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A really close friend of mine just reminded me of a saying I always use and believe in, "It's always sunny above the clouds." Now that's a real forecast for someone trying to recover for a stroke or a brain injury.
Let's face it, the saying works on anyone who's working on getting better from any thing they're suffering from.
Basically you have to have faith that if you're working as hard as you can to get better you will see the sun eventually, I know because I did.
Paralyzed down the left side I still wanted to got for a walk as I looked out the hospital window. My room was on the top floor of Joseph Brant Hospital you can see in the picture.
The catch to recovering is simple, I didn't lay around waiting for a miracle to drop by. I worked at getting better til I was so tired I had to lay down a sleep for an hour. After the nap I would work again, with or without a therapist.
All the hard work with the tricks I made up got me walking, talking, reading and doing everything I did before my stroke.
Really all I wanted was to go for a walk outside of the hospital, everything else was a bonus!
