

Great to see your back on the mend. Both my parents had strokes in the past 3 years, pretty much 18 months apart.
Happy to report they both made full recoveries, and are back to their normal activities. My old man is a very out doorsy man, and is very physical.
Take your time, and if you feel up to a ride, give it a go in time if you can. Don't let the stroke slow or change you. Have the ambition and motivation to be better.
Follow your heart, and I pray you make a fast full recovery as fast as possible.

Blessings.

[LBD]

30 years since dear ol dads first stroke....he has has several since then. Last one left him slightly slurring his speech, other than that still sharp, active, and driving at 84.....yup there is still plenty of good life left after a stroke....

[ajturbo]

•Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm, or leg, especially on one side of the body.
•Sudden confusion, trouble speaking, or understanding.
•Sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes.
•Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance or coordination.
•Sudden, severe headache with no known cause.


.

sounds like me on friday... but i think it had more to do with Mr Miller and Mr vodka........:innocent:

hope you can get out on your bike sooner than later...!!!

[SPman]

Good to hear you're on the mend, John. I can sympathize to a degree, having suffered a heart attack a couple of weeks ago...probably due to my cavalier attitude to cholestoral medication.
These things certainly put a new point of focus in your life - you quickly determine what is and what is not important!

[Scouse]

Sheeeet you are one of the last people I would have expected to have a stroke John. keep up the recovery there and when you are ready to go for that first ride let us all know mabye we can make it into a bit of a celebration ride.

[Edbear]

Thanks John, some of the things they put me through in hospital most of us take for granted, like putting one foot in front of the other, so simple yet so hard at the time, mate did i fail, the simplest of tests we take for granted.
when I was released from hospital,the physio gave me a list of exercises to do, and have been doing alot of walking.

As for the bikes, like you said I should have not mentioned anything about them.

pins and needles down the lenght of my left arm, that was over a year ago.

dizziness, loss of balance, coordination. on and off over the year.

Thanks mate
I used to scoff at people who would get a medical, mate how that has changed.
I think I need to change from oldguy the wise, to oldguy the stupid

As swoop posted, this is what happened to me.
Sudden trouble walking, dizziness, loss of balance, coordination.
these are the signs I ignored
pins and needles down the lenght of my left arm, that was over a year ago.

dizziness, loss of balance, coordination. on and off over the year.

Thank you very much Anne, that is the hard thing for me, is listening but its the only way if I want to get back to a normal life.

So not different strokes for different folks then... :innocent:

Everyone should get a check up every two years. Get a chest x-ray every five years and do listen to your Doc. Glad you're okay and recovering! :sunny:

[Number One]

these are the signs I ignored
pins and needles down the lenght of my left arm, that was over a year ago.

dizziness, loss of balance, coordination. on and off over the year.



:mellow: That's a bit scary...you've just explained how I've been feeling on and off for the last year...especially the balance and co-ordination stuff...I've even been avoiding riding....add constant and unexplainable headaches to that list :blink: can they even test for/prevent a future stroke?

hmmm

[DMNTD]

Sheeeet you are one of the last people I would have expected to have a stroke John. keep up the recovery there and when you are ready to go for that first ride let us all know mabye we can make it into a bit of a celebration ride.

+1 million

[SPman]

:mellow: That's a bit scary...you've just explained how I've been feeling on and off for the last year...especially the balance and co-ordination stuff...I've even been avoiding riding....add constant and unexplainable headaches to that list :blink: can they even test for/prevent a future stroke?

hmmm I would go and get a checkout, explaining everything to your doctor, and go from there.

[Laava]

Cheers for sharing John and hope your improve continues as quick! Are you sure the tingly stuff wasn't Buell related? regards Al.

[oldrider]

Compare yourself and your bike, you actually have almost the same needs!

1) Breathing
2) Water
3) Fuel
4) waste elimination
5) Exercise
6) Shelter from the elements
7) Regular check ups servicing and tuning

The quality of these seven items determines the quality of the life of you and your bike!

Doesn't take too much thinking or effort to work out what to do about it and the results are mostly in your own hands and your own responsibility!

Good luck or good management? Why not stack the odds in your own favour! :yes: Good luck with that! :shifty:

[oldguy]

:mellow: That's a bit scary...you've just explained how I've been feeling on and off for the last year...especially the balance and co-ordination stuff...I've even been avoiding riding....add constant and unexplainable headaches to that list :blink: can they even test for/prevent a future stroke?

hmmm
Would definitely go for a check, better to be safe.


+1 million
Id like to be that when it come's to winning lotto


Sheeeet you are one of the last people I would have expected to have a stroke John. keep up the recovery there and when you are ready to go for that first ride let us all know mabye we can make it into a bit of a celebration ride.
Me too, thought I was fine, reasonably fit, ive never smoked, gave up serious drinking years ago,
Mmmmm maybe thats where i went wrong.


30 years since dear ol dads first stroke....he has has several since then. Last one left him slightly slurring his speech, other than that still sharp, active, and driving at 84.....yup there is still plenty of good life left after a stroke....
Hope I don't have any more 1's enough for me, now I can look back and laugh, funniest thing is seeing my dad sitting beside the bed, here,s a man who love,s his drink, is pushing 80yrs and is in better health than me.:doh:


Cheers for sharing John and hope your improve continues as quick! Are you sure the tingly stuff wasn't Buell related? regards Al.
Haha, think more that other bike, was always throwing me off bugga.