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Good news bad news. bad news is I HAD MAJOR stroke. GOOD NEWS IS I AM STILL ALIVE AND HOME FROM 6 WEEKS IN THE HOSPITAL. DOING OK. WILL NEED SOME RETRAINING ON THE CLUTCH ANB BRAKE.o
 
Glad you are here (as opposed to the alternative!)

Take it easy and hope your are 100% better soon!
 
Yes, definitely get to where the clutch & brake happen at appropriate times!

I'm glad you made it back, and I'm not going to complain at all about your use of CAPS - it's a wonder you are typing and alive and all that good stuff!! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

Welcome Back!! Keep up with the recovery & don't be a stranger here!
 
Welcome back, and keep that recovery going. All else can wait. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
 
Wow...that certainly puts things in perspective.

Stay well and healthy...best wishes on your recovery.
 
Be careful and take getting back behind the wheel nice & slow.
Good to hear you are ok.
 
Glad to hear that you are back with us! Rest and relax and dream about LBC's for a while until you can play with them again.
Bill
 
Ack. Interrupted flow to the ECU is never a good thing. Glad your EPROM didn't suffer catastrophic data loss.

Take care of those loose and corroded connections, will ya? Despite how they make it look on speedvision, those gals in the pits ain't so good at jump-startin' things.
 
thanks to all for the kind words.it is surprising what you can do with one hand when you have to.
 
Welcome back TAZ, less work more car stuff. Takes the stress out.

Good to hear you made it.
 
Taz, I've not been on this forum long, but I may be one of the few who can say BTDT. I had a stroke after heart surgery in Dec 04. I lost use of my left arm and hand. I want to encourage you to work at it. You can never let your brain give up on your weak areas. It use to be said focus on what you can do and not what you can't. That is no longer the case. As long as your brain keeps trying to make things work, it will slowly reprogram other paths to get the signal. First, I regained use of my arm and then my wrist. My hand is not 100% but it is still improving and I have faith that it will get there. Just keep everything moving even if with assistance. The muscles need constant attention to avoid atrophy. The doctors told me that it was good that I used my hands so much, because that is what my brain would try to recover. About the only thing I am not doing as well at that I miss is playing the saxophone, but it is very good therapy. When you start getting some ability back, just keep pushing that ability to develop the next area. Sorry for the long post, but this may help someone else someday. I just wish no one ever has to go through it.
Feel free to PM me if you think I can answer any questions.
 
It looks like it did not affect your mentality so consider yourself lucky. I'm going through a bsd time myself. My shoulder surgery seems to have went well and that is doing good, but the knee I had surgery on is now started hurting worse than before the surgery and I fear the surgery has failed. I am nearing 6 months out of work, and if I miss 6 more months I am out of a job and medical insurance and all. I have never been so worried, nervous or depressed in my life. I'm 42 and feel like my life is over. Its been a while since I even looked at the midget. All enthusiasm is gone. I'm hobbling around with a cane and my left knee(the good one) is starting to hurt making up for my bad knee. I'm in a dark place right now, haven't slept in days. I don't know what I am going to do or how me and the wife are going to make it. Sorry to sound so glum.
 
Kim, first you have to get some sleep. It's really good therapy - going without it only makes it harder to cope.

I've been there, and the saying "things look better in the morning" only applies if you have slept and rested and have the ability to face a new day.

I've got my own potentially debilitating issues, and the depression only makes things worse. I've found some natural remedies for that, and believe me things look better after you "get your mind right". I'll PM you about that part.

You're only 42! Trust me, you have a whole lot more years to go! Geeze, I remember being 42 - wish I knew then what I know now! You've got a lot to offer, and you have friends. Here if nowhere else. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif
 
Wow! That is just like you said bad news and good news. Glad that you are recovering and progressing well and I am sure that with hard work you will be back driving in no time.
 
Man Kim I am so sorry for what you are having to deal with right now. I know that when my husband had his knee rebuilt that he went through the same thing, I think that there is a certain time that everyone experiences what you are experiencing (mentally) and that it too is a stage in the progression of your recovery and it will pass. Keep your head up /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
 
I absolutely and totally concur with this. I was really knocked back on my heels by residual nerve pain and consequential back trouble from a hernia operation I had in 1997. I also thought my active days were behind me, except for endless trips to the doctor to try to find out what was wrong.

Eventually I had to say ENOUGH and just push the pain into a locker in my mind and close the door. I started serious cardio and weight exercise.

10 years later the results speak for themselves. I am in better physical shape than I was when I was 18. I can still find the pain if I look for it but it is shut away in the locker.

This summer I will make my second 10-day canoe trip into the wild in Canada (dropped off by float plane) with my two intensely athletic teenage sons and this time my intensely athletic wife as well.

I am 59 and have no intention of stopping until the guy in the black cloak with the scythe actually turns up, and even then he will have to chop the door down.
 
Taz,glad you are recovering.As has been said already,keep trying to do more each day.And try not to get frustated.
It will take time.

Kim,do get some sleep.The less sleep you get,the bigger the difficulties seem.And vice versa.

To both of you,drop in and vent from timme to time.We all feel for you both. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grouphug.gif

Stuart. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
 
Boy, misery sure DOES love company, hehe! I won't add to the woes (it seems a bunch of us here are experiencing the ravages of time!) except to reiterate what was said by a number of people have said above. In a nutshell, attitude is everything. Positive thinking breeds positive results, and negative thinking is a looong, slippery slope to be avoided.
Just remember guys, lots of R & R, create good times for yourselves and things can only improve!! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbsup.gif /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cheers.gif
 
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