by Emma Day | Jan 5, 2025 | Recovery Stories, Uncategorized
It’s not just the person who has had a stroke who is “the survivor” it’s you as well, the wife, brother, mother, girlfriend, partner, father, friend. We are all survivors. Roger and I were just an ordinary couple and we had a happy comfortable lifestyle. We have been...
by Emma Day | Jan 5, 2025 | Recovery Stories, Uncategorized
When I suffered a severe traumatic brain injury from a fall 6 years ago I was only 27 and I really struggled for the longest time to accept that I was different from the old Kirsty. I wanted to cling on to everything I had always known, my relationships, my career...
by Emma Day | Jan 5, 2025 | Recovery Stories, Uncategorized
I’ve lived with a brain injury for nearly 13 years, and in all that time I’ve searched and tried so many times for activities etc to get me out of my 4 walls and keep me active in the community. Since I’ve attended stroke group, my life has totally changed for the...
by Emma Day | Jan 5, 2025 | Recovery Stories, Uncategorized
My good lady was ill (she has M.S. ) in bed when I had my stroke and the only way of telling I had had a stroke was that my speech had been affected to the point where when I took up a cup of tea for deb and when I spoke she thought I was drunk. Hmmm not good...
by Emma Day | Sep 8, 2023 | Recovery Stories
Hi, I am David; I survived a stroke in Nov 2021, which affected my motor coordination. Here my life changed forever. With my son’s quick thinking, I was taken to hospital in the early hours of the morning where I received immediate care and attention. My journey to...
by Emma Day | Sep 8, 2023 | Recovery Stories
My name is Sandra, I’m 58 years old and I’ve been living in Goytre for 5 years. Paul and I moved here from England in July 2018. We love it here and we’ve made many new friends. Unfortunately in May 2021 I suffered a stroke that turned my life...
